Zangniang Stupa and Sangzhou Lama Monastery
Zangniang Stupa and Sangzhou-lamasery or Tsoniang Chorten and Samdrub Monastery ( 藏娘佛塔及桑周寺 , Zàngniáng Fótǎ jí Sāngzhōu sì ) residing in the town Yushu of Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu Tibetan in the northwest Chinese province of Qinghai , there in the municipality of Zhoinmda (仲达 乡) on the south bank of the Tongtian He通天河 river.
The first-mentioned building is a 31 m high chorten (stupa) of Tibetan Buddhism . It was built in the 11th century during the Northern Song Dynasty and is the oldest Buddhist structure in Qinghai .
Zangniang Stupa and Sangzhou Lama Monastery have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-438) together since 2001 .
literature
- Chia-ming Yang [= Yang Jiaming 楊嘉銘]: " A Study on Recent Tibetan Buddhism Activities in Qinghai (PDF; 378 kB)", Bimonthly Journal on Mongolian and Tibetan Current Situation , Vol. 6th
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://beijing2008.german.china.org.cn/politics/archive/tibet40/txt/2005-08/07/content_2188406.htm
Coordinates: 33 ° 19 ′ 9 ″ N , 96 ° 49 ′ 11 ″ E