| Riwoche Monastery | |
|---|---|
 The Jnapatapa 14th-century cloth depiction of the abbot of Riwoche Monastery. | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Sect | Taklung Kagyu |
| Location | |
| Location | Riwoqê County, Chamdo Prefecture, known as Kham, Tibet |
| Country | China |
  Location within Tibet | |
| Geographic coordinates | 31°09′N 96°29′E / 31.150°N 96.483°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Sangye On |
| Date established | 1276 |
Riwoche Monastery, or Riwoche Tsukla Khang Tragyelma (Tib. ri-bo-che;[1] Ch. Leiwuqi Si) is a Taklung Kagyu monastery of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded in 1276 by Sangye On, and is one of the oldest and largest monasteries in eastern Tibet. A highly respected Kham regional monastery, it's also famous for its philosophers and logicians, and for the red, black and white painted tree-trunk columns.
Riwoche Monastery is situated 29 km north of the small town of Ratsaka (also known as Riwoche Town), and 134 km west of Chamdo in Kham. It is at an altitude of about 3,400 metres (11,152 ft) in a fertile valley containing the Dzi River, a tributary to the Mekong River.[2]
- ^ Dorje and Kapstein (1991), p. 475.
- ^ Life on the Tibetan Plateau Archived 2008-10-23 at the Wayback Machine