Beijing 北京

Běijīng 北京 Other names include: Yàn 燕; Yànjīng 燕京; Běipíng 北平 (from June 28, 1928 to October 1, 1949); Peking, Peiping (historical romanizations)

Nearby Locations: Tiānjīn 天津 Jìnán 濟南 Tàiyuán 太原 Shěnyáng 瀋陽

North China Region

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Běijīng 北京 was the capital of the Qīng 清 dynasty, the Běiyáng government in the 1910s and 1920s, and is currently the capital of the People's Republic of China.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Bǎilín Temple 柏林寺
• Yǒnghé Gōng 雍和宮
• The Buddhist Academy of China 中國佛學院
• The Chinese Buddhist Association 中國佛教協會 is based here, as was its predecessor the Chinese General Buddhist Association 中華佛教總會
• The short-lived Bǎilín Institute 柏林教理院
• The Bějīng Scriptural Press 北京刻經處
• Buddhist Tibetan Language College 藏文學院
• Hóngcí Buddhist Seminary 弘慈佛學院
• Jìnglián Temple 淨蓮寺, associated with the Dharmadhatu Seminary 法界學院

Other Notes

• Several Buddhist periodicals were published here, including:
  • Běipíng Buddhist Association Monthly 北平佛教會月刊
  • The Young Men's Buddhistic Monthly 佛化新青年
  • Common Vow 同願
  • True Enlightenment Magazine 正覺雜誌
• Xú Wèirú 徐蔚如, Lǚ Chéng 呂澂, Jìchán 寄禪, Jùzàn 巨贊, Zhū Fèihuáng 朱芾煌, Zhōu Shújiā 周叔迦, Tāng Yòngtóng 湯用彤, and Cízhōu 慈舟 (1877-1958) died here

References and Resources

• Map of Běijīng, 1875, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
• Map of Běijīng region, 1912, Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin