Yungdrung

Yungdrung Lhateng was an important Bon monastery in the mountain country of Gyelrong. It stood in a region where Bon religious traditions had deep roots, alongside the territories of hereditary local chiefs. During the conflicts between the Qing and the rulers of Jinchuan in the eighteenth century, the monastery endured sieges before it fell. It was subsequently rebuilt and given to the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.