The Changkya Huthugthu Rölpai Dorje

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Figure 5: Yuhuage, “Pavilion of Raining Flowers”, part of the Zhongzheng Dian complex built under the supervision of Rölpai Dorje 1750-1755 as the principal tantric Buddhist temple in the Forbidden City, Beijing. The four floors (inside) are dedicated to the Four Anuttara Yoga Tantras. The building survived the destructions in 1923 largely intact.
Photo 2012.