Temple of Azure Clouds
The Temple of Azure Clouds, Blue Cloud Temple, or Biyun Temple, is a Buddhist temple located in the eastern part of the Western Hills, just outside the north gate of Fragrant Hills Park, in Haidian District, Beijing, China, approximately 20 km from the city center.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Beijing, China
- Also known as: “Biyun Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fragrant Hills and Fragrant Hill Hotel.
Fragrant Hills
Railway station
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fragrant Hills station is a station on Xijiao line of the Beijing Subway. This station opened to public on 30 December 2017. Fragrant Hills is situated 1¼ km east of Temple of Azure Clouds.
Fragrant Hill Hotel
Hotel
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fragrant Hill Hotel is situated 1 km south of Temple of Azure Clouds.
Wofo Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Charlie fong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wofo Temple is a Buddhist temple located near the Beijing Botanical Garden 20 kilometres from the center of Beijing. The temple is the location of a recumbent Buddha sculpture, created in 1321. Wofo Temple is situated 2 km northeast of Temple of Azure Clouds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xiangshan Subdistrict and Spa towns.
Xiangshan Subdistrict
Suburb
Photo: 颜邯, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Xiangshan Subdistrict is a subdistrict situated at the western portion of Haidian District, Beijing, China. It borders Wenquan and Xibeiwan Towns in its north, Qinglongqiao Subdistrict in its east, Sijiqing Town and Wulituo Subdistrict in its south, and Junzhuang Town in its west.
Spa towns
Town
Qinglongqiao Subdistrict
Suburb
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qinglongqiao Subdistrict, is a subdistrict of Haidian District, Beijing. Summer Palace is located in this subdistrict. The subdistrict shares border with Malianwa and Shangdi Subdistricts in the north, Dongsheng Town and Qinghuayuan Subdistrict in the east, Wanliu Area and Sijiqing Town to the south, Xiangshan Subdistrict and Xibeiwang Town to the west. Qinglongqiao Subdistrict is situated 6 km east of Temple of Azure Clouds.
Temple of Azure Clouds
- Categories: place of worship, religious organization, and religion
- Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.99646° or 39° 59′ 47″ northLongitude
116.18464° or 116° 11′ 5″ eastOpen location code
8PFRX5WM+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 643628157OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousWikidata ID
Q1120716
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Temple of Azure Clouds” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “碧云寺”
- Chinese: “碧雲寺”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد جيوم ازور”
- Esperanto: “Templo de Lazuraj Nuboj”
- French: “temple Biyun”
- French: “Temple Biyun”
- French: “Temple des cinq pagodes”
- German: “Tempel der Azurblauen Wolken”
- Japanese: “碧雲寺”
- Polish: “Świątynia Lazurowych Obłoków”
- Russian: “Храм Лазурных облаков”
- Russian: “Храм Лазурных Облаков”
- Spanish: “Templo de las Nubes Azules”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Блакитних Хмар”
- Urdu: “بیئون مندر”
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