The Iron Statue Monastery, by Ester Bianchi

The Tiexiangsi, the Iron Statue Monastery: A Buddhist nunnery of Tibetan tradition in contemporary China is located in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. It is the only nunnery in China (Han Territory) to follow the  dGe lugs pa Tibetan Tradition. Its founder is Nenghai, a Chinese bhiksu who devoted himself to spreading Tibetan Buddhist teachings in China ....