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Jonê 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] |
Jonê County
Jonê County (also ''Cone'', ''Chone'', ''Choni''; ; local pronunciation: /tɕɔLn zh, s=卓尼县, p=Zhuōní Xiàn) is a County (People's Republic of China), county in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China. 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 Jonê Kingdom Among Tibetan at Amdo, Jonê exist the Jonê Kingdom (, zh, c=卓尼土司, p=Zhuóní Tǔsī), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |