Yonghe Temple Pictures

Yonghegong Temple, a renowned lama temple of the Yellow Hat Sect of Lamaism, is in northeastern Beijing, originally built in 1694 as the residence of the Qing Emperor Yongzheng before he ascended the throne and renamed Yonghegong later. Upon his death in 1735, his coffin was placed in the temple. In 1744, it was converted into a lamasery and became a residence for monks from Mongolia and Tibet. Attraction Intro: Yonghe Temple