Namosi Monastery
Namosi Monastery
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
Location
LocationKangding, Kangding County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
CountryChina
Nanwu Si Monastery is located in Sichuan
Nanwu Si Monastery
Location within Sichuan
Geographic coordinates30°2′29″N 101°57′17″E / 30.04139°N 101.95472°E / 30.04139; 101.95472

Namosi Monastery (Chinese: 南无寺; pinyin: Nāmó Sì; Tibetan: ལྷ་མོ་རྩེ་དགོན, Wylie: lha mo rtse dgon[1]), also transliterated as Lhamotse Monastery, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery west of the town of Kangding in Kangding County of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province, southwestern China.

The complex of traditional architecture is located in the historical Tibetan region of Kham. The monastery is home to about 80 Buddhist monks.

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References

  1. ↑ 陈观胜; 安才旦 (April 2004). 《常见藏语人名地名词典》 (in Simplified Chinese) (1 ed.). Beijing: 外文出版社 [Foreign Languages Press]. p. 218. ISBN 7-119-03497-9.

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