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Gonchen Monastery

Gengqing Town, China · built 1448

Gonchen Monastery (Wylie: dgon chen dgon, ZWPY: Gönqên Gön), also known as Derge Monastery (Wylie: sde dge dgon chen), is a large Sakya Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the town of Derge, in Sichuan, China. Gonchen is located in the ethnic Tibetan cultural region of Kham.

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