Chone Monastery

Chone Monastery
Tibetan transcription(s)
Tibetan: ཅོ་ནེ་དགོན་ཆེན
Other transcriptions: Chone Gonchen Ganden Shedrubling, Choni Monastery
Chinese transcription(s)
Traditional: 卓尼
Pinyin: Zhuōní
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectGelug
DeityTsongkhapa
FestivalsCham-nyon-wa
Location
LocationJonê County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, China
CountryChina
Location within China
Geographic coordinates34°35′47″N 103°30′17″E / 34.5963°N 103.5048°E / 34.5963; 103.5048
Architecture
FounderDrogon Ghogyel Phakpa and his Mongol patron, Kublai Khan
Date established1269

Chone Monastery (Tibetan: Wylie: ; Chinese: Jonê; Pinyin: Zhuōní), also Chone Gonchen Ganden Shedrubling, or Choni Monastery was originally a Sakya monastery. It is situated adjacent to Liulin, Jonê County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China, at an altitude of about 2,610 m (8,563 ft).

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