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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 Hanging Temple, a temple built into a cliff 75 meters (246 ft) above the ground near Mount Heng in Shanxi in 491 AD A hall and courtyard at Huayan Temple in Shanxi. Chongshan Temple (Shanxi) Huayan Temple (Datong) Pagoda of Fogong Temple; Puhua Temple; Qifo Temple; Shuanglin Temple; The Hanging Temple; Xuanzhong Temple; Yanqing Temple ...
The Fourth Dalai Lama, Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617) was a Mongol, the great-grandson of Altan Khan [118] who was a descendant of Kublai Khan and leader of the Tümed Mongols who had already been converted to Buddhism by the Third Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso (1543–1588). [35]
The following is a non-exhaustive list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, pagodas, grottoes, archaeological sites and colossal statues in China. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
The meeting with the 89-year-old exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism was expected to roil Ch China opposes any country allowing Dalai Lama to visit, says foreign ministry Skip to main content
The Dalai Lama and his government moved into the Potrang Karpo ('White Palace') in 1649. [3] Construction lasted until 1694, [12] some twelve years after his death. The Potala was used as a winter palace by the Dalai Lama from that time. The Potrang Marpo ('Red Palace') was added between 1690 and 1694. [12]
A bipartisan United States congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama Wednesday at his residence in India's Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of ...
The Fifth Dalai Lama's Buddhist visionary zeal established the monastery in Zhongdian, in 1679. Its architecture is a fusion of the Tibetan and Han Chinese . It was extensively damaged in the Cultural Revolution and subsequently rebuilt in 1983; at its peak, the monastery contained accommodation for 2,000 monks ; it currently accommodates in ...