Tickets and booking
Admission is 25 RMB for adults, with a half-price ticket at 12 RMB. Half price goes to minors aged over 6 up to and including 18, full-time undergraduate students and below with a student ID (graduate, adult-education and evening-course students are excluded), visitors aged 60 and over with valid ID, and holders of a Beijing social-security benefit certificate — bring original documents to any ticket window for verification. Free entry applies to children under 6 or under 1.2 m tall with valid ID, disabled visitors with a second-generation disability certificate (including disabled military personnel, police and fire-rescue staff), retired cadres with their certificate, active and retired military and military-civilian personnel with valid ID, families of martyrs and of soldiers who died on duty with the preferential certificate, on-duty and retired fire-rescue personnel plus fire-rescue college cadets, holders of Beijing Civil Affairs preferential cards, and family members of active-duty military on August 1 (Army Day) with proof. The pack documents no advance-booking channel; on-site ticket windows are the documented purchase point, and sales stop at 16:00 in winter and 16:30 in summer. All prices and concession rules are subject to what the temple posts on the day.
Entrance and routes
The documented address is No. 28 Yonghegong Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. The only approach the pack details is on foot from the Yonghegong bus stop — served by routes 13, 84, 116, 117 and night bus route 6 — which leaves a walk of roughly 150 metres. No individual gates, queueing or security-check details are documented, so follow on-site signage from the street once you arrive.
Photo spots
The pack contains no data on specific photo points, viewpoints or photography rules, so any claim about the best angles inside the grounds would be unverified. What it does fix: the site sits on Yonghegong Street, the grounds are covered within the 1-3 hour suggested visit, and the first access window of the day opens at 09:00. Treat photography restrictions as a check-on-site item and follow posted rules once inside.
Timing and crowds
Hours are 09:00-16:30 from 1 November to 31 March (ticket sales end 16:00) and 09:00-17:00 from 1 April to 31 October (sales end 16:30), open every day of the week. The suggested duration is 1-3 hours, so a late-morning or early-afternoon arrival fits comfortably, but the reliable move is to arrive with at least an hour to spare before the ticket cutoff, since entry cannot be bought after sales stop even while the grounds remain open. The pack carries no crowd-level or peak-period data, so no quiet-day claims can be made — the only documented timing levers are the seasonal closing times.
Walking and effort
This is a compact city-centre temple visit rather than a hike: the pack lists no trails, elevation gain or internal distances. The only documented walking is the roughly 150 metres from the Yonghegong bus stop to the entrance. Plan the 1-3 hour suggested duration for an unhurried circuit of the grounds; nothing in the data implies special fitness or equipment.
Getting there
Documented transit is by bus: routes 13, 84, 116, 117 and night bus route 6 all call at the Yonghegong (Lama Temple) stop, about 150 metres from the entrance at No. 28 Yonghegong Street, Dongcheng District. The pack lists no subway lines, taxi guidance or fares, so confirm those independently if you are not arriving by bus.
Cost breakdown
The only cost the pack documents is admission: 25 RMB for adults, 12 RMB half price for eligible students, minors over 6 and seniors aged 60-plus, and free entry for the exempt categories listed under ticket-booking. Against the suggested 1-3 hour visit, a full-price ticket works out to roughly 8-25 RMB per hour. No other fees — transit fares or otherwise — appear in the pack, so any budget beyond the ticket price is undocumented.
