A Kumbum (Tibetan: སྐུ་འབུམ་, Wylie: sku 'bum "one hundred thousand holy images") is a multi-storied aggregate of Buddhist chapels in Tibetan Buddhism. The most famous Kumbum forms part of Palcho Monastery. The first Kumbum was founded in …

Kumbum Monastery (Tibetan: སྐུ་འབུམ་བྱམས་པ་གླིང་, THL Kumbum Jampa Ling), [1] also called Ta'er Temple, is a Tibetan gompa in Lusar, Xining, Qinghai, China. It was founded in 1583 in a narrow valley close to the village of Lusar in the historical Tibetan region of Amdo. [2]

Kumbum Monastery, also called Ta’er Temple in Chinese, is the birthplace of the Tsongkhapa, founder of Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism (Yellow Hat Sect), and one of the top six Gelug monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism in China.

The Kumbum Stupa is an impressive structure with 108 cells in 9 levels. From the top levels of Kumbum there is a view on Gyantse monastery, fort and town.

As one of the six major monasteries of the Gelug school, Kumbum Monastery is a significant center for Tibetan Buddhism in northwest China. It has a strong religious influence across China and Southeast Asia. Throughout history, it has been highly respected by successive Chinese central governments.

Kumbum Monastery (Standard Tibetan: སྐུ་འབུམ་བྱམས་པ་གླིང།, Wylie: sKu-'bum Byams-pa gling; also known as Ta'ersi, Chinese: 塔尔寺) is a Buddhist Monastery in Qinghai province, China. Kumbum was founded in 1583 in a narrow valley close to the village of …

"Kumbum" means 100,000 enlightening bodies of the Buddha. It is named after the 100,000 images of the Buddha Sinhanada on the leaves of the holy sandalwood tree. "Jampaling" means "Maitreya Cloister."

Apr 8, 2021 · In order to commemorate Tsong Khapa (1357-1419), founder of the Yellow Hat Sect, the Kumbum Monastery was built in 1577 more than 150 years after his death. Now it is considered a sacred place in China.

While the main temple is beautiful, the most striking architecture in the monastery is the Kumbum, a 32 m (105 ft) high, nine-floor stupa with 108 gates and 76 chapels. Visitors can climb to the top of the stupa for a nice view of Gyantse Dzong and the old city.

Design of this stupa is base of Stupa of many doors which commemorates the Buddha’s first turning wheel of Dharma at the deer park in Sarnath near Varanasi in India. The word Kumbum means a hundred thousand statues. The Gyantse Kumbum Stupa is the aggregate of all the Chapels in Tibetan Buddhism.