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	Yonghe Temple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yonghe Temple (雍和宮), also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China.
		After Yongzheng's ascension to the throne in 1722, half of the building was converted into a lamasery, a monastery for monks of Tibetan Buddhism.
		The temple is said to have survived the Cultural Revolution due to the intervention of Prime Minister Zhou Enlai.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yonghegong (695 words)

	Mid-inner Mongolia Scenic Area - Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region - Adventure to the Wild West of China
		It therefore became an "imperial temple." Dazhao is the earliest lamasery established in the Inner Mongolian during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
		By the Xila Muren River is Puhui Lamasery of the Qing Dynasty which, built in 1769, used to be the summer palace of the sixth Living Buddha of Hohhot.
		The Meidai Lamasery is a symbol of the unity of various nationalities and a key historical relic protected by the state.
	www.chinaplanner.com /westchina/innermongolia/midinner.htm (1491 words)

	Wudangzhao Lamasery pictures and Travel Information
		The Wudangzhao Lamasery (Wudang zhao) is the biggest tourist attraction near to the city, and thus is often flooded with both Chinese and foreign faces, that somewhat swamp the charm of the place.
		The Lamasery itself is of traditional, pretty Tibetan architecture, with white walls and flattened roofs, and was allegedly modeled after its distant Tibetan cousin, the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
		The Lamasery is named Wudangzhao, literally Willow Lamasery in Mongolian, because the area around the temple has long been covered by these wispy trees.
	www.muztagh.com /baotou/wudangzhao-lamasery.htm (452 words)

	Lama Temple, Yonghe Lamasery, Yonghegong Monastery
		Yonghegong Lamasery, a renowned lama temple of the Yellow Hat Sect of Lamaism, is situated in the northeast part of Beijing city.
		It was originally built in 1694 as the residence of the Qing Emperor Yongzheng before he ascended the throne and was renamed Yonghegong.
		In 1744, it was converted into a lamasery and became a residence for large numbers of monks from Mongolia and Tibet.
	www.beijingtrip.com /attractions/lamatemple.htm (641 words)

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		Dawa's parents sent him to the lamasery when he was six in the hope of relieving the family from misfortunes.
		Dawa's mother, Zhoigar, turned to an augur in a lamasery, who said that only sending a son of the family to a temple could prevent their misfortunes.
		Dawa was the only son among the five children, but his mother said that at that time she found she could not resist the augur's advice.
	www.buddhistnews.tv /current/lamastory-240403.php (647 words)

	Gandan Lamasery History Summary
		Gandan lamasery, nestled in the modern city of Ulaanbatar, is the seat of Mongolian Buddhism and the largest monastery in the Mongolian People's Republic.
		In 1651 Gandan lamasery was established at the behest of Dalai Lama Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso (1617–1682) in the young nomadic religious settlement of Orgoo in Mongolia.
		For over a century, the lamasery moved with Orgoo and became the center of the settlement's religious activities.
	www.bookrags.com /history/worldhistory/gandan-lamasery-ema-02 (261 words)

	Beijing Tour: Yonghegong Monastery, Yonghegong, Yong He Gong, Lama Temple
		On arrival at the south end of Yonghe Lamasery, the visitor will enter a yard which contains a screen wall and three Paifangs (Gateways), and will observe the red walls and stone lions, symbols which show that this Lamasery was originally the dwelling of an Imperial Family member.
		Yonghe Gate, originally the main entrance to the Lamasery is now called Devaraja Hall (Hall of the Heavenly Kings), as there are the statues of four very powerful Heavenly Kings located on both sides of the inner palace walls.
		The northern Heavenly King on the eastern side holds a snake and treasures; the southern King on the eastern side holds an umbrella and a silver mouse; the southern one on the western side holds a sword and the northern one on the western side holds a Pipa (a musical instrument used in ancient China).
	www.cntravel.biz /cityguides/beijing/lamasery.htm (952 words)

	Yonghegong Lamasery
		Yonghegong is a famous lamasery located in the northeastern part of the old city of
		It was a palatial residence built in 1694 by Qing Emperor Kangxi for his fourth son, Prince Yongzheng who later succeeded to the throne.
		Following the Buddhist tradition, the first hall in a lamasery is usually called the Maitreya's shrine or the Hall of Heavenly Kings.
	www.chinatravelhub.com /regions/beijing10.htm (973 words)

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		Increasing numbers of experts and advocates suggest that religious freedom pressure should focus on pressing the communist regime to observe its own growing body of laws and regulations, but it may be even more urgent to press the state to recognize and clarify the contradictions in its religious policy.
		On one side of the lamasery, there were six bowls filled with water in front of an image of Tsonkapa, the founder of the Buddhist school to which the monastery belongs, when there "should be seven at the very least - it shows spiritual indifference to ritual".
		Putting aside for a moment the issue about the unorthodox nature of the displays in the Beijing lamasery, the presence of toilets on the grounds of the lamasery, while understandably offensive to devout Buddhists, is quite practical for economic reasons, particularly since the lamasery in question is a major tourist spot.
	www.forum18.org /Archive.php?article_id=462 (2775 words)

	China Begins Restoration of Tibet's Potala Palace (06/28/02)
		First built in 1073, the Sagya Lamasery has long enjoyed almost as much fame as the Dunhuang Grottoes because of its large collection of Buddhist scriptures, priceless porcelain and vivid murals dating back nearly 1,000 years.
		At present, cracks can be seen in many parts of the Lamasery due to damage by weather and insects.
		Norbuglinkha, built in 1751, used to be the summer resort of all the Dalai Lamas.
	www.china-embassy.org /eng/xw/t34248.htm (643 words)

	Lost Horizon, James Hilton - HarperAcademic
		It is this text, with its extraordinary account of Conway and his experiences at a mysterious Tibetan Lamasery, Shangra-La, which forms the center of Lost Horizon.
		Once Conway and his companions are taken, against their will, to the Lamasery at Shangra-La, the differences between western and eastern attitudes-and between the curious Conway and the headstrong Mallinson-become immediately and sharply apparent.
		Conway, on the other hand, is intrigued by the Lamasery and its urbane but mysterious host, Chang.
	www.harperacademic.com /catalog/instructors_guide_xml.asp?isbn=0060594527 (1873 words)

	CNTO - China National Tourist Office
		The lamasery was built in 1709 in the 48th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty.
		The lamasery covers 202 acres and has more than 10,000 halls and accommodates over 3,000 lamas.
		It is situated in southwestern Yongjing County, on the steep cliffs along the north bank of the Yellow River.
	www.cnto.org /silkroad-gansu.asp (1755 words)

	Lama Temple - tips by travel authority Howard Hillman
		The Lama Temple is the largest and best preserved lamasery in the world outside of Tibet.
		Though the Lama Temple was founded and is today considered a Tibetan Buddhist lamasery, many of the monks come from Mongolia.
		The Lama Temple is also known by various names including Yonghe Lamasery, Yonghegong, and the Palace of Peace and Harmony.
	www.hillmanwonders.com /china/lama_temple.htm (269 words)

	Man Man Zou » Blog Archive » The Ups and Downs to and in Dege (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		We walked up to the lamasery mid-morning, and just as we were approaching the open door at the entrance, a man jumped in front of us and closed it.
		Upstairs in the lamasery were two friendly old guys printing fabric prayer flags, which Tibetans use to decorate just about anything- fences, bridges, mountains, water sources, lamaseries, etc… In another area of the lamasery were a few more guys binding the books together, and downstairs were two older men mixing the ink for the press.
		After visiting the printing lamasery, I was still angry and I decided to make myself feel better by circling around the lamasery dozens of times with many other pilgrims doing the same thing.
	camereye.com /journal?p=164 (2549 words)

	Lamateries in Lijiang and Zhongdian
		Zhiyun Lamasery is "jidongfengzuolin" in Tibetan language, meaning the lamasery that completely holds the truth.
		Besides the copper titles, the most impressive thing of the lamasery Hall is the long and wide lattice outside the front corridor, which can rarely be found in common religious buildings in China.
		It was built in 1733 and was the best and highest school for Lamaism among the thirteen Geju (a school of Lamaseries) lamaseries in northwest of Yunnan.
	www.sinowaytravel.com /kunming/attractions_religion.htm (1118 words)

	CNTO - China National Tourist Office
		Located at the southwestern corner of the Lusha'er Town in Huangzhong County, Ta'er Lamasery was first built in the 39th year of the reign of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty.
		Ta'er Lamasery is a combination of Tibetan and Han architectural styles, and it was built to suit the topography, sitting perfectly on the slopes of the mountain.
		Beautiful religious legends and mysterious stories of the three spectaculars of Ta'er Lamasery are the butter sculptures, mural paintings and embroidery.
	www.cnto.org /silkroad-qinghai.asp (374 words)

	Yonghe Gong - The Palace of Harmony and Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Yonghe Gong (the Palace of Harmony or Beijing Lama Temple) is the largest lamasery in Beijing and one of the most famous lamaseries in all of China.
		Before 1949, when Yonghe Gong as a lamasery was already more than 200 years old, it had not been given good care for many years.
		After the people's Republic of China was set up, the government attached great importance to the lamasery and regarded it as a place important enough to warrant the protection of historical relics.
	www.dari-rulai-temple.org /yonghegong.htm (615 words)

	Yonghe Lamasery (Lama Temple), Beijing - Reviews of Yonghe Lamasery (Lama Temple) - IgoUgo
		Built in 1694, the Lama Temple (or Palace of Peace and Harmony) was the residence of Prince Yin Zhen, a son of Emperor Kang Xi of the Qing Dynasty.
		The Yonghe Lamasery is the biggest Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple in Beijing, and the most renowned in China (outside Tibet itself).
		His former residence became known as the Yonghe Palace and was converted to a lamasery in 1744.
	www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=16738 (538 words)

	TriniView.com - The Southern Route Pictorial
		The 250 year old Bakong Printing Lamasery in Dege, Sichuan, is among the 3 most important lamaseries in the Tibetan Buddhist world.
		Firmly maintaining its stance on atheism, the Chinese Government has nevertheless rebuilt many temples and monasteries such as the Ganzi Lamasery in order to build better relationships with the minorities and as tourist attractions.
		To this monk on the main path to Ganzi Lamasery, Sichuan, it must be all the same.
	www.triniview.com /China/pics3.html (420 words)

	History of Shankh Khiid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		he Compassionate Living Buddha's home residence or Western Khuree lamasery was founded in the year of the Fire Pig of the 11th sixty-year cycle, or according to western chronology in 1647, when the first Bogd Lam Jebtsundamba Khutuktu Under Gegeen Zanabazar was 13 years old.
		This great Bogd Lama eventually built many lamaseries and monasteries within the land of the Khalkhas, but this Western Khuree was one of the earliest.
		The Western lamasery moved its location several times, until it finally settled at the present site called Fine Spring Hill, when the Fourth Bogd Lam reached his 13th birthday in the 52nd year of Hung Li of the Chinese House, also known as the Fire Sheep year of the 13th sixty year cycle (1787).
	www3.telus.net /public/stupot/Mongolia/Shankh_history_1.html (996 words)

	Tibet party secretary says Dalai Lama has "betrayed Buddhism" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		important speech at a forum in the lamasery.
		relics of the lamasery, then held a forum with the responsible person in
		lamaseries, including Sagya Lamasery, and the masses of monks in the county
	www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/1996/6/2-2_9.html (620 words)

	Theosophical Society in America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Already a public figure, H. Blavatsky became increasingly well-known after the publication of Isis, and visitors flocked to her New York apartment, nicknamed the Lamasery, to meet the author and to witness the marvelous phenomena that she could perform or that occurred merely in her presence.
		Blavatsky’s own room, he found that lady seated at the end of a letter and tobacco laden table, twisting a fragrant cigarette from a quantity of loose tobacco of a famous Turkish brand.
		The room was the inner temple of the Lamasery, which has become so widely known in recent years.
	www.theosophical.org /theosophy/books/esotericworld/chapter07 (3071 words)

	Xining, Qinghai, China Tour
		Ta'er Temple, also known as the "Pagoda Lamasery," is one of China's largest Buddhist temples, and a sacred place of the "Yellow Sect of Tibetan Lamaism.
		They were also granted the patronage of the Ming and Qing courts, who built a grand "Yellow Sect" lamasery called "Yong He Palace" in Beijing.
		The lamasery was expanded over the centuries into a magnificent lamasery, which ranks closely in importance with the Dazhao Lamasery in Lhasa.
	www.chinatour.com /attraction/xining.htm (351 words)

	Attractions in Yunnan - Suhe Town, Lijiang
		The biggest lamasery in Moso area is Zhamei Lamasery in Yongning.
		The place the Zhamei Lamasery lies in is called "Zhameige", which means "no war".
		The coincidence of these two names make the Lamasery even famous in Tibet.
	www.sinowaytravel.com /kunming/attractions_zhamei_lamasery.htm (641 words)

	BookHooks
		They crash landed in a rocky valley and the pilot mumbled that they should look for the lamasery, before he died.
		It was a steep and dangerous path that lead them to the lamasery of Shangri-La. It was a beautiful lush valley with surprisingly modern plumbing and central heating.
		There was a beautiful woman named Lo-Tsen and she entertained them by playing the harpsicord, however she remained silent.
	www.bookhooks.com /detailed.cfm?Report_number=1367 (606 words)

	Daoba Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Chong Gu Lamasery loate the the foot of Xian Nai Ri Mountain in which altitude is 3880 meters.
		Bang Pu Lamasery is the most ancient lamasery in Daocheng that it is more than 900 years' history, 30 kilometre far from the county seat, in which the altitude is 3940 metres.
		The initiator of this lamasery is Gamaba Dusongranba.In Song Dynasty, Gamaba and his two classmates travel to Sangdui and see the mountain is high and the meadow is large.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/China/Sichuan_Sheng/Daoba-1021914/Things_To_Do-Daoba-R-1.html (1145 words)

	Gyalthang Dzong Hotel \| spa resort \| soft adventure lodges
		Gyalthang Dzong Hotel is a typical Tibetan building but with a unique architecture in ’Tibetan lamasery’ style.
		A lamasery is a monastery for lamas - Buddhist monks who are spiritually qualified to lead people towards enlightenment.
		The Southern Silk Road began in Sichuan province to the north, crossed the length of Yunnan and continued on to Vietnam.
	www.infohub.com /Lodgings/lodging_pages/2624.html (376 words)

	Labrang Lamasery - Silk Road Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Located in Xiahe City of Gannon Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southern Gansu Province, it is one of the six great lamaseries (the Yellow Sect) in China.
		It occupies an area of 70 hectares or more and has about 10,000 rooms, which are enough to accommodate more than 3,000 lamas.
		Big, tall and elaborately decorated, the highly artistic monastery once functioned not only as a center of religious belief and authority but also China's biggest seat of Lamaist learning next to Potala Palace in Lhasa.
	www.silk-road-travel.com /attractions/attran5.htm (83 words)

	Lama Temple - Yonghegong- Beijing, China - VirtualTourist.com
		Lama Temple (Lamasery of Harmony and Peace), one of the best preserved temples in Beijing, is one of the most important attractions of the city.
		This complex, dating back to 1694, used to be the palace in which the son and successor of the Kangxi Emperor lived.
		In fact it was named the Falundian after the Yonghegong was transformed into a lamasery in 1744.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/China/Beijing_Shi/Beijing-1024960/Things_To_Do-Beijing-Lama_Temple_Yonghegong-BR-2.html (1027 words)

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