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중국 Yonghegong Lamasery (Lama Temple) 雍和宫

Beijing, China 

 

Yonghegong LamaseryYonghegong (雍和宫 the Palace of Harmony and Peace)，popularly known as the” Lama Temple” , is a famous lamasery in the northeastern part of Beijing．It is located next to the northern side of the Second Ring Road，with Bai Lin Si ( Normal 0 7.8 磅 0 2 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 the Cypress Grove Temple)to its east and the Temple of Confucius and the Imperial Academy to the west．Yonghegong Lamasery is the largest lamasery and one of the best preserved lama temples at the present time in Beijing with a total area of 66，400 square meters，480 meters long from north to south and 120 meters wide from east to west．Yonghegong Lamasery is also a well—known monastery of the Gelugpa，the Yellow Sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Mainland China．In 1961，it was listed as one of China’s major national treasures under state protection．