Chuzang Monastery | |
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Monastery information | |
Location | Qinghai, China |
Type | Tibetan Buddhist |
Sect | Gelug |
Chuzang Monastery (whole name: Chuzang Gön Ganden Mingyur Ling; Tibetan: ཆུ་བཟང་དགོན་, Wylie: chu bzang dgon; Chinese: 却藏寺, pinyin: Quezang Si) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of Gelug sect in the Huzhu County of Qinghai province, China. Monastery was founded in 1649. In 50's of 20th century had about 150 monks. During Cultural revolution was mostly destroyed and now being recovered.
Chuzang is one of 4 famous Tibetan monasteries (Chuzang, Serkhog, Jakhyung and Gonlung) in north-east Qinghai, area originally considered as borders between Tibet and China.
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Coordinates: 37°00′12″N 101°54′15″E / 37.0032°N 101.9041°E