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vcard" style="border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #800547; color: #FFD068;">Rongbuk Monastery</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="nickname"><div style="color:black;background-color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Tibetan" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Tibetan"><span style="color:black;">Tibetan transcription(s)</span></a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan alphabet">Tibetan</a>: རྫ་རོང་ཕུ་དགོན་<br /><a href="/wiki/Wylie_transliteration" title="Wylie transliteration">Wylie transliteration</a>: rdza rong phu dgon</div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Rongbuk_Monastery_L1080321.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Rongbuk_Monastery_L1080321.jpg/220px-Rongbuk_Monastery_L1080321.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Rongbuk_Monastery_L1080321.jpg/330px-Rongbuk_Monastery_L1080321.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Rongbuk_Monastery_L1080321.jpg/440px-Rongbuk_Monastery_L1080321.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a> as seen from the Rongbuk Monastery</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #800547; color: #FFD068;">Religion</th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions" title="List of religions and spiritual traditions">Affiliation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Tibetan Buddhism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sect" title="Sect">Sect</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nyingma" title="Nyingma">Nyingma</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #800547; color: #FFD068;">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basum_Township&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basum Township (page does not exist)">Basum Township</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">China</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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.locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:China_Tibet_Autonomous_Region_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rongbuk Monastery is located in Tibet"><img alt="Rongbuk Monastery is located in Tibet" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/China_Tibet_Autonomous_Region_adm_location_map.svg/250px-China_Tibet_Autonomous_Region_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/China_Tibet_Autonomous_Region_adm_location_map.svg/375px-China_Tibet_Autonomous_Region_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/China_Tibet_Autonomous_Region_adm_location_map.svg/500px-China_Tibet_Autonomous_Region_adm_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2013" data-file-height="1137" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:86.31%;left:40.506%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Rongbuk Monastery"><img alt="Rongbuk Monastery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Gold_temple_icon.png/8px-Gold_temple_icon.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Gold_temple_icon.png/12px-Gold_temple_icon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Gold_temple_icon.png/16px-Gold_temple_icon.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Tibet Autonomous Region</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Geographic coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Rongbuk_Monastery&params=28_11_47_N_86_49_40_E_type:landmark_region:"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">28°11′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">86°49′40″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">28.19639°N 86.82778°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">28.19639; 86.82778</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #800547; color: #FFD068;">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ngawang_Tenzin_Norbu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ngawang Tenzin Norbu (page does not exist)">Ngawang Tenzin Norbu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date established</th><td class="infobox-data">1902</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Rongbuk Monastery</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Tibetan_script" title="Tibetan script">Tibetan</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1106655535">.mw-parser-output .uchen{font-family:"Jomolhari","Uchen","Noto Serif Tibetan Medium","Noto Serif Tibetan","BabelStone Tibetan Slim","Yagpo Tibetan Uni","Noto Sans Tibetan","Microsoft Himalaya","Kailash","DDC Uchen","TCRC Youtso Unicode","Tibetan Machine Uni","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchen","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchung","Qomolangma-Uchen Suring","Qomolangma-Uchen Sutung","Qomolangma-Title","Qomolangma-Subtitle","DDC Rinzin","Qomolangma-Woodblock","Qomolangma-Dunhuang"}.mw-parser-output .ume{font-family:"Qomolangma-Betsu","Qomolangma-Chuyig","Qomolangma-Drutsa","Qomolangma-Edict","Qomolangma-Tsumachu","Qomolangma-Tsuring","Qomolangma-Tsutong","TibetanSambhotaYigchung","TibetanTsugRing","TibetanYigchung"}</style><span lang="bo" class="uchen" style="font-size:1.25em; vertical-align:middle; word-wrap:break-word;">རྫ་རོང་ཕུ་དགོན་</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wylie_transliteration" title="Wylie transliteration">Wylie</a>: <i>rdza rong phu dgon</i>; other spellings include <i><b>Rongpu</b></i>, <i><b>Rongphu</b></i>, <i><b>Rongphuk</b></i> and <i><b>Rong sbug</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans">绒布寺</span>; <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">絨布寺</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Róngbù Sì</span></i>)), also known as <b>Dzarongpu</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <b>Dzarong</b><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="source needed to support claim about name (April 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, is a <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Tibetan Buddhist</a> <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Nyingma" title="Nyingma">Nyingma</a> sect in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Basum_Township&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basum Township (page does not exist)">Basum Township</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tingri_County" title="Tingri County">Dingri County</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Shigatse_Prefecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Shigatse Prefecture">Shigatse Prefecture</a> of Tibet. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rongbuk_Monastery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rongbuk Monastery lies near the base of the north side of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a> at 5,009 metres (16,434 ft) above sea level, at the end of the Dzakar Chu valley.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chan_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chan-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rongbuk is claimed to be the highest-elevation monastery in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the true highest monastery in the world is Drirapuk Monastery in Ngari Prefecture, at an altitude of 5,072 metres (16,640 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For <a href="/wiki/Sherpa_people" title="Sherpa people">Sherpas</a> living on the south slopes of Everest in the <a href="/wiki/Khumbu" title="Khumbu">Khumbu</a> region of <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, Rongbuk Monastery was an important pilgrimage site, accessed in a few days' travel across the Himalaya through the <a href="/wiki/Nangpa_La" title="Nangpa La">Nangpa La</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ullman_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ullman-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The monastery was also regularly visited by the <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_climbing_Mount_Everest" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of climbing Mount Everest">early expeditions to Mount Everest</a> in the 1920s and 1930s after a five-week journey from <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a> in the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> foothills of the <a href="/wiki/Himalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Himalaya">Himalaya</a>. Most past and current expeditions attempting to summit Mount Everest from the north, Tibetan, side establish their <a href="/wiki/Everest_Base_Camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Everest Base Camp">Base Camp</a> near the tongue of <a href="/wiki/Rongbuk_Glacier" title="Rongbuk Glacier">Rongbuk Glacier</a> about 8 km (5 mi) south of the Monastery. The 1922 black and white <a href="/wiki/Silent_film" title="Silent film">silent film</a> "Climbing Mt. Everest" includes a lengthy sequence showing the Rongbuk Lama, the monastery buildings and ritual dancing (for around 20 minutes, starting 35 minutes into the film).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today, the monastery is accessible by road after a two- to three-hour drive from the <a href="/wiki/Friendship_Highway_(Tibet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Friendship Highway (Tibet)">Friendship Highway</a> from either <a href="/wiki/Shelkar" title="Shelkar">Shelkar</a> (New Tingri) or <a href="/wiki/Tingri_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Tingri Town">Old Tingri</a>. From Rongbuk Monastery, there are dramatic views of the north face of Mount Everest, and one of the first British explorers to see it, John Noel, described it: "Some colossal architect, who built with peaks and valleys, seemed here to have wrought a dramatic prodigy—a hall of grandeur that led to the mountain."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rongbuk_Monastery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In front of the Monastery, there is a large, round, terraced <a href="/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">chorten</a> containing a <a href="/wiki/Reliquary" title="Reliquary">reliquary</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 233.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 231.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rombuk_monastery_in_Tibet,_02.08.2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rongbuk monastery in August 2005, with North Face of Mount Everest"><img alt="Rongbuk monastery in August 2005, with North Face of Mount Everest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Rombuk_monastery_in_Tibet%2C_02.08.2005.jpg/347px-Rombuk_monastery_in_Tibet%2C_02.08.2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="232" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Rombuk_monastery_in_Tibet%2C_02.08.2005.jpg/521px-Rombuk_monastery_in_Tibet%2C_02.08.2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Rombuk_monastery_in_Tibet%2C_02.08.2005.jpg/694px-Rombuk_monastery_in_Tibet%2C_02.08.2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1391" data-file-height="962" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rongbuk monastery in August 2005, with North Face of Mount Everest</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 216px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 214px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rongbuk,_tibet,_china,_Mount_Everest_Base_Camp,_Tibet_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="chorten in Rongbuk"><img alt="chorten in Rongbuk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Rongbuk%2C_tibet%2C_china%2C_Mount_Everest_Base_Camp%2C_Tibet_-_panoramio.jpg/321px-Rongbuk%2C_tibet%2C_china%2C_Mount_Everest_Base_Camp%2C_Tibet_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="214" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Rongbuk%2C_tibet%2C_china%2C_Mount_Everest_Base_Camp%2C_Tibet_-_panoramio.jpg/481px-Rongbuk%2C_tibet%2C_china%2C_Mount_Everest_Base_Camp%2C_Tibet_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Chorten_with_prayer_flags_and_the_North_Face_of_Chomolungma_in_2006_at_Rongbuk_Monastery.jpg/320px-Chorten_with_prayer_flags_and_the_North_Face_of_Chomolungma_in_2006_at_Rongbuk_Monastery.jpg" decoding="async" width="214" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Chorten_with_prayer_flags_and_the_North_Face_of_Chomolungma_in_2006_at_Rongbuk_Monastery.jpg/480px-Chorten_with_prayer_flags_and_the_North_Face_of_Chomolungma_in_2006_at_Rongbuk_Monastery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Chorten_with_prayer_flags_and_the_North_Face_of_Chomolungma_in_2006_at_Rongbuk_Monastery.jpg/640px-Chorten_with_prayer_flags_and_the_North_Face_of_Chomolungma_in_2006_at_Rongbuk_Monastery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chorten with prayer flags and the North Face of Mount Everest</div> </li> <li 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class="gallerybox" style="width: 262px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 260px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rongbuk_Monastery4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Monastery arch"><img alt="Monastery arch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Rongbuk_Monastery4.jpg/390px-Rongbuk_Monastery4.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Rongbuk_Monastery4.jpg/584px-Rongbuk_Monastery4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Rongbuk_Monastery4.jpg/779px-Rongbuk_Monastery4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3571" data-file-height="2201" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> Monastery arch</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 241.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 239.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rongbuk_Monastery3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rongbuk_Monastery3.jpg/359px-Rongbuk_Monastery3.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rongbuk_Monastery3.jpg/538px-Rongbuk_Monastery3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rongbuk_Monastery3.jpg/717px-Rongbuk_Monastery3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 216px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 214px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Everest_Base_Camp,_Tibet_-_panoramio_(14).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Building construction with stone and clay"><img alt="Building construction with stone and clay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Mount_Everest_Base_Camp%2C_Tibet_-_panoramio_%2814%29.jpg/321px-Mount_Everest_Base_Camp%2C_Tibet_-_panoramio_%2814%29.jpg" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mount_Everest_Base_Camp%2C_Tibet_-_panoramio_%288%29.jpg/481px-Mount_Everest_Base_Camp%2C_Tibet_-_panoramio_%288%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Mount_Everest_Base_Camp%2C_Tibet_-_panoramio_%288%29.jpg/641px-Mount_Everest_Base_Camp%2C_Tibet_-_panoramio_%288%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2608" data-file-height="1952" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History,_religious_and_cultural_significance"><span id="History.2C_religious_and_cultural_significance"></span>History, religious and cultural significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rongbuk_Monastery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History, religious and cultural significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rongbuk Monastery was founded in 1902 by the <a href="/wiki/Nyingmapa" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyingmapa">Nyingmapa</a> Lama Ngawang Tenzin Norbu<sup id="cite_ref-Chan_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chan-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in an area of meditation huts and caves that had been in use by communities of nuns since the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hermitage meditation caves dot the cliff walls all around the monastery complex and up and down the valley. <a href="/wiki/Mani_stone" title="Mani stone">Mani stone</a> walls, carved with sacred syllables and prayers, line the paths. </p><p>The founding Rongbuk <a href="/wiki/Lama" title="Lama">Lama</a>, also known as Zatul <a href="/wiki/Rinpoche" title="Rinpoche">Rinpoche</a>, was much respected by the Tibetans. Even though the Rongbuk Lama viewed the early climbers as "heretics," he gave them his protection and supplied them with meat and tea while also praying for their conversion. It was the Rongbuk Lama who gave Namgyal Wangdi the name Ngawang Tenzin Norbu, or <a href="/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay" title="Tenzing Norgay">Tenzing Norgay</a>, as a young child.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In previous times, the Monastery became very active with Buddhist teachings at certain times of the year. It was, and is, the destination of special Buddhist pilgrimages where annual ceremonies are held for spectators coming from as far away as <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a>. These ceremonies were shared with satellite monasteries across the Himalaya also founded by the Rongbuk Lama. These ceremonies continue to this day, notably at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sherpa_Monastery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sherpa Monastery (page does not exist)">Sherpa Monastery</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tengboche" title="Tengboche">Tengboche</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Rongbuk Monastery was completely destroyed by the excesses of China's <a href="/wiki/Cultural_Revolution" title="Cultural Revolution">Cultural Revolution (1966–1976)</a> by 1974, and was left in ruins for several years, as recorded by photo-journalist <a href="/wiki/Galen_Rowell" title="Galen Rowell">Galen Rowell</a> in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The monastery's vast treasury of books and costumes, which had been taken for safekeeping to Tengboche, was lost in a 1989 fire.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Since 1983 renovation work has been carried out and some of the new murals are reportedly excellent. Adjacent to the monastery there is a basic guesthouse and small but cosy restaurant.<sup id="cite_ref-Mayhew_2005_p._191_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mayhew_2005_p._191-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Michael_Palin" title="Michael Palin">Michael Palin</a>, it now houses thirty Buddhist monks and thirty nuns,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but another source reports that locals say there are only about 20 nuns and 10 monks, although previously there were about 500 monks and nuns living here.<sup id="cite_ref-Mayhew_2005_p._191_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mayhew_2005_p._191-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, Rongbuk Monastery was ranked at the top of <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>'s 'Great Places to be a Recluse'.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rongbuk_Monastery_with_yaks.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A view of the modest Rongbuk Monastery with yaks in the foreground[15]"><img alt="A view of the modest Rongbuk Monastery with yaks in the foreground[15]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Rongbuk_Monastery_with_yaks.jpg/361px-Rongbuk_Monastery_with_yaks.jpg" decoding="async" width="241" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Rongbuk_Monastery_with_yaks.jpg/541px-Rongbuk_Monastery_with_yaks.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/China107.jpg/479px-China107.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/China107.jpg/639px-China107.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="2128" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">view of Mount Everest</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rongbuk_Monastery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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