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Kumbum
qinghai@qcts.com - April 20th, 2005
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Kumbum is one of the six great Gelukpa monasteries in Tibetan area. It was founded to commemorate Tsongkhapa, the founder of Gelukpa-the Yellow Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Dedicated to his memory, the construction began in 1560 by Rinchen Tsondru Gyeltsen. After over 400 years it has developed into a complex of more than 30 ancient buildings covering an area of some 400,000 sq m. including halls, pagodas, stupas and residences for lamas. There are more than 600 monks in Kumbum. Numerous temples, halls, Stupas, and dormitories for the monks. Most of the buildings in this monastery were built in a
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