Temple

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Note that much of what’s listed below is within the Fourth and Fifth Ring Roads, and sometimes barely beyond the Third, and reachable in half an hour or so for ¥20 to ¥30 by taxi, or for much less still by metro or public…

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The hills west of Peking are the Switzerland of Northern China. They are not very high nor extraordinarily beautiful, but there are some very pretty gorges and…

通州大成街
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十三陵的东北边9公里, S308
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怀柔往北走红螺路10公里
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After your ticket is torn, turn right through a bamboo grove to reach the main temple buildings, which really amount to little more than a giant tourist trap spun…

房山区: 京石高速 琉璃河口下往西走
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This temple is extremely ancient, having originally been built in 631CE, although Japanese forces are blamed for its destruction in the 20th century. For the…

海淀区苏家坨镇北安河乡
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In the summer of 1866, Dà Jué Sì superseded the Temple of the Azure Clouds at what is now Fragrant Hills Park as the summer retreat of the pompous British attaché…

西五环路八大处出口下
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There are several military camps in the area, which was entirely off-limits to foreigners not very long ago, so you may share the bus out with military personnel.

香山卧佛寺路
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The large, slightly scruffy 72-hectare site was begun in 1956 and claims to be home to 2000 species of trees and shrubs, 200 species of…