| Admission Fee: | CNY40 |
| Opening Hours: | 09:00 to 14:00 |
| Guide Service: | No |
| Transportation: | Mini bus leaves for the Monastery 7:00-8:00 or take taxi(2 or 3hours) |
Tsurphu Monastery is located 70km respectively northwest of Lhasa and it sits at an altitude of very nearly 4500m. It was built in the middle of the valley facing south with high mountains surrounding the monastery complex and it can be reached from Lhasa within 2 or 3 hours.
Tsurphu Monastery was founded by the first Karmapa, Düsum Khyenpa (1110-1193) in 1159, after he visited the site and laid the foundation for an establishment of a seat there by making offerings to the local protectors, dharmapala and genius loci. In 1189 he revisited the site and founded his main seat there. The monastery grew to hold 1000 monks.It was totally destroyed in 1966 during the Cultural Revolution and began to be rebuilt in 1980 by the 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje. Following the recognition of Ogyen Trinley Dorje (b. 1985) by the Tai Situpa and the Chinese government, he was enthroned at Tsurphu and resided there until he escaped from Tibet to India in 2000.
Tsurphu Monastery is a 300-square-meter complex with walls up to 4 meters thick. The monastery or "gompa", the traditional seat of the Karmapa lamas, is about 28 km up the Dowo Lung Valley, on the north side of the river. The original walls of the main building were up to 4 meters thick and 300 meters square.The monks' residences were on the eastern side.
Orignal From: Tsurphu Monastery
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