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Home » Blog » Tibetan Buddhism » Nyingma » Yarchen Gar Monastery

Yarchen Gar Monastery

June 14, 2016 by Tibetan Trekking Travel Leave a Comment

Yarchen Gar Monastery is also known as Yaqing Temple (Ya Qing Si in Chinese), located in an isolated valley with altitude of 3,900 meters above sea level, in which the river Dzin-Chu flow through.

Table of Contents
1. Brief
1.1. The nuns
2. Location
3. Yarchen Gar Data
3.1. Address
3.2. Opening hour
3.3. Altitude
3.4. Entrance fee
4. Yarchen Gar Event
4.1. 2021 Yarchen Gar Puja
4.2. 2022 Yarchen Gar Puja
5. Accommodation
6. How to get to there
6.1. Garze Gesaer Airport
6.2. Garze Bus Station

Brief

Yarchen Gar Monastery was founded by The abbot Achuk Rinpoche in 1985, and with lineage of the Nyingma Pa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

Yarchen Gar monastery becomes more popular in Pelyul County (Baiyu in Chinese), Kanze (or Garze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Si-Chuan province.

The nuns

Currently, houses more than 10,000 Sangha, which is considered to be the largest concentration of nuns and monks in the Tibetan plateau after Larung Gar monastery. Most of the Sanghas are nuns. Among of those, about 7,000 nuns live in self constructed shacks on a 25 hectare flood plain near a river, and another 3000 around monks live on East side of the river in their own shanty town.

Location

This monastery is almost at the center between Kanze county or Pelyul County, slightly closer to Kanze; Approximately 850 km (about 3 days) drive from Chengdu which has direct international flight to Europe and North America.

  • Yarchen-Gar-name stone
  • Yarchen-Gar-full view
  • Yarchen-Gar-mandala
  • Yarchen Gar Monastery
  • Yarchen-Gar-nun meditation

Yarchen Gar Data


Address

A-Cha village, 7 kilometers from the Garze-Pelyul Road

Opening hour

Full day

Altitude

3,950 meters

Entrance fee

Free of charge

Yarchen Gar Event


2021 Yarchen Gar Puja

Patriarch PrayingFrom April 27th to May 2nd

Bliss PujiaFrom May 15th to 22nd

Vajracchedika Mask DanceFrom June 22nd to July 1st

Great circle wisdomFrom October 7th – 10th

2022 Yarchen Gar Puja

Patriarch PrayingFrom May 16th to 21st

Bliss PujiaFrom June 3rd to 10th

Vajracchedika Mask DanceFrom July 11th – 20th

Great circle wisdomFrom October 26th – 29th


Accommodation


There are 2 monastery run guesthouse near the meditation area by the river; In addition, there are another 9 small guesthouses being run by local villagers; conditions of those guesthouse is quite basic;

Room rates is usually from 30 per bed per night to 200-300 per room per night

How to get to there


Yarchen Gar Monastery is seated on the grassland of A-cha village in Pelyul County. It is about 7 kilometers to the road intersection which leads 130 kilometers to Pelyul in the northwest, and 95 kilometers northeast to Garze (Kanze). There is no public transportation to this site.

The only possible way to get here is to rent local vehicle, and to get here;

The rental for a minibus (7 seats) usually costs RMB 400.00 – 500.00 per trip

Garze Gesaer Airport

Address: Laima village
IATA Code: GZG
Altitude: 4,061 meters

Garze Bus Station

Address: No, 164, Chuan-Zang Road
Phone: +86 836 752-2353
Altitude: 3,780 meters

Filed Under: Nyingma Pa Monasteries

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