Beijing Baoguo Temple

Beijing's Baoguo Temple was built in the Liao Dynasty, also known as Shuangsong Temple for a long time, as early as the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, it was used as an arms warehouse by the Japanese, after liberation, it was used as a metal smelter, and the temples here were only houses. Buddha statues and the like have long disappeared. In 1997, Baoguo Temple was approved as a collection trading market.

Now Beijing Baoguo Temple is only a cultural activity place, especially cultural collections trading, more antique calligraphy and painting, stamps, old books, etc., sometimes also hold some calligraphy and painting exhibitions, all the halls have nothing to do with religious content, most of them come here like antiques, The guests of the stamps.

After the epidemic, I revisited Baoguo Temple. I mentioned Baoguo Temple. The impression formed a long time ago is that it is related to the antique calligraphy and painting market. Because it has always been a quite famous collection market in Beijing. Although the scale is far less than Panjiayuan market, the fame is also loud. It is the most attractive cultural market in Nancheng, Beijing. In fact, Baoguo Temple is also very simple from the perspective of history, culture, religion and folk customs. Baoguo Temple is also called Shuangsong Temple, built in the Liao Dynasty, and is a veritable "millennium ancient temple". In the two years of Ming Chenghua (1466), the order of the Ming Xian Zongzun Queen Mother was renamed "Ciren Temple" on the original base site. Qing Qianlong 19 years (1754) after the refurbishment, it was renamed "Dabao Guo Ciren Temple", Qing Guangxu 26 years (1900) destroyed in the eight-country coalition artillery fire, Qing Guangxu 30 years (1904) repaired, in the resistance was occupied by Japan and used for military storage, after the surrender of Japan as a grain storage, after the founding of the state as a grain storage, Metal smelting plant, newspaper office and other uses, 1989 Baoguo Temple restoration project started, 1997 repair completed as "Baoguo Temple Cultural Market", 2015 started upgrading, 2020 closed the market to restore as a cultural relics protection unit and opened to the outside world. In addition, this Baoguo Temple is also related to Gu Yanwu, one of the famous "Three Mr. Qing Dynasty" in the late Ming Dynasty, which shouted out "the country is responsible for the prosperity and death of the country". Gu Yanwu has nothing to do with two masters in his life, but he has become a master of Han Xue in the Qing Dynasty. He has lived in Baoguo Temple for a period of time. Here left a lot of writings, Qingdao light 23 years (1843), Hanlin Institute edited He Shaoji, Zhang Mu and others built Guting Linxuan in Baoguo Temple West Courtyard, since then literati frequently here to sacrifice, and several times to re-repair Guxuan, which also reflects the style of Chinese literati to a certain extent. In addition, there is a modern stone monument on the east side of the second hospital, which is the centenary monument of the Reformation Law established in 1998. The modern literati with progressive ideas is concentrated in the outer city of Beijing, which is the southern city area to carry out the national salvation movement. Baoguo Temple is also one of the main activities. The history of Baoguo Temple for thousands of years can be said to witness the prosperity of ancient China, the humiliation suffered in modern times, the struggle of the Chinese people, and the gradual rejuvenation after the founding of the country, which is abomination, sighing and full of expectations. The last time I came to Baoguo Temple was at the end of 2021, and it was still in the epidemic. Although Baoguo Temple was still open to visit, it was empty, there were almost no tourists, and antique shops were closed. Now that the epidemic has passed, Baoguo Temple has been lively again, and there is a new and vigorous appearance everywhere. The mountain gate is still closed, vehicles and tourists enter from the side gate of the east side of the mountain gate, the four-entry monastery, there is a tall Qianlong imperial monument in the courtyard, the inscription on the above has been worn out can not be seen, but the momentum is still there, such a tall monument in the temples are not common. One into the hospital, two into the hospital, three into the hospital each have a large hall, are quite spectacular, but there is no religious use at all, there are antiques, jade, collectibles, cultural shops, cultural teahouses on both sides of the East and West.

20230611 Baoguo Temple punched in Baoguo Temple again, because the small rooftop issued a new seal!

Beijing's Baoguo Temple in Beijing is west of the vegetable market entrance and the Niujie intersection is west. There are stalls that are not selling antiques.