The site of Gonlung Jampa Ling was originally chosen by the 3rd Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso and then the 4th Dala Lama on wards started to build the monastery. The monastery used to have many famous Tibetan scholars such as Changkya Rope Dorje, etc.
There is the most beautiful landscape of pies of mustered fields, blooming in yellow followers. The monastery is located in the Huzhu Xian and the majority population is Tu tribe.