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20-September-2008 09:29:05 - Gyantse Gyantse with the Dzong fortress in the background Gyantse with the Dzong fortress in the background Gyantse Fortress Gyantse Fortress A view of Gyantse from the top of its fortress A view of Gyantse from the top of its fortress Gyantse rGyal rtse also spelled Gyangtse, Gyangdzê; Chinese: 江åœé•‡; Wylie: rgyal rtse; Tibetan: རྒྱལ་རྩེ་ is a town located in Gyangzê County, Shigatse Prefecture. It is the fourth largest city in Tibet after Lhasa, Shigatse and Chamdo. It is 3,977 metres 13,050 feet above sea level, and is located in the fertile plain of the Nyang Chu valley and on the Friendship Highway, which connects Kathmandu, Nepal to Lhasa, Tibet. The town is strategically located in the Nyang-chu Valley on the ancient trade routes from the Chumbi Valley, Yatung and Sikkim, which met here. From Gyantse, routes led to Shigatse downstream and also over the Karo La Pass to Central Tibet.1 The fortress guarded the southern approaches to the Tsangpo Valley and Lhasa.2 Gyantse was the third largest city in Tibet before being overtaken by Chamdo. It is often referred to as the Hero City because during the British Younghusband expion of 1904, the 500 soldiers of the Gyantse fort held the fort for several days before they were overcome by the British forces. Gyantse is notable for its magnificent tiered Kumbum literally, '100,000 images' of the Palcho Monastery, the largest chörten in Tibet. The Kumbum was commissioned by a Gyantse prince in 1427 and was an important centre of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. This religious structure contains 77 chapels in its six floors, and is illustrated with over 10,000 murals, many showing a strong Nepali influence which have survived pretty well intact. They are the last of this type in Tibet. Many of the restored clay statues are of less artistry than the destroyed originals - but they are still spectacular.34 The town was nearly destroyed in 1954 and was largely emptied of people by the Chinese in 1959. During the Cultural Revolution the monastery and Kumbum were ransacked or destroyed.5 The BBC 4 documentary A Year in Tibet focused on the lives of ordinary Tibetans living in this city. Footnotes ^ Dowman, Keith. 1988. The Power-places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide. Routledge Kegan Paul, London and New York. ISBN 0-7102-1370-0, p. 269 ^ Allen, Charles. 2004. Duel in the Snows: The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa, p. 30. John Murray publishers, London. ISBN 0-7195-5427 6. ^ Dowman, Keith. 1988. The Power-places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide. Routledge Kegan Paul, London and New York. ISBN 0-7102-1370-0, p. 27o ^ Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael. 2005. Tibet, p. 167. Lonely Planet Publications. ISBN 1-74059-523-8. ^ Tibet: a travel survival kit. 1986 Michael Buckley and Robert Strauss, p. 158. Lonely Planet Publications, South Yarra, Australia. ISBN 0-0908086-88-1. Gallery Entrance to Pango Chorten, Gyantse, 1993 Wrathful Deity, Pango Chorten, Gyantse. Musilin Restaurant of the hero city Pango Chorten, Gyantse. A street in Gyantse old town Tara statue. Gyantse Kumbum. 1993 Protective deity, Gyantse Kumbum. 1993 Sitting Buddha, Gyantse Kumbum. 1993 Deity, Gyantse Kumbum. 1993 Statue, Gyantse Kumbum. 1993 Gyantse fort from Kumbum roof. 1993 Gyantse street showing Kumbum fort. 1993 Coordinates: 28°57'N, 89°38'E Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Gyantse Categories: Cities, towns and villages in Tibet | Xigazê Prefecture Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Cymraeg Deutsch Français Italiano Lietuvių Nederlands Polski РуÑ?Ñ?кий ä¸æ–‡ This page was last modified on 9 July 2008, at 22:48
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