10 things you must know before going to Yonghe Palace

1. Yonghe Palace is open from 9-17 o'clock, and stops admitting at 16:30. Remember to check the time if you're going! 2. You don't need to bring your own incense/buy incense when going to Yonghe Palace. There are free incense distribution points on both sides of Zhaotai Gate, and you can take a handful at a time. 3. When offering incense, first go to the main hall, then worship the side hall. The posture is with the left hand on top and the right hand underneath, holding the incense high above the head and bowing, then inserting it into the incense ash. 4. Don't step on the threshold when entering the door, men step left and women step right. 5. Different halls have different meanings 📿Yonghe Gate Hall: Everything goes well 📿Yonghe Palace Hall: Seeking wealth 📿Falun Hall: Seeking career 📿Yongyou Hall: Exorcising evil 📿Wanfu Hall: Peace and tranquility, etc. 6. Women can still come to Yonghe Palace to worship Buddha and buy strings during their menstrual period. 7. If you want to ask for a string, it is recommended to come before 3 o'clock. If there is a certain style you definitely want to buy, it is recommended to come in the morning. 8. There are three Dharma object places: 🔍Outside the ticket inspection gate 🔍Outside Zhaotai Gate (more styles, more people) 🔍Next to the lecture hall on the west side (next to the opening/light room, the innermost one) 9. Steps to ask for a string Choose a style (you can try it on) ➡️ Open a ticket after choosing a style ➡️ Pay for the string ➡️ Enter the opening/light room with the string in hand and wait for the master to open/light it 10. The very popular incense ash string is not available on weekends and the first and fifteenth of the lunar month.