What are the opening hours of Fayuan Temple in Beijing? Tickets and general information?

Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, closed on Wednesday, 8: 30 ~11:30; 13:00~ 15:30; The hall is closed at noon.

Ticket price: 5 yuan.

Introduction: The existing buildings of Fayuan Temple were built in Ming and Qing Dynasties. From south to north, the terrain is gradually artificially raised, which is a rare architectural method in general Buddhist temples. In the southeast of the temple, there is a zhaitang and a monk's house, and Tao Xi Courtyard is now the seat of China Buddhist College.

The temple, facing south, is an irregular rectangle with a length of about 240 meters from north to south and an average width of 75 meters from east to west, covering an area of about 1.8 million square meters. The whole temple can be divided into six courtyards, and the main buildings are concentrated on the north-south central axis.

The first entrance is the mountain gate. It consists of the main entrance and two side doors, and there is a brick carving shadow wall on the south side of the door. Inside the mountain gate is the Temple of the King, which contains the bronze statues of Maitreya Buddha and the four kings of the Ming Dynasty, which were moved from the Temple of Time. There are several monuments in front of the temple, and there are bell tower and drum tower on both sides.

The second main hall in the courtyard is the Hall of the Great Hero, five rooms are wide, and three rooms are filled with treasures. It is the most important building in the temple, with colorful paintings of golden dragons and seals painted under the eaves, and a plaque of "Fahai Zhenyuan" hanging on the beam of Baoxia. There are six Ming and Qing stone tablets in front of the temple, which describe the historical process of repairing the temple.

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Historical story:

Fayuan Temple has a long history and is an ancient temple with a long history in Beijing. Song Qinzong Zhao Huan was captured by the nomads from the north and once lived here. In the 26th year of Yuan Dynasty (1289), Xie Fang, a adherent of Song Dynasty, resisted the failure of Yuan Dynasty and fled to Tangshishan in Jianning (now Jian 'ou County, Fujian Province). Later, he was captured by the Yuan Army and taken to Dadu (Beijing). He refused to lower the yuan and starved to death in this temple.

According to the textual research of Li Ao's Beijing Fayuan Temple, Tan Sitong, a famous reformer, also visited Fayuan Temple before his execution. That manipulated history is now locked by the history that has just visited. What remains unchanged is the crow flying and taking off in the dusk and the morning bell purifying the soul. Millennium Temple, Millennium Witness, Millennium Peace.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Beijing Fayuan Temple