The Wanshou Temple (simplified Chinese: 万寿寺; traditional Chinese: 萬壽寺; pinyin: Wànshòu Sì) is a temple located at No.121, Wanshousi Road, Zizhuyuan Subdistrict, Haidian District, Beijing.
It was built in 1577 during the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty to store Chinese Buddhist scriptures.
[1] The Beijing Art Museum housed in the Wanshou Temple has also collected and preserved precious historical relics such as bronze and jade articles of Shang and Zhou dynasties (17th - 3rd centuries B.C), and ancient art treasures such as porcelains, earthenwares, enamels, carved lacquer ware, ivory carving, wood carving, and many relics from past dynasties;[1] it has a permanent collection of 70,000 items.
[2] Among the most important items displayed in the museum includes Chinese paintings and calligraphy from the Ming and Qing dynasties since 1368, Chinese weavings and embroideries of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and ancient coins of China and other countries.
[1] Modern Chinese, Japanese and other Asian arts and crafts and paintings are also displayed in the museum.