ABSTRACT

The full name of the monastery is sTeng chen dgon gYung drung bstan rgyas gling (Fig. 1). Ding Qing Monastery is located in the west of Ding Qing, about 800 meters away. It was founded in 1061 by Khyung dbus Shes rab rgyal mtshan [3]. About 150 monks studied in the temple in its heyday period. Most of the cultural relics were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and the temple was reconstructed in 1985. There are five function groups: the Buddhist group, the political security group, the learning group, the financial management group and the protection of cultural relics group. The main artifact of the temple is a pair of Thangka.