Beijing - Temple of the Five Pagodas

(Local Name: Wuta Si) On the other side of the Nanchang River, north of the zoo, the main building of the Zhenjue Si temple dating back to the 15th C remained standing. It is a diamond throne stone pagoda adorned with numerous bas-reliefs constructed in the Indian style. On its high base five smaller pagodas were built after which the temple is now named. The Beijing Museum of Stone Inscriptions can now be found here which holds numerous Latin-Chinese tomb stones of Jesuits who worked in Beijing during the 18th and 19th C.