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Nyangrain Subdistrict
Nyang bran (Tibetan ཉང་བྲན།) is a suburb district and valley located several kilometres north of the city of Lhasa, Tibet.http://hw.oeaw.ac.at/0xc1aa500d_0x0017948e.pdf The valley is noted for its hermitages, belonging to the Sera Monastery, one of the three great historical monasteries of Tibet. Pabonka Hermitage, Drakri Hermitage Drakri Hermitage is a historic hermitage in Tibet, belonging to Sera Monastery. It is located about northeast of Lhasa, on a mountainside. Structure The hermitage grounds consists of five sections: *Main temple compound, renovated around a co ..., Chupzang Nunnery and many others are located in the valley which offers scenic views of Lhasa. Mount Parasol lies on its western side on which the Pabonka Hermitage is located. References Valleys of Tibet Populated places in Lhasa Chengguan District, Lhasa Township-level divisions of Tibet Subdistricts of the People's Republic of China {{Lhasa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pabonka Hermitage3
Pabonka Hermitage (Pha bong kha), also written Pawangka, is a historical hermitage, today belonging to Sera Monastery, about 8 kilometres northwest of Lhasa in the Nyang bran Valley on the slopes of Mount Parasol (Dbu gdugs ri) in Tibet. Founded by Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century, it is currently the largest and most important of the Sera hermitages and is the starting point for the “Sixth-Month Fourth-Day” (Drug pa tshe bzhi) of the Sera Mountain Circumambulation Circuit (Se ra’i ri ’khor) pilgrimage. File:Pabonka Monastery (23676936891).jpg, Pabonka Hermitage File:Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery.JPG, Looking towards Lhasa from Pabonka Hermitage File:Pabonka Monastery (23131148924).jpg, prayer flags File:Pabonka Monastery (23132913783).jpg File:Pabonka Gonpa - 2062466863.jpg, Ruins File:Pabonka Monastery (23391791409).jpg File:Pabonka Monastery (23759312595).jpg Footnotes References * Gyurme Dorje Gyurme Dorje (1950 – 5 February 2020) was a Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lhasa
Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level city, prefecture-level Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China. The inner urban area of Lhasa City is equivalent to the administrative borders of Chengguan District (), which is part of the wider prefectural Lhasa City. Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining and, at an altitude of , Lhasa is one of the List of highest large cities, highest cities in the world. The city has been the religious and administrative capital of Tibet since the mid-17th century. It contains many culturally significant Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka Palaces. Toponymy Lhasa literally translates to "place of gods" ( , god; , place) in the Standard Tibetan, Tibetan language. Chengguan literally tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, Monpa, Tamang people, Tamang, Qiang people, Qiang, Sherpa people, Sherpa and Lhoba peoples and now also considerable numbers of Han Chinese and Hui people, Hui settlers. Since Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, 1951, the entire plateau has been under the administration of the People's Republic of China, a major portion in the Tibet Autonomous Region, and other portions in the Qinghai and Sichuan provinces. Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of . Located in the Himalayas, the highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, rising 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft) above sea level. The Tibetan Empire emerged in the 7th century. At its height in the 9th century, the Tibet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sera Monastery
Sera Monastery ( "Wild Roses Monastery"; ) is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, located north of Lhasa and about north of the Jokhang. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Drepung Monastery. The origin of its name is attributed to a fact that during construction, the hill behind the monastery was covered with blooming wild roses (or "sera" in Tibetan). The original Sera Monastery is responsible for some 19 hermitages, including four nunneries, which are all located in the foothills north of Lhasa. The Sera Monastery, as a complex of structures with the Great Assembly Hall and three colleges, was founded in 1419 by Jamchen Chojey of Sakya Yeshe of Zel Gungtang (1355–1435), a disciple of Je Tsongkhapa. During the 1959 revolt in Lhasa, Sera monastery suffered severe damage, with its colleges destroyed and hundreds of monks killed. After the Dalai Lama took asylum in India, many of the monks of Sera who survived the attack moved to Bylakuppe in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pabonka Hermitage
Pabonka Hermitage (Pha bong kha), also written Pawangka, is a historical hermitage, today belonging to Sera Monastery, about 8 kilometres northwest of Lhasa in the Nyang bran Valley on the slopes of Mount Parasol (Dbu gdugs ri) in Tibet. Founded by Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century, it is currently the largest and most important of the Sera hermitages and is the starting point for the “Sixth-Month Fourth-Day” (Drug pa tshe bzhi) of the Sera Mountain Circumambulation Circuit (Se ra’i ri ’khor) pilgrimage. File:Pabonka Monastery (23676936891).jpg, Pabonka Hermitage File:Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery.JPG, Looking towards Lhasa from Pabonka Hermitage File:Pabonka Monastery (23131148924).jpg, prayer flags File:Pabonka Monastery (23132913783).jpg File:Pabonka Gonpa - 2062466863.jpg, Ruins File:Pabonka Monastery (23391791409).jpg File:Pabonka Monastery (23759312595).jpg Footnotes References * Gyurme Dorje Gyurme Dorje (1950 – 5 February 2020) was a Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drakri Hermitage
Drakri Hermitage is a historic hermitage in Tibet, belonging to Sera Monastery. It is located about northeast of Lhasa, on a mountainside. Structure The hermitage grounds consists of five sections: *Main temple compound, renovated around a courtyard and comprising: **Temple **Kitchen **Monks' living quarters *Terraced complex: Formerly stables and living quarters, now in ruins *Building foundations: Formerly monks' living quarters, also in ruins *Stable for dzo (a yak The domestic yak (''Bos grunniens''), also known as the Tartary ox, grunting ox or hairy cattle, is a species of long-haired domesticated cattle found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau, Kachin Sta ...– cow hybrid) *Huts: Nuns' living quarters History While the hermitage (whose name derives from ''brag ri'', meaning "crag" or "gorge") is believed to have been founded during the 18th century, little documentation of its early history exists. In 1959, the monks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chupzang Nunnery
Chupzang Nunnery ''(Chu bzang dgon)'' is a historical nunnery, belonging to Sera Monastery. It is located north of Lhasa in Tibet, China. Though the site was established as a hermitage around 1665, it was converted into an exclusive nunnery in 1984 and has since grown into one of the largest nunneries in the Lhasa Valley. Chupzang, also spelt Chubzang, in Tibetan means "fresh water" or "good water" and is so-named because water is supplied by a natural spring. Geography The Chubzang Nunnery, located on the hill side, is situated to the northwest of Sera Monastery and to the north of Lhasa in the suburb of Nyang bran, at the base of the rocky canyon which is covered with shrubs. It is approachable by about a path from Sera, which takes about 20 minutes to cover. It is also approachable from Trashi Chöling Hermitage from the south-east direction. As originally built, the hermitage (''ri khrod'') faces south. The layout of the hermitage has three components. The first part, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pabonka Hermitage2
Pabonka Hermitage (Pha bong kha), also written Pawangka, is a historical hermitage, today belonging to Sera Monastery, about 8 kilometres northwest of Lhasa in the Nyang bran Valley on the slopes of Mount Parasol (Dbu gdugs ri) in Tibet. Founded by Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century, it is currently the largest and most important of the Sera hermitages and is the starting point for the “Sixth-Month Fourth-Day” (Drug pa tshe bzhi) of the Sera Mountain Circumambulation Circuit (Se ra’i ri ’khor) pilgrimage. File:Pabonka Monastery (23676936891).jpg, Pabonka Hermitage File:Lhasa from the Pabonka Monastery.JPG, Looking towards Lhasa from Pabonka Hermitage File:Pabonka Monastery (23131148924).jpg, prayer flags File:Pabonka Monastery (23132913783).jpg File:Pabonka Gonpa - 2062466863.jpg, Ruins File:Pabonka Monastery (23391791409).jpg File:Pabonka Monastery (23759312595).jpg Footnotes References * Gyurme Dorje Gyurme Dorje (1950 – 5 February 2020) was a Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valleys Of Tibet
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period. Some valleys are formed through erosion by glacial ice. These glaciers may remain present in valleys in high mountains or polar areas. At lower latitudes and altitudes, these glacially formed valleys may have been created or enlarged during ice ages but now are ice-free and occupied by streams or rivers. In desert areas, valleys may be entirely dry or carry a watercourse only rarely. In areas of limestone bedrock, dry valleys may also result from drainage now taking place underground rather than at the surface. Rift valleys arise principally from earth movements, rather than erosion. Many different types of valleys are described by geographers, using terms that may be global in use or else applied only local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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