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Gong subway station, the Lama
CONFUCIUS Temple is Beijing’s largest working
Born during an age of war, Confucius temple complex. It is filled every
(551–479 BC) was prompted by the day with about an equal number
suffering around him to develop a of worshipers and visitors (see
philosophy built on the principle of pp20–21).
virtue. Finding no audience among
his native rulers, he set off in search Confucius Temple
of a ruler who would apply his rules 7
(Kong Miao)
of governance. He never found such
a person and died unrecognized. MAP F1 • 13 Guozi Jian Jie
• 8402 7224 • Subway: Yonghe
Gong • Open 8:30am–4:30pm
Xu Beihong
5 daily • Adm
Memorial
Just west of the Lama
Museum Temple, the Confucius
MAP D1 • 53 Xinjiekou Bei Temple was built in 1302
Dajie • 6225 2187 • Subway: during the Mongol Yuan
Jishuitan • Open 9am–4pm dynasty, and expanded in
Tue–Sun • Adm (audio guide 1906. Around 200 ancient
¥10, plus ¥100 deposit) stelae stand in the courtyard
Set back from the road in front of the main hall,
with a sign on top in green inscribed with the names
characters, this museum Statue at the of those who successfully
is dedicated to the man Confucius Temple passed the imperial civil
regarded as the founder of service exams. On a
modern Chinese painting. It exhibits marble terrace inside the hall
a collection of the lively watercolors are statues of Confucius and
of horses that made Xu Beihong some of his disciples.
(1885–1953) internationally famous. Hou Hai
Lama Temple
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The most visitor-friendly
(Yonghe Gong)
neighborhood of Beijing, Hou Hai
About a 30-minute walk east of consists of three joined lakes
the Drum and Bell Towers, or just surrounded by an expansive and
a few minutes south of the Yonghe labyrinthine sprawl of age-old

Red-and-gold pavilion at the Lama Temple (Yonghegong)

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