Beijing Huangsi

Huangsi is located in Huangsi street outside Andingmen. There are Donghuang temple and Xihuang temple, so it is called Shuanghuang temple. Donghuang temple, also known as Pujing Buddhist temple, was built in 1651 to govern naomuhan. Xihuang temple was built in 1652 to govern naomuhan. Dalai Lama V lived here when he came to Beijing in December of that year. In the 10th year of Shunzhi (1653), the Dalai Lama gave up his life. In 1780, Erdeni VI, a Panchen Lama, came to Beijing. Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty appointed Xihuang temple, where Dalai V once lived, as his place of peaceful meditation.

At present, Xihuang temple has a higher Buddhist College of Chinese Tibetan language department. Under the advocacy of the 10th Panchen Lama and the president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, Zhao Puchu, the college was founded in 1987 with the support of the people's government.

Beijing Huangsi

Huangsi is located in Huangsi street outside Andingmen. There are Donghuang temple and Xihuang temple, so it is called Shuanghuang temple. Donghuang temple, also known as Pujing Buddhist temple, was built in 1651 to govern naomuhan. Xihuang temple was built in 1652 to govern naomuhan. Dalai Lama V lived here when he came to Beijing in December of that year. In the 10th year of Shunzhi (1653), the Dalai Lama gave up his life. In 1780, Erdeni VI, a Panchen Lama, came to Beijing. Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty appointed Xihuang temple, where Dalai V once lived, as his place of peaceful meditation.

Huangsi structure in Beijing

The gate of Xihuang Temple faces south. There are three halls at the entrance. There are one bell and one drum tower in the courtyard. Second, there are five main halls and two East and West stele pavilions in front of the hall. In the first year of Yongzheng reign (1723), the Mongolian princes cast pagodas of Buddhas and presented them to the temple. It was rebuilt in 1771. In 1782, on the central axis of the rear of Xihuang temple, the Qing Dynasty purification city was built. There is a white tower inside. The body of the tower is engraved with the history of Panchen Lama. Xihuang temple is also called Dalai Lama Temple, and Qingjing Huacheng is called Panchen Lama tower. The Panchen tower is surrounded by stone railings, with a white stone archway in front and behind. The tower is octagonal in shape and decorated with a golden top. The four corners of the tower are equipped with four small towers, each of which is carved with Buddha statues.

Xihuang Temple faces south from the north and consists of two courtyards, covering an area of nearly 12000 square meters. It used to be the place where Tibetan Dalai Lamas and Panchen lamas came to Beijing and settled in tin. It is the seat of the higher Buddhist College of the Chinese Tibetan language department.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, in order to harmonize the relationship with the local forces in Tibet, the Qing government sent Chaga and xirao lamas to Tibet in 1651, invited the fifth Dalai Lama rosangjiacuo (1617-1682) to Beijing to meet with the emperor Shunzhi, and ordered the construction of Xihuang temple for the Dalai Lama to stay in tin. In 1652, Xihuang temple was built. In that year, the fifth Dalai Lama led more than 3000 Tibetan monks and folk officials to serve in Beijing for nine months and stationed in Xihuang temple. Because the monks of Gelu sect wear yellow robes and yellow hats, they are also called Huangjiao, hence the name of Huangsi. To the east of the temple, there was a Tibetan Buddhist temple built in 1651 ad. in order to distinguish between the two temples, people called it the East and West yellow land. Donghuang temple has long been extinct.

In June of 1779, the sixth Panchen Lama Badan Yixi (1738-1780) led more than 100 monks and clergymen in the three temples, escorted by more than 2000 ministers and monks and customs officials in Tibet, and set out from zhashlunbu temple to Beijing to meet Emperor Qianlong and congratulate him on his 70th birthday. This is an important historical event in the history of ethnic relations in the early Qing Dynasty. In July of the next year, Emperor Qianlong held a grand welcome ceremony in the summer resort.

Panchen Lama took part in the celebration of Wanshou Festival, recited the wuliangshou Sutra in person, and performed the great guanding ceremony of wuliangshou Buddha. Then, accompanied by the crown prince and others, Panchen Lama arrived in Beijing in September and stayed in Xihuang temple.

Beginning with the fifth Dalai Lama and the sixth Panchen Lama, the Dalai Lamas and Panchen lamas sent officials and lamas to Beijing every other year to pay tribute. They all lived in Xihuang temple as usual. Buddhists who come to Beijing from all Mongolian tribes also live in Xihuang temple to worship Buddha.

Clean city tower

On the central axis of the rear Hall of Xihuang temple, the most prominent building is the sixth Panchen Yiguan tower, originally known as "qingjingcheng tower", commonly known as "Panchen tower". It was built in 1782 to commemorate the sixth Panchen Lama. This Panchen pagoda is full of unique architectural style. Although the whole pagoda type is Indian Buddha Gaya type, that is, the big pagoda is built with small pagodas at four corners, and the five pagodas are built on the same tower base, the structure of the central main pagoda is Tibetan pagoda. Its architecture, Buddhist characters, painting, carving and decorative patterns are the traditional methods of the Han nationality. This is a masterpiece of pagoda architecture in Qing Dynasty.

Now Beijing Huangsi

The higher Buddhist College of Tibetan Language Department of China, located in Xihuang temple, was founded in 1987 with the support of the people's Government under the advocacy of the 10th Panchen Lama and the president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, Zhao Puchu. It is the highest institution to cultivate high-level talents in the research, teaching and temple management of Tibetan Buddhism in China. It is also a historical initiative of Tibetan Buddhism to cultivate living Buddha and gexi education, which has changed from the classical school teaching to the classroom collective teaching.

admission ticket

Admission fee is 20 yuan. No visit from Monday to Friday.

traffic

406, 380 bus to the West Huangsi north station, along the Huangsi street to the West Road North. 123 bus to the West

Get off at Huangsi station

Business Hours

10:00-22:00 from Monday to Sunday

Address: Huangsi street, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.393127

Latitude: 39.963154

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