Yan Gong Temple

Visitor information

Also known as

晏公祠

City

Beijing

Coordinates

39.9822338, 116.1946246

About Yan Gong Temple

Yan Gong Temple is located at the foothills of Wan'an Mountain in Sijiqing Township, Haidian District, Beijing. It was built in the seventh year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty (1512) by the eunuch Yan Hong. It was originally named Daotong Temple and was rebuilt in the fourth year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1665). The main building is a Tingyun rock cave dug into the cliff. It is three rooms wide and adopts an arch roof structure. There is a stone door connecting the bright room and the secondary room. The west room is called Sizhishi, and the east room is called Sanshengzhai. The life story of Yan Hong is engraved on the cave wall, and "Yaoyue Cave" is engraved on the south window of Sanshengzhai.

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