Rinpung Dzong (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་རིན་སྤུང་རྫོང) is a large dzong of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District (སྤ་རོ་རྫོང་ཁག), Bhutan. Rinpung Dzong was built in the 15th century, it has been a unity of monastery, fortress and government office since then.
Most places in Rinpung Dzong are allowed to take photos, except the indoor areas where you need to take off your shoes.
Dzong (Dzongkha: རྫོང) is a distinctive type of fortified monastery architecture found mainly in Bhutan and Tibet. The architecture is a complex of courtyards, temples, administrative offices, and monks' accommodation.
In the 15th century local people offered a crag in Paro to Lama Drung Drung Gyal to build a small temple which later became Rinpung Dzong.
Rinpung Dzong is one of the popular attractions in Paro, but there are not so many tourists inside the dzong, so Choumeizai can take photos leisurely.
The government of Bhutan requires all men and women to wear the traditional and national dresses if they work in a government office or school. Gho (Dzongkha: བགོ) is for man, while kira (དཀྱི་ར) is for woman.
Just below Rinpung Dzong is a traditional covered cantilever bridge, also a good place for taking photos.
