Chubsang
Chubsang is a hermitage in Lhasa, Tibet and has an elevation of 3,818 metres. Chubsang is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Chupzang Nunnery, as well as near Pabonka Hermitage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chupzang Nunnery and Sera Monastery.
Chupzang Nunnery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Jan Reurink, CC BY 2.0.
Chupzang Nunnery is a historical nunnery, belonging to Sera Monastery. It is located north of Lhasa in Tibet, China. Though the site was established as a hermitage around 1665, it was converted into an exclusive nunnery in 1984 and has since grown into one of the largest nunneries in the Lhasa Valley.
Sera Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Antoinetav, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sera Monastery is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, located 1.25 miles north of Lhasa and about 5 km north of the Jokhang. Sera Monastery is situated 2 km southeast of Chubsang.
Pabonka Hermitage
Buddhist temple
Pabonka Hermitage, also written Pawangka, is a historical hermitage, today belonging to Sera Monastery, about 8 kilometres northwest of Lhasa in the Nyang bran Valley on the slopes of Mount Parasol in Tibet. Pabonka Hermitage is situated 1 km northwest of Chubsang.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nyangrain Subdistrict and Zhol Village.
Nyangrain Subdistrict
Suburb
Nyang bran is a suburb district and valley located several kilometres north of the city of Lhasa, Tibet. The valley is noted for its hermitages, belonging to the Sera Monastery, one of the three great historical monasteries of Tibet. Pabonka Hermitage, Drakri Hermitage, Chupzang Nunnery and many others are located in the valley which offers scenic views of Lhasa.
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. Zhol Village is situated 6 km south of Chubsang.
Karma Kunzang
Suburb
Photo: Vinko Rajic, CC BY 3.0.
Karma Kunzang is a suburb, which is situated 7 km southeast of Chubsang.
Chubsang
- Type: Hermitage
- Also known as: “Chupsang” and “Qubsang Richoi”
- Category: religion
- Location: Lhasa, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.71337° or 29° 42′ 48″ northLongitude
91.12255° or 91° 7′ 21″ eastElevation
3,818 metres (12,526 feet)Open location code
7MXHP47F+82GeoNames ID
6612158
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In Other Languages
“Chubsang” goes by many names.
- Tibetan: “ཆུ་བཟང་རི་ཁྲོད”
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