The reporter learned from Haidian District that the ancient building complex of Wanshou Temple, which has been repaired for more than 4 years, is expected to reopen within this year.
The ancient building complex of Wanshou Temple is located in the north of Zizhu Bridge, Haidian District. , was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit in 2006, and has the reputation of "The Small Forbidden City in West Beijing".
The famous Yongle Bell was once hung in Wanshou Temple.
Beijing Art Museum is located in Wanshou Temple. It was officially established in 1987. It is a comprehensive art museum in Beijing.
In March 2018, Wanshou Temple started its fifth large-scale renovation in its history, which is also the largest and longest overall conservation and renovation project since the renovation of the Sixty-Day Celebration of Empress Dowager Cixi in 1893.
According to Wang Dan, curator of the Beijing Art Museum, there were several "surprises" during the renovation process: when cleaning up the soil under a Qing Dynasty Chuihuamen site, a Huabiao that was broken into four sections was found. The Huabiao was from the Ming Dynasty. The eight-edged Chinese table column is engraved with grass flower dragons and curly grass flowers, and a unicorn (犼) is squatting on the top of the Chinese table.
In front of the Tianwang Hall of Wanshou Temple, there is a huge Danbi stone, which was also excavated during this round of repairs.
In this repair, some wooden components, brick and tile components, and ridge decoration components were replaced and replaced, and some components were excavated.
According to Wang Dan, after the reopening of the Beijing Art Museum, an exhibition of building components of Wanshou Temple will be arranged on the back eaves of the Dachan Hall. The largest component is the third beam that was replaced by "extracting beams and replacing columns" during the renovation of Wanfo Building.