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Yonghe Lamasery

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In the northeastern part of Beijing stands Yonghe Lamasery, a Yellow Hat Tibetan lamasary and one of the city’s finest and most celebrated temples. Its 5 main halls and many galleries are filled with exquisitely detailed tanka paintings and beautifully carved or cast Buddha images.

The buildings encompass the Han, Mongol, Manchu and Tibetan architectural styles and the brilliance of the blue, green and gold detail on the sharp red pagodas is simply stunning. The intricacy of the decoration is impressive, but the temple is renown for its "3 matchless treasures". These include an 18 meter (60ft) sandalwood Maitreya Buddha statue sculpted from a single tree, a niche of Buddha carved from the nanmu tree and the "mountain of 500 arhats" made from precious stones and metal.

Originally a palace for Prince Yongzheng, following tradition, it was transformed into a temple after he became the Qing’s third emperor in 1725. The temple was enlarged under emperor Qianlong, and at one point housed more than 1,500 resident monks.

 
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