Sakya Monastery
Sakya Monastery boasts of many classical books, relics and precious mural paintings. The Sakya Monastery is located by the two banks of the Drongchu River, on the ridge of the Bonbo mountain, within the boundary of the Sakya county, about 160km to the west of Shigatse. It comprises the southern in 1268.
There are large collections of historical cultural objects stored in the monastery, such as the letter of appointment to the Sakya by the Central government of Yuan Dynasty, jade seals, crown, gown, sculptures and religious articles and porcelains from Song and Yuan dynasties as well as precious mural paintings ect. The Sakya Monastery has large collections of classic books, which are not only the volumes of Kagyur and Tengyur or scriptures written on pattra leaves, but also more than ten thousand classics on astronomy, geography, history, medicine and literature.