Built in 1376 during the Ming Dynasty, the Ancestral Temple of Wen Tianxiang is a memorial site specially constructed to commemorate Wen Tianxiang (1236–1283), a renowned politician. Resisting the Yuan forces, he was captured and executed in 1283 at Chaishi (now the west end of Fuxue Hutong). His masterpiece Song of Righteousness (正气歌) has been passed down and widely acclaimed through the ages.

This temple consists of two connected courtyards facing in a southward direction. The entire eastern wall of the front courtyard is embedded with the stone inscription of Song of Righteousness, based on the handwritten copy of Wen Zhengming, a famous calligrapher in the Ming Dynasty. The entrance serves as the venue for the "Wen Tianxiang's Life Exhibition", and the memorial hall presents artifacts such as Wen Tianxiang's calligraphic works and some of the other remnants found at the old ancestral temple. In the courtyard, there is a jujube tree, believed to have been planted by Wen Tianxiang himself.

Address: 63 Fuxue Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing

(Sources: Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau, www.beijing.gov.cn)