NW China
Qinghai
Xining

Kumbum Monastery

Kumbum Monastery, also called Ta'er Temple, is a Tibetan gompa in Lusar, , , China. It was founded in 1583 in a narrow valley close to the village of Lusar in the historical Tibetan region of Amdo.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Tibetan
  • Description: Tibetan monastery in Lusar, Huangzhong County, Xining, Qinghai, China
  • Also known as: “Kumbum Jampa Ling”, “Kumbum Jampaling”, “ta-er si”, “Ta’er temple”, and “Ta’er Temple”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Huangzhong and Shangxinzhuang.

Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.
District is a district of , , . It is located about 80 km east of and about 10 km southwest of downtown .

Town
is a town in Huangzhong District, , , . In 2010, had a total population of 32,437: 16,859 males and 15,578 females: 7,523 aged under 14, 23,190 aged between 15 and 65 and 1,724 aged over 65. is situated 7 km southeast of Kumbum Monastery.

Town
is a town in Huangzhong District, , , . In 2010, had a total population of 24,252: 13,484 males and 10,768 females: 4,306 aged under 14, 18,653 aged between 15 and 65 and 1,923 aged over 65. is situated 8 km northwest of Kumbum Monastery.

Kumbum Monastery

Latitude
36.48777° or 36° 29′ 16″ north
Longitude
101.56599° or 101° 33′ 58″ east
Open location code
8P83FHQ8+49
Open­Street­Map ID
way 957809791
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­tibetan
Wiki­data ID
Q1791988
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tibetan—“Kumbum Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “gunben xianbalin”
  • Chinese: “ta-er si”
  • Chinese: “tǎěr sì”
  • Chinese: “塔尔寺”
  • Chinese: “衮本贤巴林”
  • Czech: “Klášter Kumbum”
  • Dutch: “Kumbum (klooster)”
  • Dutch: “Kumbum”
  • Dutch: “Ta’er”
  • Estonian: “KumBum”
  • Estonian: “Kumbumi klooster”
  • French: “Lamasserie Kumbum”
  • French: “monastère de Kumbum”
  • French: “Monastère de Kumbum”
  • French: “Ta’er Si”
  • German: “Kumbum Champa Ling”
  • German: “Kumbum Dschamba Ling”
  • German: “Kumbum Jampa Ling”
  • German: “Kumbum-Kloster”
  • German: “Ta er Si”
  • German: “Ta’er si”
  • German: “Ta’er Si”
  • German: “Ta’er-Kloster”
  • German: “Taer Si”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר קומבום”
  • Hungarian: “Kumbum kolostor”
  • Italian: “Tempio Ta’er”
  • Japanese: “クンブム・チャムパーリン寺”
  • Japanese: “クンブム・チャンパーリン寺”
  • Japanese: “クンブム寺”
  • Japanese: “タール寺”
  • Japanese: “塔爾寺”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kumbumklosteret”
  • Norwegian: “Kumbumklosteret”
  • Russia Buriat: “Гүмбүм хиид”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Kumbum”
  • Swedish: “Kumbum”
  • Swedish: “Kumbumklostret”
  • Swedish: “Ta’ersi”
  • Swedish: “Taersi”
  • Tibetan: “byams pa gling”
  • Tibetan: “sku ‘bum byams pa gling”
  • Tibetan: “sku ‘bum dgon”
  • Tibetan: “སྐུ་འབུམ་དགོན།”
  • Tibetan: “སྐུ་འབུམ་བྱམས་པ་གླིང་།”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ta’er Temple Ticket Office and The Tibetan Cultural Museum.

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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 “Kumbum Monastery”. Photo: Blofeld of SPECTRE, CC BY-SA 3.0.