Wanshou Temple (万寿寺)

Wanshou Temple is located on Suzhou street in Beijing. In addition to being a Buddhist temple, Wanshou Temple also houses the Beijing Art Museum. It was built in 1577 during the reign of Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, functioning to store Chinese Buddhist scriptures; it also later became a permanent celebration place for the imperial families of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Wanshou Temple was known as one of Beijing's most important temples and declared as one of Beijing's "Key Cultural Heritage of Preservation" in August 1979. 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, earthen ware, enamels, carved lacquer ware, ivory carving, wood carving, and many relics from past dynasties; and it has a permanent collection of 70,000 items.

Among the most important items displayed in the museum includes Chinese paintings and calligraphy of the Ming and Qing Dynasties since 1368 A.D, Chinese textiles and embroideries of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and ancient coins of China and foreign countries. Modern Chinese, Japanese and other Asian arts and crafts and paintings are also displayed in the museum.