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Changchun Temple

The eighth batch of national key cultural relics under protection in Beijing
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Changchun Temple, located in Beijing No.9 Changchun Street, Xicheng District, It was built in the 20th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1592), rebuilt in the 20th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1681), and rebuilt in the 20th year of Qianlong (1755). [1]
Chang Chun Temple sits west to east, 155 meters long from east to west, 70 meters wide from north to south. Mountain facade is a wide, rest the top of the mountain, ice pan eaves, the first floor of the temple for Tianwang Hall, the face of three wide, five purlin hard peak. The second floor of the hall is the Grand Hall, the face is three wide, nine purlins hard top of the hill, the front porch. After the temple built around the north and south sides of the hall each three, seven purlin hard peak. The east side of the room with 4, deep for six purlins or seven purlins, the front porch hard mountain. The third floor of the hall for the collection of sutras, two-storey building, seven purlins hard peak, the front porch. There are houses on both sides, which are seven purlins or six purlins hard hilltops. The fourth floor of the temple is located in the last part of the temple, the face is five wide, connecting style, the front is the top of the mountain, the back is the hard peak, a total of nine purlins deep. There are rooms and wings on both sides of the rear hall. [2]
On October 7, 2019, Changchun Temple was announced by The State Council of the People's Republic of China as the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. [5]
Chinese name
Changchun Temple
Geographical position
9 Changchun Street, Xicheng District, Beijing
age
Ming Wanli twenty years (1592)
Protection level
The eighth batch of key national cultural relics under protection
numbering
8-0198-3-001
Approving unit
State Council, People's Republic of China

Historical evolution

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Changchun Temple was built in the 20th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1592). It was ordered by Empress Dowager Xiao Ding Li, mother of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Shenzong gave "Changchun" to wish his mother health and longevity.
Changchun Temple
It was rebuilt in the 20th year of Kangxi (1681), and rebuilt in the 20th year of Qianlong (1755), with subsequent repairs. [1]

Architectural pattern

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Changchun Temple
Chang Chun Temple sits west to east, 155 meters long from east to west, 70 meters wide from north to south. The main buildings are concentrated on the east-west central axis, a total of four courtyards. Mountain facade is a wide, rest the top of the mountain, ice pan eaves, the first floor of the temple for Tianwang Hall, the face of three wide, five purlin hard peak. The second floor of the hall is the Grand Hall, the face is three wide, nine purlins hard top of the hill, the front porch. After the left and right side of the hall built north and south of each three, seven purlins hard hilltop, yellow glazed tile roof, with vertical ridge, the front porch. There are only two side halls in the temple with yellow glazed tiles, which are the halls dedicated to the portraits of the two Empress Dowager Li and Liu. The east side of the room with 4, deep for six purlins or seven purlins, the front porch hard mountain. The third floor of the hall for the collection of sutras, two-storey building, seven purlins hard peak, the front porch. There are houses on both sides, which are seven purlins or six purlins hard hilltops. The fourth floor of the temple is located in the last part of the temple, the face is five wide, connecting style, the front is the top of the mountain, the back is the hard peak, a total of nine purlins deep. There are rooms and wings on both sides of the rear hall. [2]

relics

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Changchun Temple
The lintel of Changchun Temple has a stone forehead with the words "Build Changchun Temple", meaning to wish his mother health and longevity. [1] The wide courtyard of Changchun Temple provides another space for the display of Xuannan culture. Among them, a 500-year-old old tree in front of the Zang Sutra Pavilion makes this place unique. Around this old tree is arranged a folk culture leisure space. Through four groups of bronze statues reflecting the content of "playing chess, selling watermelon, making dough, going to temple fairs", people can experience the leisure ways of old Beijingers in spring, summer, autumn and winter; According to historical records, there was a precious Oozingjin pagoda in the Sutras Cabinet of Changchun Temple, which is now collected in the Art Museum of Wanshou Temple, but the base of the pagoda is still left in the sutras cabinet.

History and culture

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Changchun Temple
On the creation of the long pile Temple, according to the Qing Dynasty Kangxi twenty years (1681) in August, the Ministry of War book Song Deyi wrote "Re-repair the Long pile Temple monument" recorded: "The long pile Temple in Xuanwumen on the right, so Ming Wanli twenty years for the water Zhai master built, give gold crown purple clothes, the temple monks also. Large and open in scale, it is the first brake of the capital. A hundred years ago, the altar was desolate, and the monks were scattered. Kangxi has not (18 years, 1679) autumn and July earthquake, the temple inside and outside the capital of the map phase of the rotation of the family, and the temple is especially bad." "Guangxu Shuntianfu Annals" also cited this, that it is "Ming Wanli twenty years to build." And Sun Chengze "Spring Ming Dream Yu Record" and "Tianfu Guangji" both have "Changchun Temple, Wanli 40 years Xiao Ding Emperor dowager built, in Xuanwunmen outside the street" said. In short, the temple was built before the Wanli Dynasty. [4]

Protective measure

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In 2001, it was announced by the Beijing Municipal People's Government as a cultural relic protection unit in Beijing. [3]
On October 7, 2019, Changchun Temple was announced by The State Council of the People's Republic of China as the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. [5]

Tourist information

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address

Changchun Temple is located in Beijing Xicheng District 9 Pile Street.
Church Jian Changchun Temple (Southwest Gate)

traffic

Take Beijing Metro Line 7, Beijing bus No. 38, No. 109 can go to Changchun Temple.