- The poem on the columns outside the temple is: In the universe, the purple qi shows the magic power of Tao. Deep in the white clouds is where the Celestials live.
- Like most other Chinese temples, the White Cloud Temple is laid out on a north-south axis, with the entrance at the south end.
- It came to be known as the White Cloud Temple. Today it is one of China's oldest and largest Taoist temples, housing the office of Taoist Association of China.
- The White Cloud Temple is in southwestern Beijing, directly behind the Broadcasting Building. It was called the Temple of Heavenly Eternity during the Tang...
- The White Cloud Taoist Temple is the chief temple of the Quanzhen Taoist sect and the center of the Longmen sub-sect.
- white cloud daoist temple Baiyun Guan is said to have been built in 739 AD and was once the most influential Taoist temple in China.
- The temple was initially built in Kaiyuan Year 27 (739) of the Tang Dynasty and the existing one was reconstructed in the Qing Dynasty.
- White Cloud Temple was first built in 739 and officially renamed White Cloud Temple in 1443. After that, it was abandoned for a long time.
- Qiu's successor, Yin Zhiping (尹志平; 1169-1251) built a memorial shrine over Qiu's grave. This shrine became a temple in its own right called White Cloud Temple.