Baiyun Temple, located on Binhe Road outside Xibianmen, is the largest Taoist building complex in Beijing. Guanchu was built in the 26th year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (739), formerly known as Tianchangguan, and it was rebuilt in the 3rd year of Jin Mingchang (1192), and renamed Taiji Palace, which was destroyed by fire in the 3rd year of Jin Taihe (123). At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Qiu Chuji, a real person in Changchun, was appointed by Genghis Khan, the ancestor of Yuan Dynasty, to be in charge of Taoism in the country, so he changed his name to Changchun Palace. In the fifth year of Jintianhui (1127), Qiu Chuji died, and his disciples established a Taoist temple in Gongdong, named Baiyun Temple. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Changchun Palace and other buildings were destroyed by soldiers, and Baiyun Temple remained alone. In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1394), the Second Hall and some ancillary buildings were rebuilt and added on a large scale during the orthodox years, which made the regulation of the view perfect. In the late Ming Dynasty, Guanfu was destroyed by fire. In the 45th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (176), it was rebuilt and expanded on a large scale on the original basis, and the overall layout of Baiyun Temple and the regulation of main halls and pavilions were formed at this time. Later, in the Qianlong and Guangxu years, there were repairs and a small number of additions. During the period of the Republic of China, most of the buildings in the view were broken due to years of disrepair. After liberation, the government allocated funds for renovation in 1956, and in 1957 it was designated as the site of the Chinese Taoist Association. During the "Cultural Revolution", the concept was destroyed again, and in 1981, it was fully renovated and opened to the outside world. In 1979, Guan was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit. Baiyun Temple, which faces south, is divided into four parts: the middle, east and west roads and the backyard, covering an area of more than 1 hectare. The main halls are located on the central axis, including the mountain gate, the Lingguan Hall, the Jade Emperor Hall, the Old Law Hall, the Qiuzu Hall, the Sanqing Pavilion and other buildings. The accessory halls and corridors are located on both sides of the central axis. At the front end of Shenlu Road in front of the mountain gate, there is the Xingxing Gate, which is a wooden archway with four columns and seven floors. There are foreheads in the main building, with the book "Cave in Heaven" in front and "Qionglin Langyuan" in the back. The mountain gate was built in the Ming Dynasty, with three wide rooms, a single-eave glazed tile resting on the top of the mountain, a carved white marble arch and a stone gate, and the inscription "Building Baiyun Temple" under the eaves. There are stone lions, huabiao and other things in front of the door. There is a brick wall outside the Xingxing Gate, and the glass carving brick with the words "Eternal Changchun" is embedded in the heart of the wall. Inside the mountain gate is the Lingguan Hall, which used to be the Hall of Four Commanders, with three rooms wide and one deep, in which is the statue of Wang Lingguan. There are bell and drum towers on the east and west sides of Lingguan Temple, which are square two-story buildings, with the drum tower in the east and the bell tower in the west, which is contrary to other temples. Followed by the Jade Emperor Hall, located on the tall "convex"-shaped abutment, the hall is five rooms wide, three front platforms, gray tiles resting on the top of the mountain, and the temple is for the statue of the Jade Emperor. Now the bronze statues cast on both sides during the Wanli period have been moved elsewhere. The Old Law Hall, formerly known as the Seven True Halls, is located behind the Jade Emperor's Hall and is the main place for Taoist religious activities in the temple. The temple is three rooms wide, connecting buildings and going out of the platform. The hall is dedicated to the statues of seven disciples of Wang Zhongyang, the founder of Quanzhen Daoism, with Qiu Chuji in the center, and the horizontal plaque of Kangxi Imperial Book "Lang Jian Zhen Ting" is hung on the main beam of the hall. On the right side of the platform outside the temple, a bronze mule rode, originally belonging to Dongyue Temple, and later moved here. Qiuzu Hall is a front-row building with its own courtyard behind the Old Law Hall. It was built in Shuntang in the fifth year of Jin Zhengda (1128), changed to Zhenji Hall in the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, and changed to its present name in the forty-fifth year of Qianlong (178). It is a hall dedicated to Qiu Chuji by the descendants of Quanzhen Dragon Sect. The hall is three rooms wide, with gray tiles resting on the top of the mountain, and there are statues of Qiuren and two threats in the hall. Sanqing Pavilion and Siyu Hall are the main rooms of the courtyard with Qiuzu Hall, with two floors, with Sanqing Pavilion on the upper floor and Siyu Hall on the lower floor. They are five rooms wide and have a front porch, which are the apex buildings at the northern end of Baiyunguan Middle Road. Sanqing Pavilion consecrates the highest Taoist deity, Jade Qing's primitive Buddha, Shangqing Lingbao Buddha and Taiqing's moral Buddha, and the Four Imperial Halls are dedicated to the statues of the four great emperors in the celestial world. On both sides of the pavilion, there are corner wings connected, and in the east, there is the scripture collection building, which originally contained the Ming orthodox Taoist collection and the Wanli continuous Taoist collection, and then handed it over to Beijing Library. The west wing building is the chaotian building or the full moon building. Sanqing Pavilion is followed by the Gathering Garden, which is the backyard and the northernmost building of Baiyun Temple. Yunji Garden was built in the 13th year of Guangxu (1887). Jietai and Yunji Mountain House are the main buildings in the garden. In addition, Yunhua Fairy Pavilion, Youhe Pavilion, Miaoxiang Pavilion, Retreat Building and other buildings adorn the garden. There are three rooms in the mountain house, surrounded by corridors; Jietai, located in the south and north, is the place where the scriptures are preached and accepted, and there are verandahs on both sides of it, followed by rockeries. The whole backyard has exquisite layout and beautiful scenery. The original buildings on Guandong Road, such as the Antarctic Hall, Zhenwu Hall, Fire Temple and Zhaitang Hall, have been turned into squatter houses as living quarters because of the early destruction of their gods. On the East Road, there is a well-preserved Luogong Pagoda built in Yongzheng period, with a three-level octagonal tower, masonry structure, exquisite carving and simplicity. West Road building Lvzu Hall, Eight Immortals Hall, Yuanjun Hall, Yuanchen Hall, Ancestral Hall, etc. The ancestral temple is at the southern end, where the abbots of Baiyun Temple are worshipped. Yuanjun Temple, also known as Niangniang Temple, was built in the 21st year of Qianlong (1756). It is three rooms wide, resting on the top of the mountain, with Bixia Yuanjun in the middle, descendants and vision empress in the left and right, and a hanging mountain in the left and right, with statues of the empress who gave birth to the baby and smallpox empress under it. Originally, the temple faced south, but now it faces south, which is the only inverted temple in the view. Located on the west side of Yuanjun Hall, Lvzu Hall was built in the 13th year of Jiaqing (188) as an independent courtyard. The courtyard is divided into front and back bright halls, all of which are three rooms wide, with corridors on both sides; The front hall is the Eight Immortals Hall, and the statue of the Eight Immortals is sculpted along two mountains in the hall. Passing through the Eight Immortals Hall is the Luzu Hall, a special hall dedicated to Lv Dongbin, with a green glazed tile roof, which is the only one in the view; Yuanchen Temple is located on the west side of Sanqing Pavilion, also known as Sixty Jiazi Temple. It is a place for worshipping the statue of Sixty Jiazi stars. The temple is five rooms wide and rests on the top of the mountain with grey tiles. The statue of Sixty Jiazi in the temple was destroyed in the Cultural Revolution, but it was rebuilt in 1984, and the statue of Lao Mu was used as the master in the central government.
The Da Gao Xuan Dian is located at No.23 Sanzuomen Street, Xicheng District. It is a royal Taoist temple that worships "Sanqing" in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The temple was built in the 21st year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1542), destroyed by fire in the 26th year of Jiajing (1547) and rebuilt in the 28th year of Wanli (16). In the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed "Da Gao Yuan Dian" to avoid the taboo of Emperor Kangxi, and later renamed "Da Gao Dian". It was rebuilt in the eighth year of Yongzheng (173), the eleventh year of Qianlong (1746) and the twenty-third year of Jiaqing (1818), and then it was repaired many times. When Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China in 19, the temple was seriously damaged and later repaired. During the Republic of China, some buildings in front of the temple were demolished and changed. In the early days of liberation, the government repaired the wooden archway and Xili Pavilion in front of the temple. In 1956, when the front street of Jingshan was repaired, the two archways, two pavilions, the north gate and the houses on both sides were demolished. In 1957, the temple was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit. The temple faces south, with a length of 264 meters from north to south and a width of 57 meters from east to west, covering an area of nearly 1.5 hectares. The existing ancient buildings are about 1,6 square meters, basically maintaining the original architectural style. From south to north along the central axis, the main buildings are Dagao Xuanmen, Dagao Xuandian, Jiutian Wanfa Leitan, Ganyuan Pavilion, etc., and buildings such as accessory halls, bell and drum towers and value rooms are arranged on the left and right. In front of the temple, there are two glazed doors, all of which are tied for three holes and vouchers, protected by stone fences. There is a big high porch door in the glazed door, with three wide facades and a royal road in the middle, with a total width of 16.2 meters and a penetration depth of 8.8 meters. The yellow glazed tile rests on the top of the mountain to adjust the big ridge, and five steps on the single-sided bucket. There are bell and drum towers in the door, both of which are square planes with two floors. The yellow glazed tile rests on the top of the mountain, and its inner bell and drum were also lost when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing. There are seven halls with a total width of 34 meters and a penetration depth of 16.5 meters. The roof of the hall is covered with yellow glazed tiles with double eaves, and the upper eaves are covered with single stiles, while the lower eaves are covered with five stiles. There are painted golden dragons and seals. There are four doors between the front eaves and the second eaves, and there are sill windows between the two tips, all of which are three-to-six. The main hall is located on the pedestal of Sumeru, which is surrounded by white marble railings. There is a platform in front, three steps on the front, a stone carving imperial road in the middle, and patterns such as Yunlong, Yunfeng and crane are carved on the imperial road. There are five east and west halls in front of the temple, all of which are green glazed tiles resting on the top of the mountain, leading out of the corridor, a bucket of two liters of hemp leaves, and a spinner with gold-colored paintings. The Nine-Day Wanfalei Altar is located behind the main hall, with five rooms in width, 15 meters in overall width and 1 meters in depth. It has a single-eaves, a green glazed tile with yellow trim, and a five-step, heavy-duty bucket. There is a whirlwind painting under the eaves. There is a platform surrounded by a white marble guardrail in front of the temple, and there is a royal road in the middle. There are rooms in the east and west of the temple, each with nine bays, with a total width of 37.4 meters and a depth of 9.6 meters. The green glazed tiles rest on the top of the mountain and adjust the ridge. The northernmost part of Da Gao Xuan Dian is a two-story pavilion. The upper floor is called "Ganyuan Pavilion", which is a round pyramidal roof composed of eight columns, covered with purple glazed tiles. The pavilion stands on a flat seat, surrounded by corridors and has wooden railings. The lower floor is named "Kun Zhenyu", which is square, with yellow glazed tiles on the waist eaves, single-upturned single-raised bucket, wellhead smallpox and painted golden dragons; The pavilion was built on the abutment with a white marble guardrail, with a stamp in the middle of the front and a stone carving to guard the road.
Ducheng God Temple is located at No.33 Chengxian Street, Xicheng District. It is a temple dedicated to the capital city god. In 1984, it was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit. The temple was founded in the 7th year of Yuan Dynasty (127), and was originally named Yingsheng Wang Ling Yingmiao. In the second year of Yuan Tianli (1329), the metropolitan city god was added as the king to protect the country and protect Ning, and his wife was a princess. It was rebuilt in Yongle of Ming Dynasty and renamed as Daweiling Temple. Later, it was rebuilt or rebuilt in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The temple faces south, and there are three original doors on the central axis, namely, the Temple Gate, Shunde Gate and Zhanwei Gate, all of which are three, one on the left and one on the right. In addition, there are Bell and Drum Tower, Daweiling Temple, Bedroom Temple, two temples, three sacrificial places, Jingting, Liaolu, Beiting Pavilion, etc., and only the Bedroom Temple is left. There are five bedrooms, with a width of 24.8 meters and a depth of 17 meters, with a building area of about 42 square meters. Yellow glazed tiles and black shears rest on the top of the mountain to adjust the ridge, kissing the hanging animals, draining water from the mountains, stepping on the stilts for five times, painting with whirling colors, wiping the doors and windows with diagonal squares, ceiling on the wellhead in the hall, adding gold pillars before and after, and fighting for three liters. In front of the temple, there are three pavilions, with a total width of 17.8 meters and a depth of 7 meters. Inside the pavilions, there is a golden bucket. There are still stone tablets of Ming Yingzong, Qing Sejong and Qing Gao Zongyu in the temple.
Dongyue Temple, located at No.141 Chaowai Street, is the largest temple of orthodox Taoism in North China. The temple was built by Zhang Liusun, the 38th descendant of China Taoist founder Zhang Daoling (Tianshi) in the Eastern Han Dynasty. After his death, it was completed by his disciple Wu Quanjie. The temple was started in the sixth year of Yuan Yanyou (1319) and completed in the third year of Zhi (1323). It was named Dongyue Renshou Palace as the palace of Dongyue Emperor. In the second year of Thai's reign (1325), Xiangge Ciji, princess royal, the Grand Duke of Lu, invested to build the Houdian, which served as the living room for the Emperor and Empress. It was completed in the first year of the calendar (1328) and was named Zhaode Hall. In the 12th year of the Ming Dynasty (1447), Ming Yingzong was renovated and expanded in his hometown, and the temple was renamed Dongyue Temple, with Daiyue Hall as the main hall and Yude Hall as the back hall. In the third year of Wanli (1575), Ming Shenzong and his mother Li Taihou donated money to rebuild Dongyue Temple, and the bell and drum tower was built the following year. In the 25th year of Wanli (1592), Dongyue Temple was repaired again, and the East and West Prince's halls and the back cover building were added. In the thirty-fifth year of Wanli (167), the eunuch in the palace donated money to build the glazed archway in front of the temple. At this point, the main courtyard of Dongyue Temple was basically completed. In the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1698), the temple was destroyed by fire and was restored in the forty-first year of Kangxi. During the Qianlong period, Maio was repaired again. During the Daoguang period, Ma Yilin, a Taoist priest in the temple, rebuilt the temple and expanded the East-West Taoist Temple, and the basic pattern of Dongyue Temple became complete. When Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing in 19, Dongyue Temple was occupied by the Japanese army and was seriously damaged. During the Republic of China, the temple declined day by day, until the eve of liberation, there were only 9 Taoist priests in the temple. After liberation, the temple was occupied by institutions and schools. In 1957, it was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit. During the Cultural Revolution, the cultural relics in the temple were completely destroyed. Later, due to the road expansion, the mountain gate and the two cross-street wooden archways in front of it were demolished. At the end of 1995, Dongyuemiao Middle Road was handed over to Chaoyang District Cultural Relics Administration and opened to the public as Beijing Folk Museum. In 1996, it was announced as a national cultural relics protection unit. Dongyue Temple, which faces south, covers an area of about 6 hectares and has more than 6 halls, which are divided into three parts: the main courtyard in the middle road and the east and west Taoist courtyards. Although its architecture has been rebuilt and expanded in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the architectural pattern on the central axis, the fighting of the temple and the replacement of wood still maintain the shape and characteristics of the architecture in Yuan Dynasty, with neat layout and magnificent regulations. The main existing buildings in the middle road are the glass archway, the Star Gate, the Ji Gate, the Daiyue Hall and the Yude Hall, while other buildings are evenly, regularly and symmetrically distributed on both sides, forming an independent and interconnected six-entrance courtyard. Ji Gate, also known as Zhan Daimen, has five rooms in width, with three halls in the Ming Dynasty and three halls in the Ming Dynasty. There is a statue of the Taoist protector Hum and Ha in front of the left and right tips, followed by a statue of the Ten Taibao. Across the Jimen Gate, there is a 6-meter-long and nearly 1-meter-high Yong Road connecting Daiyue Hall, the main hall of the temple. There are bell and drum towers on both sides of Yong Road, both square, with two floors, green glazed tiles resting on the top of the mountain, and steep plaques of Ming Dynasty hanging between the two eaves. The bell tower on the west side is "whale sound" and the drum tower on the east side is "Miao sound". Daiyue Temple is located on the platform with a length of 25 meters and a width of 19 meters. It is five rooms wide and eleven purlins deep, and its roof is trimmed with grey tiles and green glass. The eaves are single-tilted and three-sided, and the dragon ceiling is sitting on the front, and the seal painting is painted. There is a Bao mansion in front of and behind the temple, and a shed roof in front of it, which is three rooms wide and eight purlins deep; After that, it is the roof of the four-ao hanging mountain, with a wide surface. On both sides of Daiyue Hall, the East-West Corridor leads back to connect the East-West Flower Hall and the Annex Hall, and surrounds the two sides of Jimen Gate. Dongduo Temple is called Sanmaojun Temple, Xiduo Temple is called Bingling Palace, the East Annex Hall is Fucai Temple, and the West Annex Hall is Guangsi Temple, all of which are three rooms wide, with gray tiles and green glass trimmed to rest on the top of the mountain, and the corner under the eaves of the two annexes is a bucket of Yuanyang, which still maintains the architectural characteristics of the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Yude Hall is connected with Daiyue Hall by a hall, with five halls wide, with grey tiles and green glass trimmed at the top of the palace, and three rooms wide at the front, and the roof of the shed is closed. The overall pattern of Daiyue Hall and Yude Hall, such as the word "I", is a typical architectural form of Song and Yuan Dynasties. On the left and right sides and to the north of the halberd gate, there is a surrounding Temple for the seventy-sixth division of Hell. The gray tile green glass is trimmed and hung on the mountain to adjust the ridge, and its front and rear eaves have obvious characteristics of Yuan Dynasty. At the back of the main courtyard of Zhonglu Road is the back cover building, with two floors, hanging mountains and big ridges, and the front porch, surrounded by seventy-four trees on three sides. There are the Empress Hall, Doumu Hall, Guandi Hall, Kitchen King Hall, Lingguan Hall, Zhenwu Hall, etc. There are three royal rooms downstairs, which are specially used by emperors when they come to the temple for ceremonies or go to Dongling in the late Qing Dynasty. The East Courtyard consists of six small courtyards, including the Hall of the Demon Emperor, the Hall of Jiangdong, and the Hall of Nine Empresses in Yajishan. Most of them are gardens, dotted with exotic flowers and strange cloisters and rocks, with pleasant scenery. There are some scattered temples in the west courtyard, and the pattern is not very regular. Most of the gods offered are folk gods, such as Yaowang Temple, Luban Temple and Yuelao Temple. At present, the East and West Houses are still occupied by units, and some buildings have been demolished due to reconstruction.
Huode Zhenjun Temple, commonly known as the Temple of Fire, is located at No.77, Di 'anmenwai Street, Xicheng District. It was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit in 1984. According to legend, the temple was built in the Yuan Dynasty. In the thirty-eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (161), it was rebuilt on the site of the temple in the Yuan Dynasty, and the temple was converted into a glazed tile roof and a heavy pavilion was built. In the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong (1759), it was rebuilt. The temple faces south, with a door facing east. There is an archway inside and outside the East Mountain Gate, and there are flagpoles and other things outside the gate. The gate is three rooms wide and yellow.