Drepung Monastery

The largest monastery of the world and one of the most well－know Shamanism monasteries in china. Once there were over 10,000 monks lived in.

Built in 1416 and located at the foot of Mt. Ganpoi Uze northwest suburb 5km of Lhasa. The Sheldon Festival is the most important and hilariously of Drepung Monastery every year.

Thousands of Buddhists from everywhere Tibet arrive there to attend all kinds of programs the monastery hold. One of the holy programs is Unfolding Buddha, which means roll out the portrait of Sakyamuni on the slope in front of the monastery, the portrait was embroidered on a huge silk, about 1500 square meters. Before he moved to the Potala Palace, the 5th Dalai Lama lived here. The Drepung Monastery used to nourish a lot of scholars of Buddhism in Tibet.