Kumbum Monastery, 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. Its superior monastery is Drepung Monastery, immediately to the west of Lhasa. It is ranked in importance as second only to Lhasa.
Kumbum Monastery
Gombojab Tsybikov took this photo in 1900 of Kumbum Monastery, Amdo, Tibet
Kumbum Monastery
Statue of Je Tsongkhapa at Kumbum Monastery
Xi'ning is the capital of Qinghai province in western China and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau.
Clockwise from top: Ma Bufang Mansion, Duoba Mosque, Dongguan Mosque, Kumbum Monastery.
View of partial Xi'ning skyline from the north
Nan Chuan Xi Lu (南川西路); street scene in Xi'ning (2001)
The Dongguan Mosque.