Gan'en Monastery in Hongcheng

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The Gan'en Monastery in Hongcheng ( Chinese  红 城 感恩 寺 , Pinyin Hóngchéng Gǎn'ēn sì , English Gan'en Temple in Hongcheng ) in the Hongcheng Township of Yongdeng County in northwest China's Gansu Province is a monastery of Tibetan Buddhism from the time the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. It is known for its Buddhist wall paintings from the early Ming period.

The Gan'en Monastery has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-797) since 2006 .

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.chinaheritagenewsletter.org/scholarship.php?searchterm=010_gautama.inc&issue=010

Coordinates: 36 ° 27 ′ 12.6 "  N , 103 ° 23 ′ 26.5"  E