Lidai Diwang Miao

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The temple Lidai diwang miao ( Chinese  历代帝王庙 , Pinyin Lìdài dìwáng miào , English Lidai Diwang Temple / Temple of Ancient Monarchs etc.  - "Temple of the rulers of the past") is a Confucian temple from the year 1530 of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing district Xicheng in the street Fuchengmen Neidajie ( 阜城门内大街 ) No. 131st

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The temple was used for the state and ancestor cult. It was here that the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties made sacrifices to their most famous predecessors, as well as some eminent officials from the past. The temple was built on the site of an earlier Buddhist temple (Bao'an Si). It has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (4-12) since 1996 .

Temple building

In the four temple buildings Jingde chongsheng dadian ( 景德 崇 圣 大殿 ), Dongpeidian ( 东 配殿 ), Xipeidian ( 西 配殿 ) and Miaozhongmiao ( 庙中 庙 ), various people, legendary people and deities were worshiped.

Persons and deities worshiped in the four temple buildings

Source: lddwm.com , see web links

The following list is structured according to the Chinese dynasties. The names of the emperors etc. given are mostly their temple names or their posthumous title (short form).

Jingde chongsheng dadian

Dongpeidian

Xipeidian

Miaozhongmiao

Web links

Commons : Lidai Diwang Miao  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.insidebeijing.de/lidai.htm
  2. http://www.frommers.com/destinations/beijing/A36388.html

Coordinates: 39 ° 55 ′ 25 ″  N , 116 ° 21 ′ 40.5 ″  E