A Gate at the Lama Temple 雍和宫 in Beijing 北京
Huge numbers of visitors notwithstanding, the lama temple was a very real place. Most of the visitors here are worshippers. You will see people bringing joss sticks into the temple grounds who no doubt paid a premium for those. The temple has all the features of Ming and Qing architecture, much like a lot of other Chinese temples I had visited in other places, but this is probably the first one I had visited which was this busy.
Approaching One of the Halls in the Beijing Lama Temple 雍和宫
The Lama Temple’s basic layout is very traditional with hall after hall of temple, much like all the other temples I have visited, except this one has far more people. The grounds doesn’t seem to be that big, so I think this will be a short visit. Then again, it will might not be as fast as I thought it will be. There were a lot of visitors and there might be queues in the more important spots.
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