Pudu Temple

Pudu Temple

Pudu temple was built in the Ming Dynasty, formerly known as the Imperial City Dongyuan, also known as "xiaonancheng", covering an area of nearly 10000 square meters, is the place where the prince lives. In the early Qing Dynasty, it was the residence of Regent Dorgon. It was rebuilt and expanded in 1755. Later, it was named Pudu Temple by Qianlong. It was the last time in history that it was built 247 years ago. The architecture of Pudu temple is very unique: it is built on a high platform with low lattice. According to ancient architecture experts, this is the only place in Beijing where such typical Manchu style cultural relics are built.

the ming dynasty

Pudu temple in Dongcheng District of Beijing is located in Nanchizi street. It was built in the Yongle period of Ming Dynasty and is the same age as the Forbidden City. The original site is a part of Hongqing palace in Nancheng of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di specially built the imperial palace here for Zhu Zhanji.

After Zhu Zhanji became emperor, he expanded Dongyuan on a large scale and renamed it "Nannei".

After the civil engineering change, Zhu Qiyu imprisoned Yingzong in Nannei. Later, the "change of seizing the gate" also happened here. Shi Heng and others supported the restoration of Zhu Qizhen and took back the throne from Zhu Qiyu.

Qing Dynasty

In 1644, the Qing army entered the pass, and Dorgon, who was only 32 years old, led hundreds of thousands of Qing army's cavalry.

After the Qing army entered the pass, Dorgon quickly welcomed emperor Shunzhi to Beijing and established his capital. At this time, Emperor Shunzhi was young, and the military power was monopolized by Dorgon, who was called Regent.

After entering Beijing, Dorgon lived in Prince Rui's residence, which was rebuilt on the basis of Nannei in the Ming Dynasty, which is where today's Pudu temple is located.

Due to the special political status of Dorgon, his residence is "resplendent in gold and jade, and strangely carved", which is far higher than other royal houses.

In fact, it became the actual political power center of the country at that time.

In the 33rd year of Kangxi (1694), the old Ruiqin palace was rebuilt into mahagara temple. In 1776, Qianlong named the temple "Pudu Temple".

The main hall is a grand building with a tall platform, xumizuo style and 9 rooms wide. The top of the hall with yellow tiles and green trimmings, and the front building with green tiles and yellow trimmings. Eaves out of the cornice, a total of 3 layers, is a rare architectural style.

The Republic of China

After the revolution of 1911, the government of the Republic of China changed the temple into a primary school, formerly known as the third elementary school of the people, later known as Pudu Temple Primary School, and later renamed Nanchizi primary school.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China

In 1984, Pudu temple was designated as a key cultural relics protection unit in Beijing. Due to historical reasons, after the founding of the people's Republic of China, a high-density residential area was naturally formed in the area of Pudu temple. The main hall of Pudu Temple became the classroom and warehouse of the school. The damage of Pudu temple was serious, and the surrounding auxiliary hall no longer existed.

The renovation of Pudu temple has attracted the attention of many departments and people. It has been included in Beijing's three-year "330 million yuan cultural relics rescue and repair project". Dongcheng District has invested more than 40 million yuan in relocation of 186 residents on the platform of Pudu temple, merger of Nanchizi primary school occupying the main Hall of Pudu temple, demolition of nearly 5000 square meters of dilapidated houses and illegal buildings around Pudu temple, and complete release of cultural relics, Repair.

After the retreat, the restoration of Pudu temple was carried out in full accordance with the traditional crafts of ancient buildings and the principle that the cultural relics are as old as ever.

The painted dome in the hall looks half new and half old. This is because the old building components should be used first in the maintenance. Only when the old parts are defective and the quantity is not enough, can the imitated new parts be used instead.

On May 16, 2007, Beijing tax Museum, the first provincial tax Museum in China, officially announced its opening to the public, which will be open to the whole society free of charge in the future.

The tax museum is located in Pudu temple, which was once the residence of Prince Dorgon of Qing Dynasty. There are two special exhibitions in the museum, namely, tax bills exhibition of Ming and Qing Dynasties and stamp tax bills exhibition.

From the perspective of the integrity of tax history, the exhibition includes memorials, tax rules and other cultural relics, reflecting the characteristics of the tax culture of the imperial city.

The pavilion also uses high-tech means to reproduce the virtual scene of Chongwenmen tax collection in the commercial street. In addition, the exhibition hall also compares the scenes of the "Madian tax office" in the 1950s with the tax office in this century, showing the growth process of Beijing tax since the founding of new China.

Address: pudusi front lane, Nanchizi street, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.40468967055

Latitude: 39.913097485674

Tel: 010-85112897

Ticket information: free.

Opening hours: 6:00-20:00