[2024 Beijing Attraction] Travel Guide for Beijing Ancestral Hall of Prime Minister Wen (Updated Oct)
Memorial Temples
Historical Architectures
Address:
No.63 Fuxue Alley, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100007, China
Opening times:
Open today at 09:30-17:00(Admission ends at 16:30)Opening Soon
Recommended sightseeing time:
20-30 minutes
Phone:
010-64014968
Wen Tianxiang Shrine
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Wen Tianxiang Shrine is located in Fuxue Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It was built in the 9th year of the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1376) and is a shrine for worshiping Wen Tianxiang, a national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty who resisted the Yuan Dynasty, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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The former site of Wen Tianxiang Shrine was the earthen prison where Wen Tianxiang was imprisoned in Dadu.
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Wen Tianxiang Shrine faces south and consists of a gate, a hall, and a main hall. The main hall houses some relics of the original shrine and exhibits of Wen Tianxiang's handwriting. There is a jujube tree in the courtyard, which is said to have been planted by Wen Tianxiang himself.
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Beijing Wen Chengxiang Shrine | A memorial site for Wen Tianxiang, a national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty who resisted the Yuan Dynasty, located in Fuxue Hutong, Dongcheng District
🌻 The Beijing Wen Chengxiang Shrine, also known as the Wen Tianxiang Shrine, was established to commemorate Wen Tianxiang, a national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty who resisted the Yuan Dynasty. It is located at No. 63 Fuxue Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing, and is the second batch of municipal cultural relics protection units in Beijing, as well as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
The Wen Chengxiang Shrine was originally built in the ninth year of the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty (1376), on the site of the earthen prison where Wen Tianxiang was imprisoned during the Yuan Dynasty (present-day Beijing). The shrine faces south and is composed of a main gate, a passage hall, and a hall of enjoyment, forming a two-entry quadrangle courtyard with an area of nearly 600 square meters. The passage hall features the 'Exhibition of Wen Tianxiang's Life', and the hall houses some relics from the original shrine and exhibits such as Wen Tianxiang's handwriting. In the courtyard, there is also a jujube tree, which is said to have been planted by Wen Tianxiang himself.
🌻 Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), styled Lüshan and also known as Wen Shan, served as the Right Prime Minister in the second year of Deyou of the Southern Song Dynasty (1276). After being captured by the Yuan forces, he was executed at Chaishi (now the western entrance of Fuxue Hutong) in the nineteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1283). Wen Tianxiang's 'Song of Righteous Qi' has become a famous piece passed down through generations, reflecting his lofty national integrity.
🌻 The Wen Chengxiang Shrine is not only an important place to commemorate Wen Tianxiang but also an important carrier for the inheritance and promotion of patriotic spirit. Visiting the shrine allows one to remember Wen Tianxiang's great achievements, feel his lofty national integrity and firm patriotic sentiment, and receive patriotic education.
🌈 Transportation:
🚇 Subway: Line 8, Shichahai Station, F Northeast Exit
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When you come to Beijing, don't forget that this is where Wen Tianxiang was last imprisoned in the Si Lao
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Wen Tianxiang (June 6, 1236 - January 9, 1283), originally named Yun Sun, styled Song Rui, also styled Lu Shan. He was also known as the Daoist name Floating Rest and Wen Mountain. A native of Jizhou Luling (now Futing Town, Qingyuan District, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province), he was a late Southern Song Dynasty politician, literary figure, patriotic poet, famous anti-Yuan minister, and national hero. He was known as one of the 'Three Heroes of the Late Song Dynasty' along with Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie.
In the sixteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty's Zhiyuan era (1279), Wen Tianxiang was captured by the Yuan army and imprisoned in the Bingma Si jail. In the nineteenth year of Zhiyuan (1282), Wen Tianxiang left the Bingma Si jail and went to the execution ground to be martyred.
In the ninth year of the Ming Dynasty's Hongwu era (1376), the Deputy Inspector Liu Song presided over the construction of the Wen Chancellor Temple on the site of the old Bingma Si earth jail, to the right of Chaishi Shuntian Prefecture School.
Wen Chancellor Temple is located at No. 63 Fuxue Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing, adjacent to Shuntian Prefecture School (now Fuxue Primary School). The temple faces south and is a two-entry quadrangle courtyard with an area of nearly 600 square meters, consisting of a main gate, a passage hall, and a hall of enjoyment. The passage hall is the 'Exhibition of Wen Tianxiang's Life', briefly introducing Wen Tianxiang's heroic deeds during his youth, the fifteen years after entering officialdom, raising troops against the Yuan, surviving nine deaths, raising the battle flag again, being captured after defeat, and being martyred in Chu prison. The hall retains some relics of the original temple and exhibits such as Wen Tianxiang's handwriting.
The east wall of the front courtyard is inscribed with the 'Song of Righteous Qi' written by Wen Tianxiang in prison, penned by the Ming Dynasty calligrapher Wen Zhengming. In the backyard, there is a jujube tree named 'South-Pointing Tree', which is said to have been planted by Wen Tianxiang himself during his imprisonment. The peculiarity of this jujube tree is that all its branches naturally incline southward at about a 45-degree angle to the ground, symbolizing Wen Tianxiang's spirit of 'A minister's heart is like a piece of magnetic stone, it won't rest until it points south'. Wen Tianxiang, when he was the governor of Ganzhou, was remembered by the people of Ganzhou as one of the four sages; he left behind the eternal masterpiece 'Since ancient times, who has not died? Leave my loyal heart to illuminate the annals of history' during the Battle of Yashan and was enshrined in the Great Loyalty Temple.
⏳Visiting time:
Two hours
💰Average cost:
5 yuan for a ticket