Saizong Monastery

Saizong Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Xinghai County, Qinghai, China. It is also known as the Treldzong Gompa, Drakar Treldzong Thösamling, Thösam Yönten Dargyling, and Serdzong Monastery. It is part of the Gelug sect.

Located 30 km to Xinghai's west, north-west, it has an elevation of 3600 m. Rocky peaks can be seen from monastery's rear. It is in Drakar Treldzong, which is known as "Monkey Fort made of White Rocks". To accomplish what the previous position holder wanted, the third Arutsang Lama of Rongwo Monastery established the monastery in 1923. The monastery started a college in 1929. There were 300 monks living in the monastery in 1997 and 400 in 2002.