Sakya Monastery

Being divided into the north part and the south part, it is located 160km west of Xigaze. The north part, built in 1079, is a ruin now, while the south part, built in 1268, embraces many historic and cultural relics, official documents, stamps, caps and costumes from the central government of Yuan Dynasty, and very precious frescos of historic subject from Song and Yuan Dynasties.

The book storage of Sakya Monastery is remarkable, there are not only religious classics inscribed with gold powdered ink, but also more than 10,000 books over geography, history, medicine and literature in Tibetan. Sakya Monastery, which is well－named “Tunhuang the second”, is quite well－know for its book storage, rich and valuable historic relics.