Gyamda ( bo, རྒྱ་མདའ;
) or Ngapo Zampa ( bo, ང་ཕོད་ཟམ་ཁ
) is a village in modern-day
Gongbo'gyamda County
Gongbo'gyamda County (; ) is a county of Nyingchi (or Nyingtri) City in the Tibet Autonomous Region, lying approximately east of Lhasa at its central point. Its main geographical feature is Basum Tso, a green lake about above sea level.
Histor ...
of the
Tibet Autonomous Region
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...
of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
on the upper
Nyang River
The Nyang River (; ; also transliterated as Niyang or Nanpan) is a major river in south-west Tibet and the second largest tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo River by discharge.
The Nyang has a length of 307.5 km and originates at 5,000 meters ...
at an altitude of 3,200 metres.
[Dorje (1999), p. 242.]
The Neu Dechen Gon Monastery sits above the town. It is associated with the teaching of the late
Dudjom Rinpoche
Kyabje Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje (, THL ''Düjom Jikdrel Yéshé Dorjé'') was known as Terchen Drodül Lingpa and as Dudjom Rinpoche (10 June 1904 – 17 January 1987). He is considered by many Tibetan Buddhists to be from a line of importan ...
(1904–1987) who died in France. He was the head of the
Nyingmapa
Nyingma (literally 'old school') is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It is also often referred to as ''Ngangyur'' (, ), "order of the ancient translations". The Nyingma school is founded on the first lineages and transl ...
school in exile.
Nearby are the Tselha Namsum meditation caves associated with the female
yogini
A yogini (Sanskrit: योगिनी, IAST: ) is a female master practitioner of tantra and yoga, as well as a formal term of respect for female Hindu or Buddhist spiritual teachers in Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Greater Tibet. The ...
Machig Labdrön
Machig Labdrön (, sometimes referred to as Ahdrön Chödron, ), or "Singular Mother Torch from Lab", 1055-1149) was a female Tibetan Buddhist monk believed to be a reincarnation of Yeshe Tsogyal, and the renowned 11th-century Tibetan tantric B ...
(1005–1149).
History
In 1587, Gyampo Monastery was established. Subsequently, a town named "Gyamda", meaning "valley outlet of Gyampo", was developed near the monastery. The region was originally under control of
Derge Gyalpos. After the
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...
took over Derge, the region was managed by the
Tibetan government as Gyamda Dzong. In 1960, Gyamda Dzong merged with West Dengke Dzong (
Kongpo
Kongpo () is a region of central-eastern Tibet, centered in modern Gongbo'gyamda County, Nyingchi Prefecture. It is situated on the Nyang River, a northern tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo River.
Kongpo Drula Gonpa is the oldest and largest monast ...
region) to form the modern Gongbo'gyamda Dzong.
See also
*
List of towns and villages in Tibet
This is an alphabetical list of all populated places, including cities, towns and villages, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of western China.
A
*Alamdo
*Alhar
*Arza
*Asog
B
*Baga, Tibet, Baga
*Bagar
*Baidi, Nagarzê County, Baidi
*Baima
* ...
References
;Sources
*Dorje, Gyume. (1999).'' Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan''. 2nd Edition. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. .
Populated places in Tibet
Nyingchi
{{Tibet-geo-stub