China · 17th century
The Yonghe Temple (Chinese: 雍和宮; 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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Yonghe Temple ranks #336 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #9 of the 107 mapped in China. Founded 1694, it is older than 22% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 721 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 13,516 times in the last 60 days, more than 96% of the atlas. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Beijing, 5 km away. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
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