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Galden Jampaling Monastery 强巴林寺Qiángbālín Sì
National heritage site · Chamdo, Tibet
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chamdo
- Region
- Tibet
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Galden Jampaling Monastery
Galden Jampaling, regarded as Kham's largest Gelug monastery, stands on a terrace above the river confluence in the heart of Chamdo and was founded in the 1430s or 1440s by Jangsem Sherab Zangpo, a disciple of Tsongkhapa, as the first Gelug monastery in Kham. It is the seat of the Phagpa Lha incarnations. Its festivals include a butter-sculpture display on the 15th day of the first Tibetan month and masked dances at the end of the Tibetan year.
How to get to Galden Jampaling Monastery
In central Chamdo, a short walk uphill from the town centre; carry your passport for road checkpoints.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Former Office of the Chamdo People's Liberation Committee 昌都地区人民解放委员会办公旧址 (under 10 km), Karuo Neolithic Site 卡若遗址 (under 10 km).
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