Jokhang
The Jokhang, historically known as the Rasa Trulnang or Qoikang Monastery or Zuglagkang, is considered the "heart of Lhasa". The Jokhang consists of a Tibetan Buddhist temple, its temple complex, and a Gelug school monastery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Barkhor Square in Lhasa
- Also known as: “dazhao si”, “Dazhao Si”, “gtsug lag khang”, and “Zuglakang (Jokhang) Monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Muru Nyingba Monastery and Potala Palace.
Muru Nyingba Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: John Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Muru Ningba or Meru Nyingba is a small Buddhist monastery located between the larger monasteries of Jokhang and Barkhor in the city of Lhasa, Tibet, China.
Potala Palace
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
Potala Palace is a museum complex in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was formerly the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas, built in the dzong style on Marpo Ri. Potala Palace is situated 1½ km west of Jokhang.
Lhasa Great Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Antoinetav, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lhasa Great Mosque, also known as Hebalin Mosque, is a mosque in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Lhasa Great Mosque is situated 520 metres southeast of Jokhang.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pargor Subdistrict and Lhasa.
Pargor Subdistrict
Suburb
The Barkhor Square, or Barkhor, is an historic area of narrow streets and a public square with markets, and the circumambulation route around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet, China.
Lhasa
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Lhasa is the capital of the Tibet autonomous region in China. It is 3,650 m above sea level on the northern slopes of the Himalayas.
Zhol Village
Neighborhood
Zhol Village, or Shol Village, is a village at the base of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. It contained the residences and administrative buildings of Ganden Phodrang's government officials and other Tibetans.
Jokhang
- Categories: Buddhist temple, cultural heritage of China, and religion
- Location: Lhasa, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Jokhang” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جوكهانغ”
- Asturian: “Templu de Jokhang”
- Basque: “Jokhang tenplua”
- Basque: “Jokhang”
- Burmese: “ဂျိုခန့်”
- Catalan: “Jo-khang”
- Catalan: “Jokhang”
- Catalan: “temple de Jokhang”
- Catalan: “Temple de Jokhang”
- Catalan: “Tsuklakang”
- Catalan: “Txhokang”
- Chinese: “大昭寺”
- Chinese: “祖拉康”
- Croatian: “Jokhang”
- Czech: “Džókhang”
- Czech: “Jokhang”
- Dutch: “Jokhang”
- Dutch: “Tsuglhakhang”
- Finnish: “Jokhang”
- French: “Jokhang”
- French: “Monastère de Jokhang”
- French: “temple de Jokhang”
- French: “Temple de Jokhang”
- Georgian: “ჯოხანგი”
- German: “Jokang”
- German: “Jokhang-Kloster”
- German: “Jokhang-Tempel”
- German: “Jokhang”
- German: “Qokang”
- German: “Rasa Trülnang”
- German: “Yokhang-Tempel”
- German: “Yokhang”
- Hebrew: “מקדש ג’וקהנג”
- Hebrew: “מקדש גוקהנג”
- Hungarian: “Dzsokhang”
- Indonesian: “Jokhang”
- Italian: “Jokhang”
- Japanese: “ジョカン”
- Japanese: “トゥルナン寺”
- Japanese: “大昭寺”
- Korean: “조캉 사원”
- Korean: “조캉사원”
- Newari: “जोखङ”
- Panjabi: “ਜੋਖਾਂਗ ਮੰਦਰ”
- Persian: “جوخانگ”
- Polish: “Dżokhang”
- Polish: “Jokhang”
- Portuguese: “Dajiao-si”
- Portuguese: “Jokhang”
- Portuguese: “Tsuklakhang”
- Romanian: “Templul Jokhang”
- Russian: “Джоканг”
- Russian: “Джокханг”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jokhang”
- Slovenian: “Jokang”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Jokhang”
- Spanish: “Templo de Jokhang”
- Swedish: “Dazhaosi”
- Swedish: “Jhokang”
- Swedish: “Johkangtemplet”
- Swedish: “Jokhang”
- Swedish: “Jokhangklostret”
- Swedish: “Jokhangtemplet”
- Swedish: “Tsulagkhang”
- Tagalog: “Bahay ng Karunungan”
- Tagalog: “GTsug lag khang”
- Tagalog: “Jokang”
- Tagalog: “Jokhang Monastery”
- Tagalog: “Jokhang Temple”
- Tagalog: “Jokhang”
- Tagalog: “Monasteryo ng Jokhang”
- Tagalog: “Monasteryong Jokhang”
- Tagalog: “Qokang”
- Tagalog: “Templong Jokhang”
- Tagalog: “Tsuklakang”
- Tagalog: “Tsulag Kang”
- Tajik: “Ҷоканг”
- Thai: “โชคัง”
- Thai: “วัดโจคัง”
- Tibetan: “གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།”
- Tibetan: “གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་”
- Tibetan: “ཇོ་ཁང་།”
- Tibetan: “ཇོ་ཁང་”
- Tibetan: “ཇོ་ཁང”
- Tibetan: “ལྷ་ས་གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་”
- Turkish: “Jokhang Tapınağı”
- Ukrainian: “Джоканг”
- Vietnamese: “Chùa Đại Chiêu”
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