Gyang Kumbum
Gyang Kumbum is a ruins in Xigaze, Tibet. Gyang Kumbum is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Drompa Gyang Lhakhang, as well as near Gyang Yönpolung Gompa.- Type: Ruins
- Description: chörten in Lhatse county, Shigatse, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Gyang Bumoche Kumbum” and “རྒྱང་སྐུ་འབུམ། 蒋佛塔”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lhatse.
Lhatse
Town
Lhatse, also known as Chusar, Quxar or Quxia, is a small town of a few thousand people in Lhatse County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, in the valley of the Yarlung Tsangpo River 151 kilometres southwest of Shigatse and just west of the mountain pass leading to it. Lhatse is situated 6 km northwest of Gyang Kumbum.
Gyang Kumbum
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery and historic site
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.13749° or 29° 8′ 15″ north
Longitude
87.74503° or 87° 44′ 42″ east
Open location code
7MX94PPW+X2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Gyang Kumbum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “蒋佛塔”
- Tibetan: “རྒྱང་སྐུ་འབུམ།”
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Highlights include Drompa Gyang Lhakhang and Gyang Yönpolung Gompa.
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