Tianning Temple (Beijing)

Tianning Temple
Brick and stone pagoda of the Tianning Temple
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
Location
LocationBeijing
CountryChina
Geographic coordinates39°53′37″N 116°20′24″E / 39.8937°N 116.34°E / 39.8937; 116.34
Architecture
Completed1119-1120

The Tianning Temple (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Tiānníng Sì) is a Buddhist temple complex located in Xicheng District of Beijing, in northern China.

The temple contains the 12th-century Pagoda of Tianning Temple. The 8 sided pagoda is of the Liao Dynasty, built from around 1100 to 1119 or 1120 CE, shortly before the Liao Dynasty was conquered by the Jin dynasty.


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