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Travel Experience to Chambaling Monastery

Firstly built in 1444, Chambaling Monastery China travel deals is located in the junction of Anqu River and Zaqu River in Chamdo Prefecture. The monastery with main well-preserved architecture is the biggest Gelug Sect temple in Changdu area, which stands for the highest level in the area of Chamdo. Buddha statues, Murals and Thangka are very exquisite and the most worth seeing is the dance.

History

It is said that the master of Gelug Sect Tsongkhapa predicted this place would become the place to spread the Buddhism at the age of 16 when he passed the intersection of the two rivers on his way from Qinghai to Lhasa best tours of Chinato learn sculptures. Later on, in 1444, the disciple of Tsongkhapa took 8 years to complete this construction. The relationship between Chamdo and the government in mainland was very close. Chambaling Monastery played an important role in pacifying the rebellion in Zungar. Since Emperor Kangxi in Qing (1644-1911) Dynasty, the main living Buddha in Chambaling Monastery accepted the conferring titles by the following emperors. The Chambaling Monastery had reached its peak once with more than 3,500 monks. The underling temple had the number of 135, which were widely located in Chamdo, Nyingchi, Nagqu and other areas. It gradually became the biggest Gelug Sect temple in this area.

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Attraction Features

The main buildings are well preserved. The Buddha statues, Murals and Thangka are pretty exquisite. It has five Zhacang which is the special place popular China tours to study Buddhism subject. The most worth seeing performance is the God Dance which is held during the time of Butter Sculpture Festival about one month after the Tibetan New Year. The movement of the dance is heavy with grand atmosphere. The dancers all are wearing grotesque masks to show the ancient celebration with dressing gorgeous costume, which enjoys a very high reputation in the Tibet Plateau.

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