Chuzang
| Chuzang Monastery | |
|---|---|
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Sect | Gelug |
| Location | |
| Location | Huzhu County, Qinghai, China |
Chuzang Monastery (whole name: Chuzang Gön Ganden Mingyur Ling; Tibetan: ཆུ་བཟང་དགོན་, Wylie: chu bzang dgon, ZYPY: chu zang gön; simplified Chinese: 却藏寺; traditional Chinese: 卻藏寺; pinyin: Quèzàng Sì) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of Gelug sect in the Huzhu County of Qinghai province, China. Monastery was founded in 1649 during the reign of the Khoshut Mongols inside the Khoshut Khanate (1642 – 1717). In the 1950s it had about 150 monks. During Cultural revolution was mostly destroyed and now being recovered.
Chuzang is one of 4 famous Tibetan monasteries (Chuzang, , and Gonlung) in north-east Qinghai, area[when?] considered as borders between Tibet and China[citation needed].
References[]
- 互助县却藏寺 (in Chinese). Anhui News. 7 August 2013.
Coordinates: 37°00′12″N 101°54′15″E / 37.0032°N 101.9041°E
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