Miaoying Temple

Miaoying Temple
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
Location
LocationBeijing
CountryChina
Geographic coordinates39°55′26″N 116°21′25″E / 39.924°N 116.357°E / 39.924; 116.357
Architecture
Completed1279

The Miaoying Temple (simplified Chinese: 妙应寺; traditional Chinese: 妙應寺; pinyin: Miàoyìng Sì), also known as the "White Stupa Temple" (Chinese: 白塔寺; pinyin: Báitǎ Sì), is a Chinese Buddhist temple on the north side of Fuchengmennei Street in the Xicheng District of Beijing. The temple was a monastery of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism and is now open to the public as a museum. The temple's White Pagoda was built 1279 in the Yuan Dynasty and is the oldest and largest Tibetan Buddhist pagoda in China.