This old sacred monastery is one of the Four Northern Grand Monasteries.The monastery is situated in a small beautiful landscape, about 28km from nearest Gonlung county ( Huzhu in Chinese ) of Amdo Tibet and 44km from Xining city. Chuzang monastery is Gelugpa sect monastery, founded in 1649 by first …

Shachung monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in Eastern Tibet and the oldest of Four Northern Grand monasteries. It was founded in1349 by Chojye Dhondup Rinchen and situated in Palung county of Amdo Tibet, about 113km from Xining city. Paradise on earth, Shachung was built on a mountain ridge …

Kumbum Monastery also known as Ta’er Monastery, is one of the most important and revered monasteries of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in Qinghai Province, China, near the city of Xining, in the traditional Tibetan region of Amdo. Kumbum is renowned as the birthplace of Tsongkhapa, …

Genyen (also spelled Genyen Massif, Mt. Genyen, or Gongga Genyen) is a sacred mountain range located in western Sichuan, within the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of China. It is one of the most revered and significant peaks in Tibetan Buddhism, especially for the Khampa people, who inhabit the region. Genyen …

Palpung or The 8th Kenting Tai Situpa Chokyi Jugne founded the great Palpung monastery in 1727. “Pal” means glorious, “Pung” means to gather. For this reason the name Palpung, derived from the combination of the two words has been applied to the institution. Palpung means glorious union of study and …