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Places of Worship

of languages including Mandarin,
English, and Latin. Service times are
posted on the noticeboard (see p76).
St. Joseph’s Church
3
MAP N3 • 74 Wangfujing Dajie
• 6524 0634 • Subway: Dengshikou
Also known as the East Cathedral,
this is a triple-domed church in the
Baroque style. It was first built on
the site of the residence of a Jesuit
missionary in 1655 and, following
earthquakes, fire, and the destruction
Pavilion in the Confucius Temple wrought during the Boxer Rebellion,
has had to be rebuilt on a number of
Confucius Temple
1 occasions since. It is fronted by a
(Kong Miao)
gateway and piazza, and is
An enormous complex of wooden beautifully lit at night.
halls and flag stoned courtyards,
Wanshou Temple
the Confucius Temple is popu lar 4
with visitors and pays test ament MAP A1 • Xisanhuan
to the revival of Confucian Lu, on the north side of
ethics in modern China. Zizhu Qiao Bridge • 6845
A museum inside the 6997 • Subway: Xizhi
temple houses artifacts Men, then bus 300, 360,
of the Imperial civil or 361 • Open 9am–4pm
service exams, and Tue–Sun • Adm
Confucian texts (see p82). Up in the northwest
Haidian District, the
South
2 Wanshou (Longevity)
Cathedral
Temple is worth a stop
Also known as Incense burner at en route to the Summer
St. Mary’s Church, this Wanshou Temple Palace. The complex
was Beijing’s first houses the Beijing Art
Catholic house of worship. It remains Museum – a collection of historical
the largest functioning church, and relics including bronzes, jade, carved
has regular services in a variety lacquer, and a small but exquisite
collection of Buddha
Yonghe
XIZHI MEN BEI DAJIE DESHENG MEN ANDING Gong images.
Xizhi Men DESHENG MEN DONG DAJIE MEN XI DAJIE
White Cloud
ZIZHUYUAN LU XIZHIMEN WAI DAJIE XI DAJIE 5
YONGHE GONG DAJIE Temple
CHE GONG ZHUANG XI LU XISI BEI DAJIE DI'AN MEN XI DAJIE ZHANGZI ZHONG LU
Huayuanqiao Chegong Founded in AD 739, this
SANLIHE LU shrine. Daoism, also
Zhuang
FUCHENG LU FUCHENG MEN WAI DAJIE JING SHAN QIAN JIE DONG SI BEI DAJIE is Beijing’s largest Daoist
DAJIE
Gongzhufen FUCHENG MEN NAN DAJIE Xidan XIDAN BEI DAJIE Tian'an Men Dengshikou known as Taoism, is a
FUXING LU Dong WANGFUJING Chinese folk religion,
FUXING MEN NEI XI CHANG'AN JIE
Muxidi DAJIE DONG CHANG'AN JIE which centers around
Lianhuaqiao Beijing
LIAN HUA CHI DONG LU Xuanwu QIAN MEN XI DAJIE maintaining a positive
Chongwen
Men
Guanganmen Caishikou Men relationship with several
GUANG'AN MEN NEI DAJIE ZHUSHIKOU XI ZHUSHIKOU DONG DAJIE categories of gods,
0 km 2 DAJIE Temple of
Heaven ghosts, and ancestral
0 miles 2 Tian Tan East Gate spirits (see p95).
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