Situated on the east side of Yonghegong Street in the northeastern corner of the city, the Yonghe Lamasery is the largest and best-known lamasery in Beijing. The principal components are three ...

The Cypress Grove Temple is situated in the northeastern part of Beijing's East City District immediately of the east of the Yonghe Lamasery. When first built in 1347 during the Yuan Dynasty ...

New Year’s Eve celebrations were on course to be a largely calm affair in Beijing. Yet while thousands of worshippers visited the Yonghe Temple to light incense sticks and pray for good fortune, ...