ON hearing that I was going to Qinghai, many of my friends told me, "Don’t forget to visit the Ta’er Monastery." As the birthplace of Tsong-kha-pa, founder of the Gelugpa sect (or the Yellow sect) of Lamai...ON hearing that I was going to Qinghai, many of my friends told me, "Don’t forget to visit the Ta’er Monastery." As the birthplace of Tsong-kha-pa, founder of the Gelugpa sect (or the Yellow sect) of Lamaism, the Ta’ er Monastery wins fame far and wide. The monastery also enjoys a high prestige in Lamaism. The August days on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau are hot. But the dry weather makes it seem more bearable than Beijing’s展开更多
文摘ON hearing that I was going to Qinghai, many of my friends told me, "Don’t forget to visit the Ta’er Monastery." As the birthplace of Tsong-kha-pa, founder of the Gelugpa sect (or the Yellow sect) of Lamaism, the Ta’ er Monastery wins fame far and wide. The monastery also enjoys a high prestige in Lamaism. The August days on the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau are hot. But the dry weather makes it seem more bearable than Beijing’s