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Yonghe Temple

Dongcheng District, China · built 1694

The Yonghe Temple (lit. 'Palace of Harmony and Peace', also known as the Yonghe Lamasery or 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 was the highest Buddhist temple in the country during the middle and late Qing dynasty.

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