Located in the upstream of the Tsurphu River at Zhalong Deqing County, Lhasa, the monastery was built in 1187 by Gamaba Dousongqingba. The famous living Buddha reincarnation system was firstly established in this monastery and then popularized by other sects. Today there are over 500 lamas living in the monastery. The monastery collects a lot of precious cultural relics and it was listed as one of the culture relic protection sites in Tibet Autonomous Region in 1962. The enthronement ceremony of the 17th Karmapa Living Buddha was held in the monastery in September, 1992. The 17th Karmapa Living Buddha is the first Incarnated lama approved by the central government after 1949.