Chupzang Nunnery
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sera Monastery and Pabonka Hermitage.
Sera Monastery
Buddhist temple
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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 Chupzang Nunnery.
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 Chupzang Nunnery.
Garu Nunnery
Buddhist temple
Garu Nunnery is a historical hermitage, belonging to Sera Monastery. It is located north of Lhasa, Lhasa Prefecture, in the Tibet region of China. The nunnery has an ancient history traced to Padmasambhava, the Indian Buddhist preceptor, who visited this location. Garu Nunnery is situated 2 km northwest of Chupzang Nunnery.
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 Chupzang Nunnery.
Karma Kunzang
Suburb
Photo: Vinko Rajic, CC BY 3.0.
Karma Kunzang is a suburb, which is situated 7 km southeast of Chupzang Nunnery.
Chupzang Nunnery
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in Chupzang Nunnery, China
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Lhasa, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.71329° or 29° 42′ 48″ northLongitude
91.12251° or 91° 7′ 21″ eastOpen location code
7MXHP47F+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 2868212913OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q5116497
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In Other Languages
“Chupzang Nunnery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “曲桑日追”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chupzang Nunnery”. Photo: Jan Reurink, CC BY 2.0.