the golden urn was established by the qing qianlong emperor to allow the qing dynasty emperor of china to determine the reincarnation of the dalai lama and the panchen lama in case of a dispute. there are two golden urns issued by the qianlong emperor. one is enshrined in jokhang temple in lhasa for choosing dalai and panchen lama reincarnations, the other is in yonghe temple in beijing for choosing mongolian jebtsundamba khutughtu reincarnations. the 7th panchen lama, palden tenpai nyima, used the golden urn for the first time in 1822 to choose the 10th dalai lama, tsultrim gyatso.