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Yonghe Lamasery

Location Beijing

The Yonghe Temple, also known as the Yonghe Lamasery, or popularly as the Lama Temple, is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of… Read more…

Opening hours

Monday9:00 AM–4:30 PM
Tuesday9:00 AM–4:30 PM
Wednesday9:00 AM–4:30 PM
Thursday9:00 AM–4:30 PM
Friday9:00 AM–4:30 PM
Saturday9:00 AM–4:30 PM
Sunday9:00 AM–4:30 PM
Tags buddhist·place of worship·temple·tibetan
 

The Yonghe Temple, also known as the Yonghe Lamasery, or popularly as the Lama Temple, is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located on 12 Yonghegong Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. The building and artwork of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles. This building is one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in China proper. The current abbot is Lama Hu Xuefeng.Yonghe Temple, because the Qianlong Emperor was born here, there were two emperors in Yonghe Temple. It became the center of the Qing government in charge of Tibetan Buddhism affairs across the country. Yonghe Temple is the highest Buddhist temple in the country in the middle and late Qing dynasty.

Source: Wikipedia

More information and contact

Email yonghegong@china.com.cn
Phone +86 010-84191906
Address 41号 Yonghegong St, Dongcheng, Beijing, China
Coordinates 39°56'44.929" N, 116°24'39.567" E
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