Pelkhor Chöde

The Pelkhor Monastery.

Pelkhor Chöde ( Tib . : dpal 'khor chos sde ; Chinese  白居寺 , Pinyin Báijū sì  - "Baijiu Monastery"; also: Pango Chorten ) is a Buddhist monastery in Gyantse County in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China .

The original buildings date back to 1427.

Pelkhor Chörten

The great stupa ( kumbum ) of the Pelkor Monastery in Gyangze, Tibet

The monastery is famous for its Kumbum (Tib .: sku 'bum ) - the largest chorten (Tib .: mchod rten ) Tibet - which was commissioned 1440th It has four floors with 108 chapels and over 10,000 murals.

The Pelkor monastery complex is being restored.

Pelkhor hosted monks from the three main schools of Tibetan Buddhism: Sakya , Bodong and Gelug .

The monastery was badly damaged during the Chinese Cultural Revolution .

Pelkhor Chöde has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 1996 .

Web links

Commons : Kumbum der Pelkhor Chöde  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Baiju Monastery - a monument in the art history of Tibet

Coordinates: 28 ° 55 ′ 30 ″  N , 89 ° 35 ′ 41 ″  E