Yonghe Temple

Yonghe Temple
雍和宮
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
SectGelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
Location
LocationDongcheng District, Beijing, China
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 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. Yonghe Temple was the highest Buddhist temple in the country during the middle and late Qing dynasty.