Ganden Monastery Review

The scenery is absolutely worth punching in Gandan Temple. It is recommended to stay more time. It is already very good to take pictures outside the temple. The scenery that is not enough, let alone go to the temple to visit.

Gandan Temple (also known as the Suidan Temple) was personally prepared by Zongkaba, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism Gelu, in 1409 (Zhexuan Temple and Sera Temple were built by Zongkaba disciples), also known as the Mother Temple or the ancestral Temple of Huangjiao. In the 1960s, a catastrophe razed the Gandan Temple, and local villagers successfully hid the statue of Zongkaba, the only cultural relics in the Gandan Temple that have escaped looting, and the building is now newly built after 1980.

Gandan Temple, located on the south bank of Lhasa River, 3,800 meters above sea level on Wangbori Mountain, about 40 kilometers from Lhasa city. The founder of the Gelu school Zongkaba personally prepared in 1409, and the Zhexuan Temple and Sera Temple are called the "three major temples" in Lhasa. The temple stands on the mountain, composed of more than 50 buildings, spectacular, the beauty of the building is not much to say, the photos below can be confirmed. The altitude here is nearly 200 meters higher than Lhasa, plus there are very few flat ground, walking between the temples needs to climb various stone steps, breathless chest tight is the norm, so the action must be half slower than usual. There are not many tourists in Gandan Temple, there is no crowded flow of people, and it feels very good to visit.

In October of 16, I came here. The monastery was built on the top of the hill with great momentum. There were not many tourists here. Only some pilgrims came here. It was very clean. There was a mountain-turning road which could turn around the hillside to see the surrounding scenery. I arrived by bus from Dazhao Temple in the early morning and returned to Lhasa at 1:30 p.m. There is plenty of time to visit here. It is worth visiting. If I have the chance, I would like to come here.

噶丹寺，又名甘丹寺，全称甘丹朗杰林，直择为喜足尊胜洲，坐落在拉萨市区东面40余公里的达孜区境内，拉萨河南岸的旺波尔山坳，海拔3800米。其始建于明永乐七年（1409年）。噶丹寺的建筑总面积约三万余平方米，其设有措钦大殿、宗喀巴寝殿、羊八犍经院、宗喀巴灵塔殿等殿堂，有夏孜、绛孜两个扎仓（经学院），扎仓下面为康村，有的康村下面再设密村。噶丹寺的修建，则标起着格鲁教派有了根本道场，黄教已经在“宗教改革”的基础上建立起来。噶丹寺格鲁派的祖寺，与哲蚌寺、色拉寺合称拉萨“三大寺”，是黄教六大寺之一。

非常值得去，交通便利，每天都有车去，下午可返回