Dongjiduoka Monastery

　　Dongjiduoka Monastery, fully known in Tibetan as "Dongjiduoka Dannida Jilin," is situated on Sairi Beach in Kequ Town, Gad County, 12 kilometers from the county seat. In 1837, it was initially built as a tent monastery by Jamyang Khyentse Dorje of the Nyingma sect—Gaba Guan'angqian Jierjibuduoje. It has since gone through five generations.

　　Dongjiduoka Monastery is a shared monastery of both the Nyingma and Gelug sects. It currently features a two-story grand prayer hall, one hall with 35 rooms, five circumambulation rooms totaling 10 rooms, and the total built-up area of the monastery covers 131 acres. The permanent monastic residents number nearly a hundred.

　　The front courtyard of the grand prayer hall and the tall rear walls are adorned with colorful murals. These paintings are exquisitely designed, uniquely styled, finely crafted, and rich in decorative effect with a strong flavor of Tibetan Buddhism, leaving a profound impression on visitors. The monastery’s expansive prayer flag clusters and hundreds of thousands of stone scripture walls engraved with mantras and Buddha images form a uniquely distinctive natural landscape on the plateau.