Rongbuk Monastery, at the foot of Mount Mount Everest, is 90 kilometers away from the Tingri County seat and is 5,800 meters above sea level, the highest monastery in the world. Annually it holds three-day sorcerers activities on the 15th of the fourth month and the Ghost-Beating Festival on the 29th of the 11th month of the Tibetan calendar.

Rongbuk monastery was built in 1899, as a Nyingmapa monastery since it was said that once Padmasambhava, founder of Nyingmapa, preceded his religious cultivation here. The monastery destroyed in the Cultural Revolution, having 8 sub-monasteries including a nunnery, is gradually restored. It houses Lamas and nuns in the same monastery. Sakyamuni and Padmasambhava are enshrined in the small temple. Pilgrims trek a long way to pay votive offerings or see lamas playing operas during big Buddhist days.

Rongbuk Monastery doesn't have a particularly long history, but it truly has spectacular views. Inside the main hall of the Rongbuk Monastery, lifelike statues of Sakyamuni and Padmasambhava stand quietly. In addition the frescos here are really worth seeing. This monastery is also noteworthy because it houses nuns as well as monks.

Yet what makes the Rongbuk Monastery truly unique is of course its neighbor, Mount Everest. Many mountaineering experts believe that the Rongbuk Monastery is the best place to appreciate the mightiness of the highest peak in the world. Looking southwards from the Rongbuk Monastery, you will find that Mount Everest appears like a huge pyramid standing imposingly among mountain ranges. On sunny days you may have the chance to see a big ivory-white cloud above the mountain, like a white flag flying in the air above Mount Everest.