Wuta Temple, Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum

2023-06-19

The Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum is a gathering place for stone carvings in Beijing, located on the site of Zhenjue Temple, which is also known as the "Wuta Temple. The existing King Kong Throne Pagoda in the temple is decorated with exquisite carvings of religious themes, and it is the most complete King Kong Throne Pagoda at present. 

In October 1987, the Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum was established and opened to the public, with a collection of more than 2,600 cultural relics/sets, mainly stone carving cultural relics in Beijing, including steles, epitaphs, statues, prayer buildings, stone carvings, stone building components and other categories, which is an important physical material for the study of local history in Beijing.  

The museum has set up exhibition zones according to different themes. Outdoor open-air displays include calligraphy tablets, stone monuments, stone carvings, and indoor exhibition halls that present the cultural development history of stone carvings. 

When you are tired of walking, you can go to the backyard to sit on a wooden swing, wait for the sunset in the quiet yard, and enjoy a leisurely time. 

Address: No. 24, Wutasi Village, Haidian District, Beijing

Translator: BAO Minmin

Reviewer: ZHAO Huinan

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