Tanzhe Temple near Beijing

Above: I went to see Tanzhe Temple on Western hills of Beijing.
Photo gallery below.


Tanzhe Temple on Beijing Western Hills
PICTORIAL - ANCIENT VIEWS AND SOME MONKS

From Beijing less than two hours drive and I arrived to Tanzhe Temple. Many visitors had come from far-away provinces of China. I spent Tanzhe Temple a full day scouting and taking pictures.

Tanzhe Temple was built 1700 years ago during the Jin Dynasty. It’s original name was Jiafusi, Temple of Auspicious Fortune. That name was used during three dynasties: Jin, Yuan and Ming Dynasty. Current name Tanzhe means pool and mulberry which are found around.

• Paifang memorial archway
• ShanMen hall of Heavenly Kings (Tianwangdan)
• Dragon King Hall (LongWangDian)
• YouBao Hall • GuanYin Hall
• Abbot’s courtyard (FangZhangYuan)
• Imperial Courtyard (XingGongYuan)
• YanQing Pavillion • YiXuan Pavillion • Piu Pavillion
• Relic Pagoda (Shelita)

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Above-1: TanZhe Temple near Beijing. Towards TanZhe.

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Incense seller inside the temple area.

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Hundreds of visitors, only a few foreigners.

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Main yard has several old trees which needed support.

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Buy a red ribbon with a message, hang it onto fence behind seller.

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Fence with red ribbon messages.

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Buy coins and throw them to have fun.

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People throwing coins. Target is the bell inside hanging coins.

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Above-16: TanZhe Temple near Beijing. Main yard.

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This tree attracted many photographers.

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Unknown Chinese gentleman framed by flower trees.

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On the way to upper level there was a supported tree.

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Tree was so big that supporting structures need to be strong.

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A0005 stands at the side yard.

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Above-36: TanZhe Temple near Beijing. Bamboos.

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Down there, the way to exit.

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Backgrounder about TanZhe. Click to enlarge.

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On the way back to Beijing we passed again a small town, TanZheSi.

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Industrial area between Beijing and TanZhe.

Above-43: I found TanZhe an intresting place. I saw three monks, one incense burner, many old supported trees, and many old red houses. Hills and the nature.


TanZhe Temple near Beijing
+ Good views, mainly local tourists
+ Many good targets for picture taking
+ Not far from Beijing center
**** VISIT CAN TAKE FULL DAY ****

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