Sera Monastery

One of the most three great monasteries of Tibet. Built in 1419 and located at the north part of Lhasa, it was constructed by Sakyayishi, one of the Chongkhapa’s most well-know eight disciples. Twice, he went to Beijing to meet Ming emperor, he got a lot of presents from emperor MingChengzhu, and was granted the title of Buddhist King of Great Benevolence and silk－pictured by emperor Xuanzhong.

Sera Monastery was called ShaoLin Monastery of Tibet in the past, because it’s the monastery trained the bodyguards for nobles at that time.