Choni People

	Choni People Choni may refer to: Chone Monastery, in Jonê County, western China Choni language, dialect of a Tibetic language spoken in western China Jonê County, in Gansu Province, western China Honi HaMe'agel, Choni, Jewish scholar of the 1st-century BC Xionites Xionites, Chionites, or Chionitae (Middle Persian: ''Xiyōn'' or ''Hiyōn''; Avestan: ''Xiiaona''; Sogdian ''xwn''; Pahlavi ''Xyon'') were a nomadic people in the Central Asian regions of Transoxiana and Bactria. The Xionites appear to be syno ... , Chionites, a nomadic people in Transoxania and Bactria in 1st-6th century AD {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Chone Monastery Chone Monastery (Tibetan: Wylie: ; Chinese: Jonê; Pinyin: Zhuōní), also Chone Gonchen Ganden Shedrubling, or Choni Monastery was originally a Sakya monastery. It is situated adjacent to Liulin, Jonê County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China, at an altitude of about 2,610 m (8,563 ft). History :"There are traditions of Tibetan soldiers left behind fter the late 10th centuryat several border outposts, such as Chone, where they established viable settlements, and of the remaining Tibetan conscript troops, called the Wun Mo, carving out considerable territory for themselves until they were perhaps absorbed into that amalgam of people of Tibetan stock, which came to form the Hsi Hsia Kingdom (982–1224)." Chone Monastery was founded in 1269 by Drogon Ghogyel Phakpa (1235–1280) and his Mongol patron, Kublai Khan or (Qubilai Qan), in 1269 CE as a Sakya monastery. Chone Monastery was part of a separate kingdom formed, according to legend, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Choni Language Choni (Jonê) and Thewo are dialects of a Tibetic languages, Tibetic language spoken in western China in the vicinity of Jonê County. Choni has four contrastive aspirated fricatives: , , . Phonology * is phonetically a fricativized alveolar trill , and may be heard as as an allophone. * A syllable-initial can be heard as a uvular fricative before voiceless consonants and as a voiced before voiced consonants. A syllable-final can be heard as a uvular stop after or vowel sounds. * can also be heard as an allophone of between or and another vowel. * rarely exists as a phoneme, and is only attested in a few words with a palatal or alveolo-palatal initial. References External linksA phonological profile of Chone {{Languages of China Languages of China Central Bodish languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jonê County Jonê County (also ''Cone'', ''Chone'', ''Choni''; ; local pronunciation: /tɕɔLn� ) is an administrative district in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China. It is one of 58 counties of Gansu. It is part of the Gannan Prefecture. Its postal code is 747600. Its area is , and its population is over 100,000 people. It is administered from Liulin.Dorje (2009), p. 812. Description The county covers both banks of the middle section of the Lu-chu. The country town and adjacent Jonê Monastery are on the north bank. The side valleys on the southern side used to be branches of the ancient kingdom of Jonê. Historical Tibetan Yang Surname Zhouni Tusi Among Tibetan at Amdo, Jonê exist The Zhouni Tusi (), ruled by the Tibetan Ga clan or Mandarin Chinese Yang () clan, was a Tusi chiefdom kingdom called Zhouni Kingdom, Choni Kingdom, or Jonê Kingdom ruled by the Gatsang (dga' tshang) family at Tibet. In 1404, whereupon they informed the Ming Emperor Yongle of this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Honi HaMe'agel Honi HaMe'agel (חוני המעגל Khoni, Choni, or Ḥoni; lit. Honi the Circle-drawer) was a Jewish scholar of the 1st-century BCE, during the age of the ''tannaim'', the scholars from whose teachings the Mishnah was derived. During the 1st century BC, a variety of religious movements and splinter groups developed amongst the Jews in Judea. A number of individuals claimed to be miracle workers in the tradition of Elijah and Elisha, the ancient Jewish prophets. The Babylonian Talmud, and the Jerusalem Talmud both provide some examples of such Jewish miracle workers, including Honi. Circle drawing incident His surname is derived from an incident in which, according to the Babylonian Talmud, his prayer for rain was miraculously answered. On one occasion, when God did not send rain well into the winter (in Israel, it rains mainly in the winter), Honi drew a circle in the dust, stood inside it, and informed God that he would not move until it rained. When it began to drizzle, Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]