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Yong He Gong is the biggest Tibetan Buddhist Lama Temple in Beijing. Built as a residence of the Qing Prince Yong in 1694, but converted to a Lamasery in 1744 by Emperor Qian Long. Its name means "Harmony and Peace Palace", and its construction is a unique mix of traditional Han and ethnic Tibetan architectural styles. Its impressive buildings number over 1,000 and cover an area of around 66,000 square meters.

Wanfuge (Ten-Thousand-Happiness Pavilion) is the largest structure in the temple. In the center of the pavilion is a huge statue of Maitreya, Buddha of the Future carved out of a single trunk of white sandalwood tree presented by the Seventh Dalai Lama. It is 26 meters high in total with 18 meters above ground and 8 meters below ground and spans 8 meters in diameter. According to the Guinness Book of World Records the Maitreya at Yong He Gong is the tallest and biggest of its kind in the world today. Behind the Great Buddha there are ten thousand small Buddhist statues on three levels, hence the name Ten-Thousand-Happiness Pavilion.

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