Originally named “Huiju Temple”, Jietai Temple was built in the 5th Wude year of the Tang Dynasty (622) and thus has a history of over 1,400 years.

The palaces and halls of the temple were orderly built in accommodating the terrain of the mountain, featuring both the grandeur of temples in Northern China and the elegance of gardens in Southern China. Since the very beginning, Jietai Temple has featured prominently in the Buddhist world of China, with the precept platform topping the country in the term of size. It also exists as the highest seat of Buddhist learning in China and is billed as “the No. 1 Precept Platform of the World”. It’s also a place where Bodhisattva vow, the highest Buddhist commandment is preached. Jietai Temple is not only a prestigious temple, but also a renowned tourist attraction.

It’s a place where tourists can visit the temple, view pine trees, enjoy red leaves, and taste vegetarian food. The dining hall of Jietai Temple offers pious disciples vegetarian food as alms, and disciples take these food by following Buddhist rules, thus getting a taste of pure Buddhist culture. Amid late autumn, trees in many places of Beijing are turning red. Jietai Temple enjoys a long history of red leaves viewing. As early as in the late Qing Dynasty, red leaves here were very famous. A duke of the late Qing Dynasty even wrote a poem that describes the beauty of red leaves in Jietai Temple. In autumn days, Jietai Temple is sheltered by a wide range of colorful trees, including green pines and verdant cypresses, gingko trees, ash trees, smoke trees and acermonoes.

Ticket: 45 yuan per person

Address: Ma’anshan Mountain, Mentougou District, Beijing

Opening Hours: 8:30-17:30

Phone: 010-69805942