Temple of Long Life

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wanshou Temple

The Wanshou Temple ( 萬壽寺  /  万寿寺 , Wanshou sì ) or wanshou temple or Temple of Longevity is a Buddhist temple in Suzhou Street road district Zizhuyuan in Beijing Municipality Haidian . It was built in 1577 in the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty for the storage of Chinese Buddhist scriptures. Today it houses the Beijing Art Museum ( Beijing yishu bowuguan ), which opened in 1985 . The temple has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-307) since 2006 .

Web links

Coordinates: 39 ° 56 ′ 45 ″  N , 116 ° 18 ′ 19 ″  E