Ganden Sumtseling

The Ganden Somtseling Monastery, also known as Somtseling and Guihuasi, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery situated 5 kilometres from the city of at elevation 3,380 metres in , .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: monastery and former palace of local government
  • Also known as: “Dga’ ldan sum rtsen gling”, “Gadan Songzanli Si”, “Gadan Songzanlin si”, “Gaindain Sumzenlin”, “Gandan Songzanlin Si”, “Ganden Sumtseling Monastery”, “Ganden Sumtsen Ling Monastery”, “Gedan Songzanlin”, “Guihua si”, “Guihua Si”, “Guihua Temple”, “Guihua-Kloster”, “Gyelthang Gönchen”, “Gyelthang Monastery”, “Gyelthang Sumtsen Ling Monastery”, “Little Potala”, “monastère Guihua”, “Petit Potala”, “Rgyal thang dgon chen”, “Rgyal thang sum rtsen gling”, “Songzanglin Monastery”, “Songzanglin si”, “Songzanglin Temple”, “Songzanli Si”, “Songzanlin Monastery”, “Songzanlin si”, “Songzanlin Si”, “Srong btsan gling (sic)”, “Sum rtsen gling”, “Sumtseling”, “Sumtsen Ling Monastery”, “temple Guihua”, “temple Songzanglin”, “དགའ་ལྡན་སུམ་རྩེན་གླིང་།”, “噶丹松赞林寺”, “归化寺”, “松赞林”, and “松赞林寺”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Former site of the Diqing Prefecture People’s Government.

Monument
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a monument, which is situated 3 km south of Ganden Sumtseling.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shangrila and Jiantang.

Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is in Province. The second town with this name is in , and known as the gateway to National Park.

Town
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or Gyaitang is a town in northern , seat of Shangri-La County and Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. is situated 7 km south of Ganden Sumtseling.

Ganden Sumtseling

Latitude
27.86357° or 27° 51′ 49″ north
Longitude
99.70441° or 99° 42′ 16″ east
Population
700
Open location code
7MVXVP73+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 187166845
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1493369
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Tibetan—“Ganden Sumtseling” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “monestir de Sungtseling”
  • Catalan: “Sungtseling”
  • Chinese: “Gádān Sōngzànlín”
  • Chinese: “噶丹松赞林”
  • Chinese: “甘丹松赞林寺”
  • French: “monastère Ganden Sumtseling”
  • French: “Monastère Ganden Sumtseling”
  • German: “Ganden Songtsenling”
  • Japanese: “ソンツェリン寺”
  • Russian: “Сонцаньлинь”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Gandan Sumtseling”
  • Tibetan: “དགའ་ལྡན་སུམ་རྩེན་གླིང་”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Songzanlin (Sumtseling) Temple and Yangtang Khamtsen.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Sogtsam lodges and M Gallery Songtsam Retreat.

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