Khorchak Monastery

Khorchak Monastery is located in Burang County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The Khorchak Monastery, close to Nepal and India, is a famous Monastery of Sakya Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The senior monk Lotsawa Rinchen Sangpo built the monastery in 996. It is magnificent with a lot of big and small halls for scriptures and marvelous frescos. In 2001, the Kejia Monastery was appraised as the state-level important cultural relic. Some 15 million yuan (2.3 million US dollars) has been allocated to restore the two big halls of the monastery and the protection work will soon be carried out to mend the frescos.

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