The Lama Temple faces south and covers an area of 6.6 hectares. Its architectural style is very unique, combining the architectural art of Han, Manchu, Mongolian and other nationalities. The architecture of the whole temple is divided into three roads: East, Middle and West. The middle route consists of seven courtyards and five halls, with various attached halls and buildings on the left and right. ?
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Lama Temple, located in the northeast corner of Dongcheng District, Beijing, is the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple in Beijing. 1983 was designated as a national key temple by the State Council.
In the 13th year of Yongzheng (1735), Yong Zhengdi died in Yuanmingyuan, and Aisingiorro Hongli ascended the throne. Emperor Qianlong changed the old system of the Qing Dynasty and placed his father's coffin in the Lama Temple in September of the same year, thus ending his ten-year palace history.
Nine years after Qianlong (1744), the Lama Temple was officially changed into a Tibetan Buddhist temple. Since then, the Lama Temple, as the first royal temple in China and the link and bridge between successive central governments of China and Mongolia and Tibet, has started its glorious history.
Emperor Qianlong was deeply touched by this and lamented that Yonghe Palace was "a land of dragons and dragons, and the Buddha always dived". He attributed the grand scene of "six streets and three cities are all pearls and jade" in Kanggan period to "choosing a Buddhist field during Xingqing period"
In the 10th year of Qianlong (1745), the King of Tibet and the Seventh Dalai Lama agreed to pay tribute to the Lama Temple, including the bronze gilded statue of Sakyamuni Buddha and the three-leaf crown of Dalbergia Buddha. The 7th Dalai Lama also presented a picture of 4 1 Thangka, which is the life record of the Buddha. These tributes are exquisite in workmanship and are one of the fine cultural relics in the Lama Temple.
In the 13th year of Qianlong (1748), the 7th Dalai Lama bought a huge white sandalwood from Nepal and transported it to the Lama Temple three times. It was built by the hall of mental cultivation Construction Department of the Palace, and the Maitreya Buddha with a height of18m was carved, which became one of the three wonders of wood carving in the Lama Temple, and was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1990.
In the 13th year of Yongzheng (1735), Yong Zhengdi died in Yuanmingyuan, and Aisingiorro Hongli ascended the throne. Emperor Qianlong changed the old system of the Qing Dynasty and placed his father's coffin in the Lama Temple in September of the same year, thus ending his ten-year palace history.
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