Dongzhulin Monastery
Buddhist monastery in Yunnan, China
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History
During the rule of the 5th Dalai Lama around 1670s, Khoshut Mongols invaded the area on behalf of 5th Dalai Lama and converted the monastery to Gelug tradition.
In early-1850s, French Catholic priest Charles Renou who eventually became part of the Catholic mission to Tibet disguised as Chinese trader stayed at this monastery for 10 months to learn the Tibetan language.
The monastery was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, and restored in 1985.