十七世紀中期，順治皇帝是滿洲剛進關取代明朝，建立統治中國的大清政權的年輕皇帝；第五輩達賴喇嘛則是剛透過蒙古和碩特軍事力量平服各方勢力，掌握西藏教權的格魯派領袖，二者代表性人物的見面深具歷史意義。第五輩達賴喇嘛於1652 年（清順治九年）三月自西藏拉薩哲蚌寺出發，1653 年二月離京，於十月返抵拉薩。清廷要如何接待應邀而來的第五輩達賴喇嘛等問題，經過朝中滿、蒙、漢群臣以及耶穌教士的不同意見討論，從沿途的接待到進京，以及在第五輩達賴喇嘛返回途中贈予封號等等，除了決定清朝與西藏的臣屬關係之外，更呈現出當時滿、蒙、藏、漢民族間的政治、宗教、文化與經濟交流，以及中西文化交流的一面。

In the mid-seventeenth century, the Ming Dynasty was overthrown, and Manchus came to the throne of China. Shunzhi was a young emperor, who was the first entered Peking to rule the Qing Dynasty .In same time, the fifth Dalai Lama of Gelugpa school was just became a religious leader of Tibet, through Mongolian Khoshut Khan military forces. During this period, meet of these two leaders in Peking was able to represent a significant figure of history. The fifth Dalai Lama was invited by Qing court and departed from the Drepung Monastery in Lhasa of Tibet in March 1652, left Peking in February 1653, returned to Lhasa in October. How to treat the fifth Dalai Lama to Peking was a complex issue in Qing court, from reception to Peking along the way, and donated the fifth Dalai Lama titles, etc. Through different views towards the Manchu, Mongolian, Chinese ministers and priests of Jesus discussed in Qing court, the policy of treatment was finally made. In addition to determining the relationship of Qing Dynasty’s suzerainty over Tibet, the more time it was appeared the Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Han nationalities interacted in political, religious, cultural, and economic, along with in Chinese and Western cultural interaction.