Gray Tuttle, 2016, © Gray Tuttle
Achung Namdzong is a Nyingma monastery in Qinghai, in present day Chentsa County. Situated within Khamra National Park, it is surrounded by native forests. It is associated with the protector deity Mesang, who, according to tradition, was given the site by Padmasambhava.
According to tradition, three monksnamed Marben Shakya Sengge, Yo Gechung and Tsang Rabsel settled at Achung Namdzong following the persecution of Buddhism in central Tibet in the ninth century.