Yong'an Temple

Beijing


Rising up the steep southern slope of Jade Islet, the Temple of Eternal Peace is best accessed via the south entrance of Beihai. The complex climbs through the Hall of Heavenly Kings to the Hall of the Wheel of the Law. Steep stairs continue upwards, flanked by cave-like buddha niches, up to the White Dagoba on the very top of the hill.


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