You will see from the previous post we spent a lovely morning at the Great Wall of China at Mùtiányù (慕田峪) which is 70kms outside of Beijing and relatively close compared to some of the other parts of the Wall. The traffic gods were being kind to us and it didn’t take as long to drive back in to the City, so we asked our driver to stop at Yonghegong (雍和宮) Lama Temple so we could thank the aforementionned Gods! Yonghegong is a fine example of a working Tibetan Buddhist Temple in Beijing and a monastery which dates back to the late 17th Century.

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My Uncle John and Aunty Veronica had managed to arrange a short visit to Beijing and of course were hopeful of trying to pack as much in to their few days as possible. Of course a trip to the Great Wall of China was top of the list, together with the Terracotta Warriors. The latter are in Xi’an, which aren’t even close to Beijing but with my help they managed to see and were suitably impressed by just about everything.

Mùtiányù (慕田峪) is around 70kms outside Beijing » Read more: Mutianyu, Feb 2006