Lama Temple

A temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, the Yonghe Temple (Lama Temple) is situated on 12 Yonghegong Street in the Dongcheng District of Beijing, China. It is sometimes referred to as the Yonghe Lamasery or simply as the Lama Temple. The temple's architecture and artwork combine Han Chinese and Tibetan design elements. One of the biggest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in mainland China is located in this structure. Lama Hu Xuefeng serves as the current abbot. There were two emperors at Yonghe Temple since Emperor Qianlong was born there. It evolved became the administrative hub for all matters relating to Tibetan Buddhism under the Qing dynasty. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, Yonghe Temple was the highest Buddhist temple in the nation.

The management of the Yonghegong Temple may be split into two categories: administrative affairs management and religious affairs management. The Yonghe Shrine is administered as if it were an imperial Tibetan Buddhist temple directly under the control of the Qing Dynasty. A prince or junwang (second-rank prince) would be chosen by the emperor to oversee the temple's secular activities, with the Imperial Household Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs handling the day-to-day management.

Location: Dongcheng District, Beijing, China