Beijing Ninghe Temple

Ninghe Temple, also known as Yun Temple, is located at No. 46, Beichizi Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It is one of the eight temples outside the Forbidden City. Ninghe Temple was built in the eighth year of Emperor Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1730). Emperor Yongzheng inscribed the plaque "Xingze Zhaocai". The temple gate faces east and west, but the whole building faces north and south. The halls are divided into four, and between the halls, there is a miniature Shinto, less than one meter wide. There is a shadow wall in the south of the temple, three gates in the north, three front halls after the Shinto, the main hall in the north, and five rear halls behind the main hall.