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　　 The White Dagoba Temple (Baita Si) is also called Miaoying Si and is located in the West District of Beijing Municipality. There is a tall and spectacular white dagoba standing in the temple, hence the name. It is one of two famous white dagobas in Beijing, the other one stands in Beihai Park.
The temple has experienced a long period of uncertainty during Chinese history. In the year 1271, Mongolian leader Kublai Khan united the whole country and started the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). The governor of the spacious and mysterious Tibet also began to succumb to the central state at this time. To consolidate the relationship between the empire and the monkish power in Tibet and to gain the agreement of the Tibetan Buddhists among the Yuan officials, Kublai Khan granted imperial permission to build the White Dagoba. When it was completed in the year 1279, a further decree was given to grant the building of yet another temple around the dagoba within an area of 160,000 square meters (39.54 acres), which was defined by the landing spots of arrows shot in the four directions by the Emperor from the top of the dagaba. It was then obliged to adopt the name of 'Dashengshou Wan'an Si'. The Dagoba, along with the capital Dadu (present Beijing), was called 'Golden City and Jade Dagoba' by the people then because of their grandiose appearance. Unfortunately, the temple was burnt to the ground in the year 1368, and amazingly only the White Dagoba remained. In the year 1457 of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Emperor Tianshun commanded the rebuild of the temple which covered an area of 13,000 square meters (3.2 acres), much smaller than the original dimensions. It was then renamed 'Miaoying Si'. It has been renewed in more recent times, but not as extensively as before.
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