Beijing Trip Overview
If you are interested the temple and religious culture in Beijing, this private day tour offer you different type temples to explore. You can visit a Buddhism temple, a Daoist temple and a Muslim temple as well. Freedom of religious belief is respected and protected in China, you may learn more Chinese religious history and background with your experienced guide. The guide, transport, entrance fees, lunch are all inclusive.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Beijing, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Beijing, China, China
If you are interested the temple and religious culture in Beijing, this private day tour offer you different type temples to explore. You can visit a Buddhism temple, a Daoist temple and a Muslim temple as well. Freedom of religious belief is respected and protected in China, you may learn more Chinese religious history and background with your experienced guide. The guide, transport, entrance fees, lunch are all inclusive.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Lama Temple (Yonghegong), No.12 Yonghegong Street, Beixinqiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100007 China
The guide and driver will meet you in your hotel lobby at the planning time in the morning, drive to Lama Temple first. It is the most celebrated Buddhist temple in Beijing and one of the largest and most influential temples in China, it became a lamasery in 1744 and is home to stunning Buddha sculptures, including one sculpture carved from a single piece of sandalwood that stands 18 meters above ground.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Confucius and Guozijian Museum, No.13 Guozijian Street, Beijing China
Next to it, there is located the Guozijian and Confucius Temple. One was the ancient university complex that trained the scholar-officials who ran imperial China and the other one was a place to worship and consecrate Confucius, a great philosopher and educator of ancient China.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Baiyunguan Taoist Temple Fair, No.9 Baiyunguan Street, Baiyun Road, Xicheng Baiyun Taoist Temple, Beijing 100045 China
Afterward to White Cloud Temple, it is one of “The Three Great Ancestral Courts” of the Quanzhen School of Daoism, and is titled “The First Temple under Heaven”, first founded in the mid-8th century during the Tang dynasty and the existing one was rebuilt for the Ming and Qing Dynasties Every year on the 19th day of the first lunar month a festival is held at the abbey in celebration of Qiu Chuji’s birthday. It was thought that Qiu would return to earth as an immortal on this day
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Niujie Mosque, No.18 Niujie Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100053 China
Continue to next destination – Niujie Mosque, it is an ancient mosque that is thought to be among the oldest and most important mosques in China and It is the largest mosque in Beijing, and is an important place for Muslims in Beijing. The outside architecture is Chinese with interior decoration combined with Arabia style.
Duration: 1 hour
