Chuzang

Chuzang Monastery
Monastery information
Location	Qinghai, China
Type	Tibetan Buddhist
Sect	Gelug

Chuzang Monastery (whole name: Chuzang Gön Ganden Mingyur Ling; Tibetan: ཆུ་བཟང་དགོན་, Wylie: chu bzang dgon; Chinese: 却藏寺, pinyin: Quezang Si) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of Gelug sect in the Huzhu County of Qinghai province, China. Monastery was founded in 1649 during the reign of the Khoshut Mongols inside the Khoshut Khanate (1642 – 1717). In the 1950s it had about 150 monks. During Cultural revolution was mostly destroyed and now being recovered.

Chuzang is one of 4 famous Tibetan monasteries (Chuzang, Serkhog, Jakhyung and Gonlung) in north-east Qinghai, area considered as borders between Tibet and China.

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Buddhist monasteries in Qinghai
Chayilung Monastery Chuzang Gartu Monastery Gönlung Jampa Ling monastery Jianmoda Monastery Kumbum Monastery Langboin Monastery Lhunshigyia Monastery Rongwo Monastery Nyingyor Monastery Rakya Monastery Serdzong Monastery Surmang Thrangu Monastery Tsangwo Monastery Yaritang Monastery Zhaxiqoilang Monastery Zhigegor Monastery

Coordinates: 37°00′12″N 101°54′15″E / 37.0032°N 101.9041°E / 37.0032; 101.9041

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