Trotong Lake” or “Cuotong Cui Lake”, is located in Trotong Village near Manigango, Dege County, Garze Prefecture. It is composed of three connected lakes of different sizes and irregular shapes. It is composed of approximately 4,600 meters above sea level. This is a mountain tourist attraction currently under development. It …

Ba Lhakar Dzong or Shangri La Grand Canyon is located in Nixi Township, Shangri La County, Dechen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. It is situated in the central hinterland of the Hongshan area, a world natural heritage site with three parallel rivers. The canyon is deep and narrow, with a …

Tsadra Rinchen Drak was the personal hermitage and retreat center of Jamgon Kongtrul, located above Pelpung Monastery in Kham. Kongtrul began to practice on the site in 1843, and formally opened it in 1857 with the assistence of Chokgyur Lingpa and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. The first three-year retreat began there …

Pema Shelpuk is a hermitage and treasure site opened by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokyur Lingpa. In January, 1857 the two lamas sanctified the new meditation site for Khyentse Wangpo in a cave located above Dzongsar Monastery in Kham. This was in part a public ceremony, in which visitors were …

Rongme Karmo Taktsang is a treasure site of Chokgyur Lingpa and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo to the northeast of Dzongsar Monastery. Ju Mipam Gyatso spent thirteen years there in retreat. Monks from the Khamshe College currently use the hermitage for five-year retreats. The site is associated with Padmasambhava.