• Zezhol Monastery
  • In the Bon religion, there are four Holy Mountains - Mt. Gangdise in Ngari, Mt. Benri in Nyingchi, Mt. Zezhol in Chamdo and Mt. Meili in Yulong in Yunnan Province. Zezhol Monastery is situated at an altitude of 4,800 meters (15,748 ft) on Zezhol Hill, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Tingchen County in Chamdo. Out of all the existing Bon monasteries, Zezhol maintains the rites of the religion most strongly.
    Zezhol literally means 'six peaks' in Tibetan because the halls, colleges and dormitories are distributed over six peaks. However, according to the scriptures' records, these six peaks represent that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva helps all people to free themselves from their troubles using her mercy and wisdom, and they also represent Bodhisattva's Six Perfections: giving, morality, patience, perseverance, meditation and wisdom, which can defeat the sins of the people.
  • Late June to mid August is the best time to visit Zezhol. In late June, every twelve years according to the Tibetan calendar, the monastery holds a festival with naked religious dancing. Naked religious dancing is a tradition of Bon, but today in Tibet only Zezhol Monastery keeps this tradition exactly the same as it originally was. Numerous tourists and Bon followers come to the monastery to appreciate the holy dancing, believing that the religious dancing will bring them rebirth after they die.
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