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Dana Temple and the Stupas of Gesar's Thirty Generals 达那寺Dánà Sì
National heritage site · Yushu, Qinghai
- Time needed
- A day, with the long drive
- Days to budget
- 1 day
- City
- Yushu
- Region
- Qinghai
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Dana Temple and the Stupas of Gesar's Thirty Generals
A Yelpa Kagyu monastery on the slopes of Dana (Horse-Ear) Mountain in the far north-west of Nangqian County, near the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region, said to be the only surviving monastery of its school and to have begun as a Bon temple. It is closely tied to the epic of King Gesar, and in two cliff caves above it stand 37 small stone-and-mud stupas known as the Thirty Generals of Gesar, whose relics were radiocarbon-dated to the Song dynasty, about 1115. The monastery reopened in 1981 and was listed with the stupas as a national heritage unit in 2006.
How to get to Dana Temple and the Stupas of Gesar's Thirty Generals
In Jinisai township in the far north-west of Nangqian County, a long day's drive from Yushu city; carry your passport for checkpoints.
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