🇨🇳 Beijing The Lama Temple 北京雍和宫

The Yonghe Palace is located in Dongcheng District, Beijing. It was the first residence of Emperor Yinzhen of the Qing Dynasty, the residence of Emperor Beiler and Prince of the Qing Dynasty, and the place where Emperor Gaozong Hongli of the Qing Dynasty was born and grew up. It was the "hidden residence" of the emperors of the Yong and Qian dynasties. In the 33rd year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1694), Emperor Kangxi built a mansion here and gave it to his four sons, Prince Yong, which was called Prince Yong's Mansion; in the third year of Yongzheng (1725), the royal residence was changed to Xinggong, which was called Yonghe Palace; in the ninth year of Qianlong (1744), Yonghe Palace was changed to Lama Temple, and the prime minister was sent to manage its affairs, and became The Qing government is in charge of the center of Tibetan Buddhism in the country. The Yonghe Palace was a Buddhist temple with the highest specifications in the country in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. In 1961, the Yonghe Palace was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. The Yonghe Palace is mainly composed of three exquisite archways and five magnificent halls. From the east and west archways with flying eaves and arches to the ancient East and West Shunshan Buildings, it covers a total area of 66,400 square meters and has more than 1,000 halls. The layout of the temple building is complete, and the regulations are in line with the Brahma Temple. An archway stands at the front of the temple, and a road is laid in front of Zhaotai Gate, showing the momentum of the royal edict. There are seven buildings in the front: Zhaotai Gate, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Yonghe Gate, Yonghe Palace, Lecture Hall, and Tantra Hall. The halls in the back are raised step by step, symbolizing the solemnity and auspiciousness of the Buddha's world. The five Tibetan skylights of "one big and four small" on the top of the Falun Hall of the Great Sutra Hall deeply contain the implication that the Buddhist "Sumi Mountain" is surrounded by four continents. The establishment of the "four major warehouses" of the Temple Hall, the Tantra Hall, the Time Wheel Hall and the Medicine Hall marks that the Yonghe Palace is a complete institution of Tibetan Buddhism. The highest building, Wanfo Pavilion, and the huge "Midara Buddha" standing in the building, imply the holy scene of "the Buddha's birth" and "the heavenly palace". The most important imperial inscription "Lama Says" in the middle of the temple shows the world the basic national policy of the government's participation in the management of religious affairs, and also establishes the foundation for the status of the Yonghe Palace in Kyoto as "the first royal imperial temple" and the Qing government's "center for the management of Tibetan Buddhist affairs". Beijing Yonghe Palace is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Beijing. Take subway lines 2 and 5 and get off at Yonghegong Station. 雍和宫位于北京市东城区，最早为清世宗胤禛作贝勒和亲王时期的府邸、清高宗弘历降生和成长之地，是雍、乾两代帝王的“在潜之居”。 清朝康熙三十三年（1694），康熙帝在此建造府邸，赐予四子雍亲王，称雍亲王府；雍正三年（1725），改王府为行宫，称雍和宫；乾隆九年（1744），雍和宫改为喇嘛庙，特派总理事务王大臣管理其事务，并成为清政府掌管全国藏传佛教事务的中心。雍和宫是清朝中后期全国规格最高的一座佛教寺院。1961年，雍和宫被中华人民共和国国务院公布为第一批全国重点文物保护单位。雍和宫主要由三座精致的牌坊和五进宏伟的大殿组成。从飞檐斗拱的东西牌坊到古色古香东、西顺山楼，共占地面积66400平方米，有殿宇千余间。寺院建筑布局完整，规制合乎梵宇伽蓝。寺院前端矗立牌坊，昭泰门前铺设辇道，显尽皇家敕建气势。前部有七座建筑：昭泰门、钟楼、鼓楼、雍和门、雍和宫、讲经殿、密宗殿。后部各殿逐级升高，象征佛陀世界的庄严吉祥。而大经堂法轮殿顶的“一大四小”五座藏式天窗，深含佛教“须弥山”被四大部洲簇拥环绕的寓意。讲经殿、密宗殿、时轮殿和药师殿“四大扎仓”的设立，标志着雍和宫是座藏传佛教的完整学府。最高建筑万佛阁及楼内耸立着的巨大“迈达拉佛”，寓意着“当来下生佛”与“兜率天宫”的圣境景象。寺院中路最重要的御制碑文《喇嘛说》，则将政府参与宗教事务管理的基本国策昭示天下，也奠定了雍和宫京都“首位皇家御用寺院”以及清政府“管理藏传佛教事务中心”的地位。北京雍和宫是北京地区最大的藏传佛教寺院。 乘坐地铁2号线、5号线在雍和宫站下车