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St. Joseph's Church, commonly known as Wangfujing Church or Dongtang, is an early 20th-century Romanesque Revival church that is one of the four historic Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing. It is located in the Dongcheng District of the city at 74 Wangfujing Street.
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Wangfujing Pedestrian Street
WC66+9GP, Wangfujing Ave, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
Huangchenggen Relic Site Park
China, Beijing, Dongcheng, Nanheyan Ave, 南河沿大街
Dongsi Mosque
13 Dongsi S St, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
Beijing Municipal Public Security B Veteran Cadre Activities Centre
25 Yinzha Hu Tong, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
National Art Museum of China
1 Wusidajie, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100875
Oriental Plaza
1 E Chang'an St, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
Peking University Red Building
29 Wusidajie, Dongcheng, China, 100006
Donghuamen
China, Bei Jing Shi, Dongcheng, 景山前街4号 邮政编码: 100006
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海底捞火锅王府井店
China, Beijing, Dongcheng, Wangfujing Ave, 88号8层 邮政编码: 100006
Siji Minfu
32 Dengshikou W St, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
Shun Yi Fu Dumpling Restaurant
36 Ganyu Hu Tong, Dongdan, Beijing, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
Meizhou Dongpo restaurant
China, Beijing, Dongcheng, 王府井大街88号乐天银泰百货7F
Zhaoxiansheng Hotpot Cap. Old Shop
Sunworld Hotel, 1层88 Dengshikou Ave, 88, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
Kuaile Homeland
China, Beijing, Dongcheng, Dengshikou Ave, 东华门 邮政编码: 100006
The Grandma's
China, Beijing, Dongcheng, Wangfujing Ave, 138号新东安广场6层 邮政编码: 100006
东来顺饭庄
153 Wangfujing Ave, Wangfujing, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
Beijing Taiwan Hotel
WC86+CFM, Wangfujing Ave, 王府井 Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
Nao Ta Deng Shi Kou Dian
57 Dengshikou Ave, 57, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
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Sunworld Dynasty Hotel
50 Wangfujing Ave, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
Crowne Plaza Beijing Wangfujing
48 Wangfujing Ave, Wangfujing, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
Hilton Beijing Wangfujing
China, Bei Jing Shi, Dongcheng, 王府井东街8号 邮政编码: 100006
UrCove by HYATT Beijing Forbidden City
WC87+M95, Tian'an Building A, Hualong Street, Nan Heyan Street, Beijing, China, 100006
Beijing 161 Hotel Hulu Courtyard Hotel
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BEIJING JINGYUAN COURTYARD HOTEL
35 Xitangzi Hu Tong, 王府井 Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100050
北京诺富特和平宾馆
3 Jinyu Hu Tong, Dongcheng, Beijing, China, 100006
Waldorf Astoria Beijing
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Lee Garden Service Apartment
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Stey-Wangfujing
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St. Joseph's Church, Beijing

74 Wangfujing Ave, Dongcheng, China, 100006
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St. Joseph's Church, commonly known as Wangfujing Church or Dongtang, is an early 20th-century Romanesque Revival church that is one of the four historic Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing. It is located in the Dongcheng District of the city at 74 Wangfujing Street.

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attractions: Laoshe Former Residence, Beijing Capital Theatre, Wangfujing Pedestrian Street, Huangchenggen Relic Site Park, Dongsi Mosque, Beijing Municipal Public Security B Veteran Cadre Activities Centre, National Art Museum of China, Oriental Plaza, Peking University Red Building, Donghuamen, restaurants: 海底捞火锅王府井店, Siji Minfu, Shun Yi Fu Dumpling Restaurant, Meizhou Dongpo restaurant, Zhaoxiansheng Hotpot Cap. Old Shop, Kuaile Homeland, The Grandma's, 东来顺饭庄, Beijing Taiwan Hotel, Nao Ta Deng Shi Kou Dian
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Anthony BachtiarAnthony Bachtiar
St. Joseph's Church, Beijing. This is a Roman Catholic Church in Beijing, Located in the popular tourist area of Wangfujing, Dongdan, Dongcheng. For shopping and as a sightseeing spot in Beijing. This is the second oldest of the fourth Roman Catholic Church in Beijing since 1653, destroyed many times by earthquake and by anti-western sentiments and was rebuilt in 1904 utilizing Romanesque Revival architecture, featuring pilasters and three bell towers. If you are a Catholic religion and before do shopping or have a fun walk in Wangfujing road you may drop by at this church first. Especially for tourists no matter what is your religion if you stop by at a church anywhere and you go inside. Stand there for a while and pray then one of your wishes will come true. I went there in the late afternoon but the Church is already closed so I sit in the courtyard in front of the church. I saw a lot of couples in the mid-age put a boombox or audio portable music player then play the waltz or classic music and they dance in that place. Well, the courtyard is clean, nice and wide enough to be a dance floor, hahaha.
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The church is the only one that’s open to the public at any time. It is easy to access being along the shopping strip of Wangfuching. There is a small park in front and it’s best to visit around 4pm as families will be there, with kids playing. When I went there was a child practising her cello - beautiful music. The church is simple and peaceful. We had only a short time with some parishioners in a prayer session in Mandarin then they politely informed us that the church was closing (5pm).
TravelBeibTravelBeib
Located in Wafujing street (famous area in Beijing) and near Sun Dynasty hotel, which is only 10 steps from our hotel. We love the architect of the church. It reminds us of one of the church in Spain. Too bad the church were close when we came there, so we can not go inside to see it. Tips: - Early October is the best time to visit Beijing, before winter. The weather is cold but not too cold. Around 11 Celsius at night and 20 Celsius at noon.
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St. Joseph's Church, Beijing. This is a Roman Catholic Church in Beijing, Located in the popular tourist area of Wangfujing, Dongdan, Dongcheng. For shopping and as a sightseeing spot in Beijing. This is the second oldest of the fourth Roman Catholic Church in Beijing since 1653, destroyed many times by earthquake and by anti-western sentiments and was rebuilt in 1904 utilizing Romanesque Revival architecture, featuring pilasters and three bell towers. If you are a Catholic religion and before do shopping or have a fun walk in Wangfujing road you may drop by at this church first. Especially for tourists no matter what is your religion if you stop by at a church anywhere and you go inside. Stand there for a while and pray then one of your wishes will come true. I went there in the late afternoon but the Church is already closed so I sit in the courtyard in front of the church. I saw a lot of couples in the mid-age put a boombox or audio portable music player then play the waltz or classic music and they dance in that place. Well, the courtyard is clean, nice and wide enough to be a dance floor, hahaha.
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The church is the only one that’s open to the public at any time. It is easy to access being along the shopping strip of Wangfuching. There is a small park in front and it’s best to visit around 4pm as families will be there, with kids playing. When I went there was a child practising her cello - beautiful music. The church is simple and peaceful. We had only a short time with some parishioners in a prayer session in Mandarin then they politely informed us that the church was closing (5pm).
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Located in Wafujing street (famous area in Beijing) and near Sun Dynasty hotel, which is only 10 steps from our hotel. We love the architect of the church. It reminds us of one of the church in Spain. Too bad the church were close when we came there, so we can not go inside to see it. Tips: - Early October is the best time to visit Beijing, before winter. The weather is cold but not too cold. Around 11 Celsius at night and 20 Celsius at noon.
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Wangfujing Church(Chinese: 王府井天主堂) or Dongtang(Chinese: 東堂, the East Cathedral), is an early 20th-century Romanesque Revival church that is one of the four historic Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing. It is located in the Dongcheng District of the city at 74 Wangfujing Street. The congregation was first established in 1653 by Father Lodovico Buglio, an Italian Jesuit astronomer and theologian who worked as a missionary to China. The land the first church building was constructed on was donated to the religious order by the Shunzhi Emperor. At the time, the Jesuits were the only group of people from Europe given permission to reside in the capital city, on account of their insight into astronomy.As a result, the church also served as the residence of Buglio and another fellow Jesuit priest.

The church underwent an extremely turbulent history. An earthquake which struck Beijing in 1720 damaged the building.Approximately ninety years later, the church building was obliterated by fire and the remnants that survived were destroyed as a result of the government's anti-Western sentiments and policies. The site remained barren until 1860, when British and French forces invaded Beijing as part of the Second Opium War. Thereafter, foreign missionaries, who were once again allowed into the capital, rebuilt St. Joseph's.However, anti-foreign sentiment never faded away and arose once again at the turn of the century, culminating in the Boxer Rebellion. At the height of the uprising in 1900, the church building was "burned to...

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王府井天主堂,正名聖若瑟堂,俗稱東堂、八面槽教堂,位於北京市東城區王府井大街74號,隸屬天主教北京教區,是耶穌會士在北京城區繼宣武門天主堂之後興建的第二所教堂。

王府井天主堂現存的建築是座三層羅馬式建築,在建築細部的處理上,融入了許多中國傳統建築元素,整座建築成功融合了中西建築風格。2000年伴隨着王府井大街的改造,北京市政府投資在教堂前興建了一座廣場,從而使王府井天主堂成為王府井步行街邊的一處景觀,王府井天主堂因此成了最為北京市民熟知的天主教堂。

王府井天主堂是由耶穌會意大利籍傳教士利類思和葡萄牙籍傳教士安文思興建。他們於明朝末年在四川傳教,後陷入張獻忠農民軍的控制,1647年又被攻入四川的清軍肅親王豪格俘獲,獲得豪格善待。得知兩人被俘消息後,在北京的湯若望曾準備寫奏摺請求釋放二人,但考慮到當時的政治形勢,為避免耶穌會和湯若望被清廷及攝政王多爾袞(豪格的政敵)懷疑為與張獻忠有聯繫,耶穌會中國副省北方傳教會會長傅泛濟命湯若望放棄了上呈該奏摺。1648年,利類思、安文思兩人被豪格軍隊押返北京。到北京後,兩人先被送入禮部衙門並受到禮遇,隨後於同年被轉送光祿寺並失去自由。在光祿寺關押兩年後,1650年被送到佟圖賴家為奴。順治八年(1651年),兩人脫離奴籍,但仍由佟圖賴家供養。

1651年,兩人脫離奴籍後,開始募捐興建教堂。他們向鄭芝龍(當時被軟禁在北京)等人募捐,鄭芝龍為他們找了住處,並在該住處建了所小教堂。這座1651年興建的教堂是兩人到北京後興建的第一所教堂。兩人因進行傳教活動,在北京的名聲越來越大,終於在1655年被順治帝所知。順治十二年(1655年),兩人獲順治帝召見,順治帝賜給兩人銀米若干、房屋一所。兩人獲得順治帝所賜的這所房屋後,又獲得肅親王豪格側福晉奉教王妃曹儒斯大(Justa Chao)及清朝宗室佟家(佟家即佟圖賴及長子佟國綱、次子佟國維等人的家族)的捐資,於康熙元年(1662年)在順治帝所賜房屋處建成了一座正式的歐洲式樣教堂。該教堂長70英尺,採用愛奧尼亞式建築風格。該教堂當時命名為「救世主堂」,又名「聖若瑟堂」,俗稱「東堂」,地址在東安門外乾魚胡同。東堂建立後,成為葡萄牙傳教士在北京的中心據點,原來鄭芝龍捐款建成的小教堂改作教士住宅。這是繼湯若望興建的宣武門天主堂之後,葡萄牙傳教團在北京建的第二座教堂。因為利類思、安文思兩人到北京後,與湯若望矛盾日深,湯若望不願與二人同住宣武門天主堂,二人1651年獲得自由後才無處容身,先在鄭芝龍幫助下建小教堂,後又建東堂。因為這新教堂與宣武門天主堂東西對峙,才得俗名「東堂」,而宣武門天主堂則得俗名「西堂」。後來,法國傳教士在靠近紫禁城的蠶池口建設了教堂,俗稱「北堂」,宣武門天主堂的俗名這才變成「南堂」

1661年,順治帝逝世,在華外國傳教士失去了最大的保護傘。因繼任的康熙帝年幼,順治帝生前曾指定了四位輔政大臣。順治帝逝世兩個月後,督捕司指控安文思在教堂為一位朝廷官員提供藏匿錢財之處。這位官員是肅親王豪格側福晉曹儒斯大的兒子,教名為西蒙(Simão)。順治帝因豪格之死,為了補償,故封西蒙為地方官。西蒙曾任河間府的長官,順治十五年(1658年)出任江南的寧國府知府。曹儒斯大在赴江南投奔兒子西蒙前來到教堂,將一些錢財存放在了利類思、安文思處。1659年,鄭成功率張煌言侵襲江蘇省,奪取了寧國府等地,知府西蒙從寧國府逃往南京。後西蒙的僕人脅迫曹儒斯大在1660年回到北京宮廷,這些僕人控告西蒙當年在河間府任職時貪污,髒銀藏在耶穌會神父處。安文思由此被捲入該案,1661年受到官府傳喚,並遭受酷刑。同時西蒙在南京被控將寧國府留給了鄭成功,涉嫌叛變。西蒙在南京被定罪後,1661年同年,曹儒斯大、西蒙的妹妹茱莉婭(Julia)以及安文思被刑部判處絞刑。判決隨後由四位輔政大臣召集三法司會審,1661年12月判處曹儒斯大、茱莉婭絞刑,安文思則可無罪開釋。1662年,此案最終結案。案件審理過程中,利類思曾托豪格的兩個兒子請刑部堂官向四位輔政大臣請求赦免安文思,佟圖賴的遺孀也曾為安文思的獲釋而奔走。

康熙三年(1664年)七月二十六日,徽州府新安衛官生楊光先上《請誅邪教狀》,參劾湯若望等外國傳教士,指控他們有三大罪狀:「潛謀造反,一也;邪說惑眾,二也;曆法荒謬,三也。」正好當時輔政大臣鰲拜等人不喜歡外國傳教士,1664年11月12日,鰲拜將湯若望、利類思、安文思、南懷仁四位傳教士投入刑部監獄。經過輪番審訊,1665年1月初,刑部作出初次判決,判首犯湯若望革職、絞監候,其他三人為從犯,有官職者革職,俱杖責四十、充發遠方。1665年4月中旬再次審判時,楊光先再次上書聲稱湯若望管理的欽天監為幾年前入葬的榮親王選擇葬期、山向「俱犯殺忌」。由此鰲拜更加重了刑罰,判處湯若望和七位欽天監華人官員杜如預、楊宏量、李祖白、宋可成、宋發、朱光顯、劉有泰凌遲處死。康熙四年三月一日(1665年4月15日),北京發生大地震,群臣請旨大赦。三月二日釋放囚犯1200多人,但四位傳教士未釋放。三月二日當天下午,又發生一次地震,乃請旨開釋利類思、安文思、南懷仁。當時湯若望的死刑尚未赦免,僅將凌遲改為斬監候。從三月三日到三月五日,北京又發生多次地震,順治帝之母孝莊皇太后以天譴可畏,召輔政大臣面諭稱湯若望應開釋,李祖白等人可即處決。隨後湯若望獲釋,李祖白等五位欽天監華人官員被處決。在這次由楊光先開始的反天主教的浪潮中,王府井天主堂被毀,故利類思、安文思獲釋後,都遷居宣武門天主堂,繼續傳教。兩人後來都在宣武門天主堂逝世,逝世時都獲得康熙帝頒發的上諭,賜銀、緞及舉辦隆重的葬禮。

康熙六年(1667年)康熙帝親政,以鰲拜為首的輔政大臣在與皇帝的權力鬥爭中失利,受輔政大臣庇護的楊光先被罷官,由他掀起的教案平反,一度被沒收的王府井天主堂發還教會。

康熙五十九年(1720年),北京又發生地震,宣武門天主堂和王府井天主堂在地震中被毀。康熙六十年(1721年)主持王府井天主堂的費隱(Xavier-Ehrenbert Fridelli)重建了王府井天主堂,重建工程由葡萄牙國王斐迪南三世資助,耶穌會士利博明(Ferdinando Bonaventura...

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St. Joseph's Church, Beijing. This is a Roman Catholic Church in Beijing, Located in the popular tourist area of Wangfujing, Dongdan, Dongcheng. For shopping and as a sightseeing spot in Beijing. This is the second oldest of the fourth Roman Catholic Church in Beijing since 1653, destroyed many times by earthquake and by anti-western sentiments and was rebuilt in 1904 utilizing Romanesque Revival architecture, featuring pilasters and three bell towers.

If you are a Catholic religion and before do shopping or have a fun walk in Wangfujing road you may drop by at this church first. Especially for tourists no matter what is your religion if you stop by at a church anywhere and you go inside. Stand there for a while and pray then one of your wishes will come true.

I went there in the late afternoon but the Church is already closed so I sit in the courtyard in front of the church. I saw a lot of couples in the mid-age put a boombox or audio portable music player then play the waltz or classic music and they dance in that place. Well, the courtyard is clean, nice and wide enough to be a dance...

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