1. Name

gSas khang gSang chen smin grol dpal ldan gling

2. Location

The temple is located in Hor nag village about 15 km north of Rong bo, the

capital of the Reb gong region (latitude: 35°37’02”N, longitude:

102°00’46”E).

5. Number of practitioners

There are twenty-eight Bonpo tantric practitioners in the temple.

8 / 9. Rituals

Tshe dbang on the 10th of January. Khro bo and Pho nya gze ma from the 22nd

to the 30th day of the 3rd month. On the 5th day of the 10th month, the

ritual dedicated to Kun bzang is performed for rTse zhig chos rje, a master

from rTse zhig Monastery in rGan rgya pasture near Bla brang Monastery. The

ritual dedicated to Kun bzang is also performed by each of the Bonpo

families in turn on the 29th of each month.

12. Local community

Six villages: ’Khyams skor with twenty families, Na tsang ma with five

families, Tshe thar ’bum with six families, Sha rgya with thirteen families,

dPon skor with one family and Cha g-yog with five families (fifty families

and three hundred people altogether).

13. Local festivals

The la btsas of Rgya ye at the top of Zu lung built by

rGya ye gNam go byams and propitiated on the 15th day of th 6th month. The

la btsas of sKya ye at the top of bKra shis sgang,

built by Hor nag Byams pa rgyal, often referred to as Hor nag A myes Byams

pa rgyal and propitiated at a suitable date in the 5th month.

14. Economic occupation of local people

Agriculture