Travel with us on the Tibetan Plateau
Travel with us on the Tibetan Plateau
Travel with us on the Tibetan Plateau
Bongya Monastery is the largest Bon monastery in Rebgong (Tongren), Qinghai, China.Full name: Bongya Menri Shedrup Mindröl Ling (བོན་བརྒྱ་མན་རི་བཤད་སྒྲུབ་སྨིན་གྲོལ་གླིང་།). Location Village/Town: Muhesha Village, Chu Khol (Ququhu) Township, Tongren County (Rebgong), Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. Elevation: ~3,200 m. Distance: […]
Taktsang Lhamo is the Tibetan name for Langmusi, a famed Amdo Tibetan town at the Gansu–Sichuan border (also near Qinghai). It’s a major Gelug Buddhist center and scenic alpine hub. Core Basics Location: Border of Gansu (Serti Monastery side) & […]
Labrang Monastery is one of the Six Great Monasteries of the Gelug School (Yellow Hat Sect) of Tibetan Buddhism. It is renowned as the World Tibetan Academy for its comprehensive religious education system. Basic Facts Location: Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan […]
Rongwo Monastery is the largest and most important monastery in Rebkong (Tongren), and the third-largest in Amdo (after Labrang and Ta’er). It’s the heart of Regong art and a key Gelug site. Basic Info Location: Longwu Town, Tongren (Rebkong), Huangnan […]
Wutun Monastery is the epicenter of Regong art (UNESCO-listed), a Gelug sect monastery split into Upper (Shangsi) and Lower (Xiasi) Wutun, 7 km east of Tongren (Rebkong) town, on the Longwu River’s east bank. Basic Profile Location: Wutun Village, 7 […]
Gomar Monastery is a Gelug (Yellow Hat) sect monastery in Rebkong (Tongren), Huangnan Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China. Basic Info Location: 5 km north of Tongren County seat, ~175 km south of Xining (elevation ~2,600 m). Founding: Established in 1741 by […]
Shachung Monastery（also spelled Xiaqiong/Shachong）is a historic Gelug Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Hualong County, Qinghai Province. Basic Info Location: 30 km west of Hualong County, 105 km southeast of Xining; sits on a Garuda-shaped ridge overlooking the Yellow River. Founded: 1349 […]
Katok Monastery (Kathok/Kathog; Tibetan: ཀཿ་ཐོག་རྡོ་རྗེ་གདན་; Chinese: 噶陀寺) Core Identity: One of the Six Mother Monasteries of the Nyingma school (oldest Tibetan Buddhist sect), located in Baiyu County, Garzê, Sichuan (Kham, eastern Tibet). Basic Facts Founded: 1159 by Katok Kadampa Deshek […]
Pema Shelpuk, literally translated as Lotus Crystal Cave, is a sacred retreat and hidden treasure site situated west of Dzongsar Monastery in Dege County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Name Origin Pema derives from Sanskrit padma, standing for lotus. […]
Bingling Temple (Chinese: 炳灵寺; pinyin: Bǐnglíng Sì) is an ancient Buddhist cave complex located in Yongjing County, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China. It sits on the north bank of the Yellow River, at the western end of the […]