Ganden Sumtseling
The Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery, also known as Sungtseling and Guihuasi, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery situated 5 kilometres from the city of Shangri-La at elevation 3,380 metres in Yunnan province, China.Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monastery and former palace of local government
- Also known as: “Dga’ ldan sum rtsen gling”, “Gandan Songzanlin Si”, “Ganden Sumtseling Monastery”, “Ganden Sumtsen Ling Monastery”, “Gedan Songzanlin”, “Guihua Temple”, “Gyelthang Gönchen”, “Gyelthang Monastery”, “Gyelthang Sumtsen Ling Monastery”, “Little Potala”, “Rgyal thang dgon chen”, “Rgyal thang sum rtsen gling”, “Songzanglin Monastery”, “Songzanglin Temple”, “Songzanlin Monastery”, “Songzanlin Si”, “Srong btsan gling (sic)”, “Sum rtsen gling”, and “Sumtsen Ling Monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Former site of the Diqing Prefecture People’s Government.
Former site of the Diqing Prefecture People’s Government
Monument
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Former site of the Diqing Prefecture People’s Government is a monument, which is situated 3 km south of Ganden Sumtseling.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shangrila and Jiantang.
Shangrila
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shangrila is in Yunnan Province. The second town with this name is in Sichuan, and known as the gateway to Yading National Park.
Jiantang
Town
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jiantang or Gyaitang is a town in northern Yunnan, seat of Shangri-La County and Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Jiantang is situated 7 km south of Ganden Sumtseling.
Ganden Sumtseling
Latitude
27.86357° or 27° 51′ 49″ northLongitude
99.70441° or 99° 42′ 16″ eastPopulation
700Open location code
7MVXVP73+CQOpenStreetMap ID
way 187166845OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1493369
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tibetan—“Ganden Sumtseling” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “monestir de Sungtseling”
- Catalan: “Sumtseling”
- Catalan: “Sungtseling”
- Chinese: “Gádān Sōngzànlín”
- Chinese: “Gandan Songzanlin Si”
- Chinese: “噶丹松赞林”
- Chinese: “噶丹松赞林寺”
- Chinese: “归化寺”
- Chinese: “松赞林”
- Chinese: “松赞林寺”
- Chinese: “甘丹松赞林寺”
- French: “Gaindain Sumzenlin”
- French: “Ganden Songtsenling”
- French: “Guihua si”
- French: “monastère Ganden Sumtseling”
- French: “Monastère Ganden Sumtseling”
- French: “monastère Guihua”
- French: “Petit Potala”
- French: “Songzanglin si”
- French: “temple Guihua”
- French: “temple Songzanglin”
- German: “Gadan Songzanli Si”
- German: “Gadan Songzanlin si”
- German: “Gaindain Sumzenlin”
- German: “Ganden Songtsenling”
- German: “Ganden Sumtseling”
- German: “Guihua Si”
- German: “Guihua-Kloster”
- German: “Songzanli Si”
- German: “Songzanlin si”
- Japanese: “ソンツェリン寺”
- Russian: “Сонцаньлинь”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Gandan Sumtseling”
- Tibetan: “དགའ་ལྡན་སུམ་རྩེན་གླིང་།”
- Tibetan: “དགའ་ལྡན་སུམ་རྩེན་གླིང་”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Songzanlin (Sumtseling) Temple and Lamuyang Tso.
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