Yarchen Gar

Yarchen Gar is the biggest Tibetan non (Tibetan female Buddhists) shrine in China. Yarchen Gar is 800km west to Chengdu and 120km southwest to Ganzi Xian. It is home to over 20,000 nons regularly. Yarchen Gar was built in 1985 and functioned as a Buddhist school. Yarchen Gar is located in Baiyu of Garze Prefecture. It is located 102km southwest to Ganzi Xian and 122km east to Baiyu Xian on the Ganbai Road. Yarchen Gar is a complex of Buddhist schools, temples and monasteries and meditation cubes. Behind the Changqu River sets the biggest Juemu Dorm in Tibet. Juemu is the Tibetan name for non. It shares the same fame of Larung Gar of Sertar. Yarchen Gar is a Nymmapa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Except its stunning size and color, there are also rituals of Yarchen Gar including ritual dances, 100-day meditation festival, etc.