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13-500: Xinlong County is part of historical region of Nyarong . Jazi (Nyarong Jazi Gon; Jazi Gon Sangngak Dechen Choling; gya bzi dgon, gya dgon, ja bzi dgon gsang sngags bde chen chos gling; Chinese : 甲孜寺 ; pinyin : Jiǎzī Sì ) is a Nyingma monastery in Xilong County that was founded in 1866. Jazi Amnye Drodul Pema Garwang Lingpa (1901–1975) studied here as a young boy, before going to Tromge Monastery . Xinlong County

26-461: A monk, called Sherap Gyeltsen, tied a knot on an iron club in presence of Kubilai Khan , in 1253. In exchange he was rewarded by official seal and documents as chief of the Nyarong. His family clan was then called " Chakdü pöntsang " ( Tibetan : ལྕགས་མདུད་དཔོན་ཚང , Wylie : lcags mdud dpon tshang , THL : Chakdü pöntsang , literally, "the official family who tied a knot in an iron [club]"). Nyarong

39-534: Is a valley located on and around the middle portion of the Yalong River , with Derge to the west, Garzê to the north, the Hor States to the east, and Litang to the south. The valley is particularly low compared to the surrounding mountains, and the upper portion of the valley is quite narrow. This makes it hard to access the region, especially without modern transport. It was historically also quite poor, as there

52-477: Is called Nyarong in Tibetan, though the traditional region also includes parts of Litang County and Baiyü County . The most common name, Nyarong means "river valley". However, the region is also referred to as Chagdud or Chakdü ( Tibetan : ལྕགས་མདུད , Wylie : lcags mdud , THL : Chakdü ), which refers to a prominent monk who came from the region; variants of these two names are also used. Legend say that

65-492: Is divided into 6 towns and 10 townships . This Sichuan location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nyarong Nyarong ( Tibetan : ཉག་རོང་། , Wylie : nyag rong ; simplified Chinese : 瞻对 ; traditional Chinese : 瞻對 ; pinyin : Zhānduì ) is a Tibetan historical river valley region located in Eastern Kham . It is generally equated with modern Xinlong County , which

78-430: Is little flat land in the region. For much of its history, no single polity controlled Nyarong; instead the region was controlled by different tribes. This is considered unusual because while tribal administration was common among pastoral regions, Nyarong instead depended on agriculture. Historically, due to its geographical inaccessibility, Nyarong was not often involved in the political machinations or trade routes of

91-477: Is the local ruler Gombo Namgye , who had united the disparate tribes in the region by force by 1850. However, the Qing overlords of Kham were not pleased by this development, and launched an incursion into Nyarong, supported by the surrounding Khampa states. However, against the odds, Namgye was able to resist the invasion; he retaliated by invading Litang , Derge , and the Hor States . By 1862, Gombo Namgye controlled

104-561: The Kangyur , a collection of Buddhist scriptures, and the Tengyur , a collection of commentaries, are still printed from wooden blocks. It was established during the reign of Derge king Tenpa Tsering. Derge has produced artists such as the Situ Panchen , the 8th Tai Situpa who was a renowned Buddhist master who helped revive Tibetan culture and language, and aided King Tenpa Tsering in setting up

117-576: The early 20th century, the kingdom fell into political struggle between the final heirs to the throne, Djembel Rinch'en and Doje Senkel. The latter, who had enjoyed the backing of the Chinese, yielded the kingdom to China in 1908 in exchange for the ousting of his rival. The palace of the Derge kings was torn down after 1950 and a school was later built on the site. The town of Derge is famous for its three-storey printing house , or parkhang , built in 1729, where

130-576: The rest of Tibet; it first enters the historical record in 762 as levies were raised from the region during the Tibetan Empire 's raids into India. By the 1800s, Nyarong was controlled by a powerful family divided into three branches, known as the "Three Iron Knots". While it was nominally controlled by the Qing Dynasty , it was practically independent due to its isolation; the population made much of their living by banditry Nyarong's main claim to fame

143-571: The trade and communication routes between China and Tibet. He broke the Qing official postal service, and blocked transportation of provisions and funds to Chinese troops in Central Tibet . However, he was stopped by the Ganden Podrang government, who killed him in 1865; they then took the chance to take control of the region. This sent Nyarong back into the unimportance it still enjoys today, though this has been somewhat disrupted by tourism. This

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156-726: Was also momentarily disrupted as Nyarong was a key base of resistance against the Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China Derge Derge ( Tibetan : སྡེ་དགེ་ , Wylie : sde dge ), officially Gengqing Town ( Tibetan : དགོན་ཆེན་ཀྲེན། , Wylie : dgon chen kren ; Chinese : 更庆镇 ; pinyin : Gēngqìng Zhèn ), is a town in Dêgê County in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan , China . It

169-597: Was once the center of the Kingdom of Derge in Kham . Historically, Derge, which means "land of mercy", was an important centre of Tibetan culture, along with places such as Lhasa and Xiahe . Derge was formerly the seat of the kings of the kingdom of Derge, whose 1300-year lineage was broken with the death of the last male heir in the 1990s. The kingdom was an important industrial, religious and political center in Eastern Tibet. In

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