Tag Archives: Tibetan

Jie Tai Building 戒台楼

The buildings here get less and less impressive as I reached the end of the Yonghe Temple grounds. The last building here is the Jie Tai Building. The Jie Tai…

Sui Cheng Hall 绥成殿

The last hall at the Beijing Lama Temple is probably one of the most boring. Usually for temples of this layout, the last of the halls or at least the…

Pavillion of Ten Thousand Happinesses 万福阁

The last of the major halls in the Beijing Lama Temple was the Pavillion of Ten Thousand Happinesses or Wanfu Pavillion 万福阁. This name is quite common in temples and…

Hall of Heavenly Kings 天王殿 at the Beijing Lama Temple 雍和宫

So here it comes, the basic layout of the lama temple or probably any other Chinese temple is that there will be hall followed by another hall and this repeats…