Shepheling monastery

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : བཤད་ འཕེལ་ གླིང་ དགོན
Wylie transliteration : bshad 'phel gling dgon
Chinese name
Simplified : 香 柏林 寺
Pinyin : Xiangbolin si

Location of Burang County (red) in Ngari (yellow)

The ruins of the Shepheling Monastery s ( Tib . : bshad phel gling dgon ) are located in Burang County (Purang) in the administrative district of Ngari in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . The fortress ( Dzong ; Tib. RDzong ) dates back to the 12th century. It was the administrative seat of the rulers ( dpon po ) of Purang and later became the main Gelugpa monastery in Purang. It is a dzong plant, i. H. a fortress mostly located on a hill, which is why the site is also called Shepheling Dzong . A Sakyapa monastery is also part of the site. Most of the complex was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.

The site of the Shepeling Monastery has been on the list of monuments of the Tibet Autonomous Region since 2009 ( Photo ( memento from January 25, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )).

See also

• Kailash
• Guge
• Purang (Empire)
• Ladakh
• 5th Dalai Lama
• Tegla Kar Dzong
• Khorchag Gönpa
• Dzong

literature

reference books

• Gyurme Dorje: Tibet Handbook . 1999

Web links

• Purang: a region joining Tibet, Nepal, and India - English
• Ali Xiangbolin si - Chinese
• Photos (1) , (2) , (3) , (4)
• Tsechen Damchos Ling Buddhist Monastery

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Chinese Xiangbolin si 香 柏林 寺
2. ↑ It is known by many Western names and spellings for both the fortress and the monastery.

Shepheling monastery (alternative names of the lemma)
Shepeling Monastery; Shambuling Gompa, Shepeling Dzong; Taklakot Gompa; Purang Shephel Ling; སྤུ་ རང་ བཤད་ འཕེལ་ གླིང, spu rang bshad 'phel gling, Purang Shempelling; སྤུ་ ཧྲེངས་ བཤད་ འཕེལ་ གླིང; spu hrengs bshad 'phel gling; Simbiling Gompa; Shepeling Dzong; Shephel Ling Monastery

Coordinates: 30 ° 18 ′ 57.6 ″  N , 81 ° 9 ′ 39.6 ″  E