Drolma Lhakhang

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : སྒྲོལ་ མ་ ལྷ་ ཁང
Wylie transliteration : sgrol ma lha khang
Official transcription of the PRCh : Zhoimalhakang
THDL transcription : Drolma Lhakang
Chinese name
Traditional : 卓瑪拉康
Simplified : 卓玛拉康
Pinyin : Zhuómǎ Lākāng

Drölma Lhakhang ( Tibetan : སྒྲོལ་ མ་ ལྷ་ ཁང, legend after Wylie : sgrol ma lha khang ; Zhoimalhakang ; "Tara Temple") is a Buddhist temple in the southern corner of Kyirong County (Chin. Jilong ) in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . It is located southwest of the Chöde monastery (Chin. Qude si ) at an altitude of 4,160 m in the central part of the Gongtang-wangcheng site ( 贡 塘 王 城 遗址 , Gongtang wangcheng yizhi ); its construction began in 1274 , which can be determined from a document text. Fine carvings of the wooden structure and wall paintings of the time have been preserved from the building . The upper one of the two floors has already collapsed. The facility includes a gate courtyard, a middle courtyard and a rear hall.

The temple has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-408) under one number since 2001, along with two other monuments . It should not be confused with the Nyethang Drölma Lhakhang in the Nyethang community of the Chushur Tibetan district (Chushul, Chinese: Qushui ), which is also on the list of monuments.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tibetinfor.com ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 21, 2009) 

Coordinates: 29 ° 32 ′ 44.9 ″  N , 90 ° 57 ′ 16.9 ″  E