Ganden Sumtseling

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Also known as

噶丹·松赞林寺

City

Shangri-La

Coordinates

27.8635702, 99.704412

About Ganden Sumtseling

Garden Songzanlin Monastery is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yunnan Province and one of the famous monasteries in Kham. It is also the Yellow Sect center in Sichuan and Yunnan. It plays a decisive role in the entire Tibetan area and is known as the "Little Potala Palace". The temple is built on the mountain and looks like an ancient castle. It is a collection of Tibetan plastic arts and is also known as the "Tibetan Art Museum". The temple, also known as the Guihua Temple, is 5 kilometers away from Zhongdian County. It is a group of ancient castles on the scale of an ancient town. It was built in 1679 AD (the eleventh year of the Yin Sheep in the Tibetan calendar) and completed in 1681 AD (the year of the Yin Iron Rooster). The fifth Dalai Lama personally gave it the name "Gaden Songzanlin".

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More attractions in Shangri-La

• Pudacuo National Park — 5A
• Daocheng Yading Scenic Area 18 — 5A
• Potatso National Park — 4A
• Dukezong Ancient City — 4A
• Songzanlin Monastery (Ganden Sumtseling) — 4A
• Blue Moon Valley — 4A
• Balagezong Tourism Area (Shangri-La Grand Canyon) — 4A
• Balog Zon — 4A

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