# Yonghe Temple (Lama Temple)

Beijing, China

Yonghe Temple, known as the Lama Temple, began in 1694 as a Qing prince's residence and became a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in 1744. Beijing's foremost Gelug temple, it shelters an 18-meter Maitreya Buddha carved from a single sandalwood trunk.

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Coordinates: 39.94694444, 116.41111111

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