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Tibetan transcription(s) Tibetan: སྐུ་འབུམ་བྱམས་པ་གླིང་། Wylie transliteration: sku 'bum byams pa gling Chinese transcription(s) Simplified: 塔尔寺 Pinyin: Tǎ'ěrsì | |
 Kumbum Monastery | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Sect | Gelug |
| Deity | Je Tsongkhapa |
| Location | |
| Location | Huangzhong County, Xining, Qinghai |
| Country | China |
  Location of Kumbum Monastery  Kumbum Monastery (China) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 36°28′53.18″N 101°35′57.09″E / 36.4814389°N 101.5991917°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | 3rd Dalai Lama |
| Date established | 1583 |
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Kumbum Monastery (Tibetan: སྐུ་འབུམ་བྱམས་པ་གླིང་, THL Kumbum Jampa Ling),[1] also called Ta'er Temple, is a Tibetan gompa in Lusar, Huangzhong County, Xining, Qinghai, China. It was founded in 1583 in a narrow valley close to the village of Lusar in the historical Tibetan region of Amdo.[2] Its superior monastery is Drepung Monastery, immediately to the west of Lhasa.[3] It is ranked in importance as second only to Lhasa.[2]
- ^ "sku 'bum dgon". Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center. Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center.
- ^ a b Mabel H. Cabot (2003). Vanished Kingdoms: A Woman Explorer in Tibet, China & Mongolia, 1921-1925. Aperture Publishers. p. 137. ISBN 1-931788-18-9.
- ^ Thubten Jigme Norbu (1986). Tibet is My Country: Autobiography of Thubten Jigme Norbu, Brother of the Dalai Lama as told to Heinrich Harrer. Edward Fitzgerald (trans.). Wisdom Publications. p. 163. ISBN 0-86171-045-2.