Mount Gephel Explained

Mount Gephel (;) or Genpei Utse (Zengshang Peak), is a small Tibetan mountain located 8 kilometers west of Lhasa in Tibet. Drepung Monastery lies at its foot.[1]

The highest point of Mount Gephel is 5400 meters. There is a site in the mountainside, whenever the June 4 as the "mountain turning festival" in Tibetan calendar, thousands of believers in Lhasa would come to Mount Gephel for pilgrimaging to Buddha.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 红尘世界的倒影: 古代佛寺 . 辽宁师范大学出版社 . 中华文物古迹旅游 . 1996 . 978-7-81042-105-8 . zh . 2024-05-27 . 223.
  2. Book: 玩美旅行 西藏完全自遊寶典 . 崧博出版事業公司 . 玩美旅行系列 . 2018 . 978-957-735-295-8 . zh . 2024-05-27 . 113.