Tagong
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Tagong
Lhagang | |
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| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| • Tibetan | ལྷ་སྒང་ |
| • Wylie transliteration | lha sgang |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
  Tagong Location of the county | |
| Coordinates: 30°19′18″N 101°31′11″E / 30.32167°N 101.51972°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture | Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
| County | Kangding County |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
Tagong (Chinese: 塔公), also known as Lhagang (Tibetan: ལྷ་སྒང་) is a small town in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of western Sichuan in southwestern China. It is located in the historical Kham region of eastern Tibet.
Tagong Monastery
[edit]It is the location of Tagong Monastery — a gompa and one of the most important in the area, in Tibetan Pel Lhagong. It was established with reference to a nearby sacred mountain, Mt. Yala or Zhara Lhaste, 5,820 metres (19,090 ft) in elevation.
Tagong Grassland
[edit]Tagong Grassland has an area of 712.37 square kilometres and located at 3900m in elevation.
See also
[edit]- Tibetan Buddhism
Media related to Tagong Monastery at Wikimedia Commons
References
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