Ninghe Temple, Taoist temple in Donghuamen, Beijing, China
Ninghe Temple is a Qing-dynasty temple at 46 Beichizi Street, built in 1730 to honour the Cloud God and now used as a primary school campus. Its surviving halls run south to north: the gate with yellow glazed tiles and green borders, the offering hall with black glazed tiles, then the main hall with a carved dragon ramp before its steps, and the rear sleeping hall. The bell and drum towers were demolished in 1972.
The temple was built in 1730 during Emperor Yongzheng's reign in the Qing Dynasty. It belongs to a group of eight temples surrounding the Forbidden City and reflects Beijing's imperial religious landscape.
The temple's popular name, Yunshenmiao (Cloud God Temple), comes from its role in sacrifices to the cloud deity, and its main gate carries a plaque inscribed by Emperor Yongzheng reading "Xing Ze Zhao Cai". Since the Republican era the buildings have housed a primary school, now the Beichizi campus of Dengshikou Primary School.
The temple stands at No. 46 Beichizi Street, on the east side of the road, facing west through a gate added later. It now serves as the Beichizi campus of Dengshikou Primary School, so the halls are not open to visitors; the gate and restored roofs can be seen from the street.
The temple's gate opens onto Beichizi Street through a side gate added later, facing west rather than south like the main axis. The original archways and a 22.9-metre glazed screen wall no longer stand.
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