Beijing Art Museum | Enjoy the spring exhibition, stroll with your kids and do handicrafts, various parent-child activities in the Little Forbidden City in the west of Beijing

Wanshou Temple (now Beijing Art Museum), a century-old ancient temple known as the "Little Forbidden City in Western Beijing", is about to usher in the most beautiful time of spring as magnolia flowers bloom in mid-to-late March. Although it is now a museum, you can see ancient buildings 🏯, enjoy spring flowers 🌸, visit exhibitions 🖼️, and experience different hand-made things. It is especially suitable for parents and children to go together. 🔴See the ancient buildings, the most essential parts can not be missed ✅The picture of blue sky, flowing clouds and hundreds of bats on the top of the mountain gate hall, "Great Fortune and Great Blessings" means auspiciousness and magnificence ✅The Vairocana Buddha statue from the Ming Dynasty in the Huiri Changhui Hall is sitting on a thousand-petal lotus seat. 🪷There is a small Sakyamuni Buddha carved on each petal, a total of one thousand statues, 👍It is truly a masterpiece of statue art ✅The Qianlong Imperial Stele Pavilion is a stele made by Emperor Qianlong that contains four languages: Manchu, Han, Mongolian and Tibetan. It records the process of Qianlong celebrating his mother's 70th birthday. ✅The 🛕gold-infiltrated copper pagoda in the Amitabha Buddha Hall is the largest copper pagoda in Beijing, with extremely sophisticated casting technology. 🔴Enjoy spring flowers: Magnolia in March is the most worth looking forward to At the entrance of the Beijing Art Museum, there are several magnolia trees. When they bloom, the white flowers are particularly beautiful against the backdrop of the red ancient buildings. It is expected that the flower viewing period will be in mid-to-late March, which is also the most beautiful time for Wanshou Temple. 🔴Visit the exhibition to learn about the history and ancient architecture of Wanshou Temple As a museum, many halls in the temple have been arranged into exhibition halls. Currently, there are exhibitions in the Drum Tower, Heavenly King Hall, Zhuyan Wanshou Hall, Anxin Jing Hall, Wanshou Pavilion, Great Zen Hall, rockery, Three Great Bodhisattvas Hall and the abbot's courtyard. ‼ ️Among them, the 🖼️ "Auspicious Objects and Longevity-Auspicious Longevity Cultural Relics Special Exhibition" in Wanshou Pavilion is the most recommended, and there are also the two words "Yi Shou" written by Cixi 🔴Do handicrafts and experience intangible cultural heritage and ancient crafts There are various handicraft workshops in the museum, mainly concentrated in the north end of the museum, including printing and dyeing, tie-dyeing, woodworking 🪵, textile 🧵, etc. In addition to being open to the public, it is also particularly suitable for bringing children 👦 to participate in the experience ⭕️Others ✅There are three places in the museum where you can get stamps for free: 1️⃣ There are three stamps in the Wanshou Post Office, a cultural and creative store on the right side of the entrance; 2️⃣ There are three stamps on the message table in the Wanshou Pavilion Exhibition Hall; 3️⃣ There is a color stamp in the cultural and creative store next to the Western Building ✅In addition, there are consumption stamps available in the cultural and creative store 🏛️Beijing Art Museum (Wanshou Temple) 🎫Ticket price: 20 yuan 🕘Time: 09:00-17:00, closed on Mondays 🚇Transportation: Metro Wanshou Temple Station Exit C ❗️Free ticket policy: 2024 Beijing Museum Pass can be used for free for two people, Beijing Trade Union members are free, and those under 18 years old are free 💕Get free tickets: Every Wednesday, the first 200 people can get tickets for free🆓 (reservation is required in advance, subject to the reservation time)