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Ni hao! Yonghegong Lama Temple In Beijing 2010 Zai jian! Peter

Ni hao! Yonghegong Lama Temple In Beijing 2009. Zai jian! Peter

Ni hao! In this blog I will tell you more about the lama temple near our apartment in Beijing. We can walk there, but better with the bus for two stations stops. The Yong He Gong Lama Temple 雍和宮, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yong He Gong Lamasery", or - more popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple combine Han Chinese and Tibetan styles. It´s history goes like this. Building work on the Yong He Gong Lama Temple started in 1694 during the Qing Dynasty. It originally served as an official residence for court eunuchs. It was then converted into the court of the Prince Yong(Yin Zhen), a son of the Kangxi Emperor and himself the future Yongzheng Emperor. After Yongzheng's ascension t...