Yonghe Temple

Yonghe Temple
雍和宮
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
SectGelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
Location
LocationDongcheng District, Beijing, China
Yonghe Temple is located in Beijing
Yonghe Temple
Shown within Beijing
Geographic coordinates39°56′49″N 116°24′40″E / 39.94694°N 116.41111°E / 39.94694; 116.41111
Architecture
StyleChinese architecture
FounderYongzheng Emperor
Date established1694
Yonghe Temple
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese雍和宮
Simplified Chinese雍和宫
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYōnghé gōng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingjung1 wo4 gung1
Tibetan name
Tibetanདགའ་ལྡན་བྱིན་ཆགས་གླིང་
Transcriptions
Wyliedga' ldan byin chags gling
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicНайралт Найрамдyy Сүм
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCnairalt nairamduu suum
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡥᡡᠸᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠰᡠᠨ
ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᡴᠠ
ᡤᡠᠩ
Romanizationhūwaliyasun hūwaliyaka gung
The Layout of Yonghe Temple

The Yonghe Temple (Chinese: 雍和宮, "Palace of Peace and Harmony"), 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.[1] Yonghe Temple was the highest Buddhist temple in the country during the middle and late Qing dynasty.[2]

  1. ^ "两会连线:雍和宫住持胡雪峰称藏传佛教要坚持中国化方向_宗教_中国西藏网". www.tibet.cn. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Lama Temple (Yonghe Temple) Facts, Maps, Buddha, Transportation". www.chinadiscovery.com. Retrieved 5 December 2021.