The Kumbum monastery / Le monastère Kumbum (Qinghai - China)

(EN) Kumbum Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Qinghai province, China. Kumbum was founded in 1583 in a narrow valley close to the village of Lusar in the Tibetan cultural region of Amdo. Its superior monastery is Drepung, immediately to the west of Lhasa.[2] It was ranked in importance as second only to Lhasa VALPARD