Nechung, Buddhist temple in Doilungdêqên District, China.

Nechung is a Buddhist monastery in Doilungdêqên District featuring multiple halls, courtyards, and a central shrine dedicated to the protector deity Pehar Gyalpo. The buildings display traditional Tibetan architecture with ornate decorations and painted walls throughout the complex.

Nechung takes its name from the Tibetan for "small place", a reference to its position about a kilometre below Drepung Monastery. The site became the residence of Pehar, the protector deity of the Gelug school, after the Fifth Dalai Lama (r. 1642–1682) moved him from Samye via Tse Gugtang. The Dalai Lama institutionalised the State Oracle here, and the medium remained until 1959, when he fled with the Dalai Lama to Dharamsala. The monastery was largely destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and has since been restored.

The name Nechung means "small place," from the Tibetan ne (place) and chung (small). The oracle is a Nyingma monk chosen for his receptivity to possession by Pehar, who speaks through him, often without the medium's own knowledge. The Fifth Dalai Lama was the first to institutionalize the State Oracle here.

Nechung lies about 1 km from Drepung Monastery, roughly a 10-minute walk down the slope from it. The main assembly hall and the protector chapel stand among the buildings listed in Tibetan sources, with the tree where Pehar is said to have vanished kept in the northwest corner of the Pehar chapel. The site is an active place of worship, so visitors keep to the paved courtyard and follow the temple's rules in the shrine rooms.

The temple's name means "small place" in Tibetan, referring to its position as a small site belonging to Drepung Monastery. Its murals, painted in the mid-17th century, depict Pehar, his emanations and their retinues, along with scenes of beings punished in hell for past misdeeds; they draw on Chinese, Indian, Nepalese and Kashmiri elements.