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Home » Blog » Tibetan Buddhism » Gelug » Long Wu Monastery

Long Wu Monastery

July 5, 2017 by Tibetan Trekking Travel Leave a Comment

Long Wu monastery is also known as “Rongpo Gonchen Monastery” or “Rongwo Gonchen Monastery” in Tibetan. It is located in Tongren County by Rongwo River, which Long Wu monastery gains its name from.

Table of Contents
1. Brief
1.1. The major figures
2. Long Wu Monastery Data
2.1. Address & Phone
2.2. Opening hour
2.3. Entrance fee
2.4. Altitude
3. How to get to there
3.1. Tongren Bus Terminal
4. Accommodation

Brief

It was initially established as a three temple site in 1341 by Rongwu Samten Rinpoche, whose younger brother was architect and designer of monasteries.

The major figures

-1), Shartsang Kaldan Gyatso (1607 AD – 1677 AD) is recognized as the 1st  Reincarnation of Rongwu Samten Rinpoche and is founder of monastery at sites. He was in charge of to found the first temple of 3 Buddhas of Long Wu, then after Golden monastery and other temples.

-2), Yarba Chogyi, whom was recognized as 8th reincarnation in October 1991, built Prayer hall, Victory Stupa and Stupas at 4 corners of Long Wu monastery, he had the sayings of Buddha written in gold and commissioned statues of Tsongkhapa.

-3), Shartsang Gyatso established the 1st monastic college,

-4), Tsennyi Tratsang, Buddhist dialectics is taught in 1630 AD.

-5), Following Lobsang Trinley Longtok Gyatso, Reincarnation of 7th Shartsang Rinpoche, whom gradually expanded colleges to present size, including Tsennyi Tratsang, Gyamat Tratsang (Lower tantric College or study/reading of scriptures) and Duikor Tratsang, a monastic college of wheel of time also known as college of Kalachakra, and 10 syllable mantra.

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Long Wu Monastery Data


Address & Phone

Add : De-He-Long South Street

Opening hour

08:00 am – 18:00 pm

Entrance fee

RMB 50.00 per person

Altitude

2,500 meters

How to get to there


Long Wu monastery is situated in downtown area of Tongren County, which 165 kilometers south from Xining. This is the nearest city that has flights to connect many other cities of China; it is about 2.5 hours drive from Xining to Tongren.

By bus: it takes about 3 hours’ drive one way

  • The 1st departure is at 07:30 am, the last departure is at 17:30 pm
  • There is one departure every 45 minutes before 09:00 am
  • There is one departure every 30 minutes after 09:00 am

Tongren Bus Terminal

Add : Dong Shan Road, Longwu Town
Contact : +86 973 872-2267

Accommodation


There are about more than 35 hotel, hostel, guesthouse available in this county, please click to view recommended hotels in Tongren County

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