North bank of Gaoliang River, east of Baishi Bridge, Haidian District, Beijing.

Hidden in the downtown area is Zhenjue Temple, an ancient temple of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhenjue Temple is located in the center of a Yuan Dynasty Temple, which was destroyed during the war. During Yongle’s reign of the Ming Dynasty, Nepalese monks entered Beijing and presented five golden Buddha statues and drawings of the Bodh Gaya Tower. Ming Chengzu bestowed the construction of Zhenjue Temple and ordered the building of a tower for the Golden Buddha.

In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong rebuilt Zhenjue Temple. A few years later, in order to avoid the name taboo of Yongzheng Emperor, who’s name is Yinzhen, the temple was renamed "Zhengjue Temple". During Qianlong’s reign, the temple was rebuilt and renamed "Grand Zhengjue Temple". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zhenjue

Temple was destroyed by a fire, only the King Kong Throne Pagoda has survived.

There have always been different opinions regarding the destruction of Zhenjue Temple - the British and French Allied Forces, Boxers, Beiyang Government... The remaining five square pagodas are also the reason why Zhenjue Temple is commonly known as the "Five Pagoda Temple".

Until 1961, Zhenjue Temple was listed as a "National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit" approved by the State Council, and it was turned into the current Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum. The museum contains ancient texts carved on stones, stone mausoleums showing the status and dignity of the deceased, inscriptions left by ancient temples during construction, repair, and Buddhist events. As time passed, the thoughts of every single word in the previous life finally became the years in the eyes of today’s people.