Beijing is an unruly beast with ancient pride, ... Zhihua Temple. Beijing used to have hundreds of small temples all over the city, but few survived the turbulent 19th and 20th centuries.

Zhihua Temple, meaning "temple of wisdom attained", was built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in 1444 and is the only remaining Buddhist temple with Ming characteristics in Beijing.

Zhihua Temple (智化寺) is an ancient Buddhist temple located in the Lumicang Hutong of the Dongcheng District in Beijing. The temple, built in 1443 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), is in ...

A multimedia publication featuring the intangible cultural heritage-Zhihua Temple's Classical Music of Beijing has been jointly launched on Dec 2 by the Chinese National Academy of Arts and the ...

The 10th Zhihua Temple Music Festival is based on the sources that Beijing Zhihua Temple has had in Beijing traditional music, which contains cultural and historical value. The show invited ...

June 12 marks this year's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. Aiming to infuse elements of cultural heritage into modern life, a tour to Beijing's Zhihua Temple was organized last Saturday by the ...

At Zhihua Temple near Chaoyangmen, ... Since 1958, the Beijing municipal government has spent a lot of money renovating it. Then, on October 8, the temple closed once again for more renovation.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Another senior official has become embroiled in a Beijing Olympics corruption scandal which has already cost a vice-mayor his job, but Games organizers said they had stepped up ...

Beijing Olympic officials replaced a disgraced vice mayor Wednesday with another senior official to oversee construction projects for the 2008 Games. Skip to main content Skip to navigation Menu ...

Zhihua Temple, meaning "temple of wisdom attained", was built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in 1444 and is the only remaining Buddhist temple with Ming characteristics in Beijing.