Kumbum Monastery | |
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Tibetan transcription(s) Tibetan: སྐུ་འབུམ་བྱམས་པ་གླིང་། Wylie transliteration: sku 'bum byams pa gling Chinese transcription(s) Simplified: 塔尔寺 Pinyin: Tǎ'ěrsì | |
![]() Kumbum Monastery | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
Sect | Gelug |
Deity | Je Tsongkhapa |
Location | |
Location | Huangzhong County, Xining, Qinghai |
Country | China |
Geographic coordinates | 36°28′53.18″N 101°35′57.09″E / 36.4814389°N 101.5991917°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | 3rd Dalai Lama |
Date established | 1583 |
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Kumbum Monastery (Tibetan: སྐུ་འབུམ་བྱམས་པ་གླིང་, THL Kumbum Jampa Ling),[1] also called Ta'er Temple, is a Tibetan gompa in Lusar, Huangzhong County, Xining, Qinghai, China. It was founded in 1583 in a narrow valley close to the village of Lusar in the historical Tibetan region of Amdo.[2] Its superior monastery is Drepung Monastery, immediately to the west of Lhasa.[3] It is ranked in importance as second only to Lhasa.[2]