Drathang Gön
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Tibetan script :
གྲ་ ཐང་ དགོན
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Wylie transliteration : gra thang dgon
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Official transcription of the PRCh : Chatang goin
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THDL transcription : Dratang Gön
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Other spellings: Drathang Gon
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Simplified :
扎 塘 寺
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Pinyin : Zhātáng Sì
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Drathang Gön Monastery ( Tibetan : གྲ་ ཐང་ དགོན, inscription after Wylie : gra thang dgon, Zhatang Monastery ) is a Buddhist monastery in Dranang Dzong County in Lhokha Governorate in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . The original buildings of the monastery date back to 1081.
The monastery is famous for its wall paintings and has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China in Tibet since 1996 .
literature
- Zhanang xian wenwu zhi 《扎囊 县 文物 志》. 1986 web
- Xizang fojiao siyuan bihua yishu 《西藏 佛教 寺院 壁画 艺术》 (Fresco Art of the Buddhist Monasteries in Tibet). 1994
- Michael Henss: "The Eleventh Century Murals at Drathang Gompa", in: Jane Singer & Philip Denwood (eds.): Tibetan Art: A Definition of Style (London: Laurence King Publishing, 1997), pp. 160-169
- Pieter C. Verhagen: India , Part 2, Volume 8
- Kal Sang Gyal: Religions in Tibet . 2004; ISBN 7-5085-0437-2 (on Google Books )
Web links
- Gragpa Ngonshes and Grathang Monastery 扎巴恩 协 与 扎 塘 寺
- Drathang Monastery. Lokha Province, 1994 (Photo)
Coordinates: 29 ° 14 ′ 34.4 " N , 91 ° 19 ′ 54.3" E