Lama
Temple Beijing (Yonghegong),
or Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple or Yonghegong Lamasery, a
renowned lama temple of the Yellow Hat Sect of Lamaism,
is situated in the northeast part of Beijing city.
Lama Temple
features five large halls and five courtyards with beautifully
decorative archways, upturned eaves and carved details. It houses a
treasury of Buddhist art, including sculptured images of gods, demons
and Buddhas, as well as Tibetan-style murals.
After Yongzheng's death in 1735, his coffin was placed in the temple. Emperor Qianlong,
his successor, upgraded Yonghegong to an imperial palace with its turquoise
tiles replaced by yellow tiles (yellow was the imperial color in the
Qing Dynasty). During the 9th year of Emperor Qian Long's reign (1744),
it was converted into a lamasery and became a residence for large numbers of monks from Mongolia
and Tibet. This is a kind of friendly policy that the Qing dynasty deal
with the relation with Mongolia and Tibet. That is the reason why the
Great Wall was not massive constructed during the Qing dynasty.
- Address
of Lama Temple Beijing
12 Yonghegong Dajie, Beijxinqiao, Dongcheng District (Near the Northeast
corner of the Second Ring Road)
Tel: 64043769
Hours: 9AM-4:30PM
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Photo of Lama Temple
      
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