Yonghegong, or Ganden Jinchak Ling, was built in 1694 as an imperial palace in Beijing. Following the Emperor Qianlong's 1744 edict, it was fully converted to a Geluk monastery by the Third Changkya, Rolpai Dorje.
Yonghegong, or Ganden Jinchak Ling, was built in 1694 as an imperial palace in Beijing. Following the Emperor Qianlong's 1744 edict, it was fully converted to a Geluk monastery by the Third Changkya, Rolpai Dorje.
Berger, Patricia. 2003. Empire of emptiness: Buddhist art and political authority in Qing China. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
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