 Shigatse Overview
Shigatse Shigatse city region in the center, where Mount Everest is situated in the Sino-Nepalese border. Tashilhunpo's gigantic bronze Buddha Jampa, attracting numerous tourists at home and abroad. Around the city there are Sakya Shigatse, baiqoi monastery, Shalu Monastery and many other magnificent buildings. Shigatse City is located in the Brahmaputra and the Nianchu the intersection, this former capital of Tibet, after up to 3,800 meters above sea level, is currently the second largest city in Tibet. Shigatse which is some 500 years of history, is the year after the political and religious center of Tibet, but also successive Panchen Lama驻锡land. Shigatse area, abundant sunshine, located in the valley, agriculture is developed, is "the breadbasket of Tibet," One. Today's Xigaze rapid urban construction, road traffic extending in all directions, from Shigatse to continue south, you can reach the world's highest peak Mount Everest date, the North to the direct Nagqu, eastbound to Lhasa, Shannan, west may be straight to Ali. The annual exhibition Tashilhunpo Buddha Festival, sorcerer's dance festival, Shalu's Ximuqinbo Tibetan festivals and performances, are known to the world its unique style known.
  Baiqoi monastery
Gyangze County were located in the northwest foot of the mountain. Tibetan is called "class profile Deqing", meaning "auspicious round of the great amusement of Temple." Baiqoi monastery is a pagoda with a typical Tibetan Buddhist temple architecture, the temple has tower, tower, there Temple, Temple of natural muddy as complement each other. Of its construction can fully represent the 13 to 15 by mid-century after the end of the century Tibetan monastery building style typical of the region, but also the only one in which Temple is well preserved and has a monument to the nature of large-scale buildings. Baiqoi monastery from the hall, more than auspicious gate tower, Zhacang and walls composed of four building units.
   
 Tashilhunpo
In Shannan Shigatse city, the west slope Nyima, construction area of over 30 million square meters, the size of Jinding 14, Zhacang 4, Lama Temple, size 56 and so on through the hall, is the largest monasteries after Tibet, but also Yellow Sect, one of six major monasteries. Tashilhunpo was founded in September 1447. 1446, the eighth disciple of Tsongkhapa, the Dalai Lama I root Dudjom Pakistan to commemorate the death of the Greek Rao Sengge by teachers to engage in Tibet, Nepal, artisans refined in Shigatse had a 2.7-meter-high gold-plated statue of Sakyamuni. For the placement of this image, the root Dudjom Bus Phachu funding regime, in the year in September 1447 commenced the construction of monasteries, which lasted 12 years as the placing of the monastery will be constructed, clean room. Start a monastery named as the "Gang Pei Jian Code", which means snowy Hing Buddhist temple. Pakistan was the root Dudjom be renamed as "Tashi Columbus Baji De Chin has been both Nanba Jie Tang Wa-lam", meaning auspicious macro-owned Feng Fu Ju Most Excellent Morokata solid state, referred to as "Tashi columbus Temple ", taking" auspicious Sumeru "was intended. According to historical records, the root Dudjom the post-Tibetan Sakya Palestinian people, is the first one to spread after the Yellow Sect Tibetan people. Later, the Living Buddha reincarnation system in the establishment of the Dalai Lama, he was chasing that first Dalai Lama, the Gelug Sect. AD 1600, four-song guitar Panchen Lobsang was invited by the Tashilhunpo as the monastery's 16-office France and Taiwan. Since then, successive Panchen Erdeni Tashilhunpo become the驻锡? Tashilhunpo, covering about 18.5 hectares, building both face south east. Temple center hall area, built Coqen Hall, Lacan, Panchen pull chapter, Jampa Temple, Sunning of the Buddha set up. Its north and south sides of Zhacang and dense villages (shag). There are several pieces of fruit trees in southern temple Linca, Linca the east line of the original seat of the Panchen Kampus Assembly.
 Sakya
Is located in Sakya County, in south-west of Shigatse city, about 160 kilometers altitude of 4280 meters. Sakya in Tibetan means "white land", that is, local soil color. Sakya Monastery is located in the foothills of the wave, Zhong Qu River. Hebei, the North Temple, now in ruins; Henan South Temple, which is where the Sakya. The monastery walls were painted with vertical red, white and gray hue between the three ribbons, the red symbol of Manjusri, white symbol of Guanyin Bodhisattva gray is the King who, tri-color into the flowers, so Sakya sect called the "teaching of flowers." Sa Jianan Sakya Monastery in 1268 sent by the Patriarch Basiba built by the fifth generation, was Tibet's political, religious, and cultural center.
 Chu Pala Manor
Parra was originally a tribal chief of Bhutan, as Bhutan, moved to civil unrest in Tibet and the Tibetan local government to obtain titles. Parra family with the power increases, expanding the size of Pala Manor. In 1904, the British invaders burned the original at the Gyangze Ga near the village of Pala Manor River. Anti-British After the war, moved to ban a long time Columbus Pala Manor village, after decades of his family's influence expanded. Para manor long been a Limbu wang small Lama Temple, return to secular life over after the daily affairs of the manor. He consolidated estate economy, expanding the size of estates to strengthen the rule of serfs, to Tibet before the democratic reform, Pala has a small estate 22, possession of land more than 8600 grams (size measuring unit), pasture 6, with a total of more than 14250 heads of livestock ( only), possession of Long Health (serfs) 2440 people. In 1959, Palawan long involvement in the rebellion, and escape, their estate should be forfeited, then sub-Gyangze Pala Manor, taking into account the Department of Work in Tibet, one of 12 large estates, with special significance, its been properly protected. Subsequently, the county, the county government conducted a number of its maintenance. Pala Manor is now the only well-preserved noble manor in old Tibet.
 Zongshan Gyangze site
Standing on the cliffs of the central ancient city of Gyantse. In 1904, the British imperialist aggression and the occupation forces Gamba 600 cases, while the invasion from the north East Asia Gyangze, in the case of Hill by the army of the desperate resistance to Gyantse. Gyangze people built hill forts, with Tu Bao, soil guns, "ancient Duo", sword, spear, and bow and arrow and the invasion of the enemy launched a heroic bloody battle, the fighting lasted for eight months. In early May 1904 a night, more than a thousand British soldiers would attack their annihilation. In June, the British sent in reinforcements, with its heavy reliance on cases of mountain artillery batteries, redoubts in the arsenal of the British artillery fire hit explosion. Gyangze soldiers and civilians at the last minute, still desperate to resist with stones, and adhere to 3 days 3 nights. Finally, all Warriors Ningsibuqu Tiaoya martyr, wrote a glorious chapter in the tragic. Anti-British hill still has a year of battery. Zongshan and Tibet were the seat of the old government Gyangze, Minister of the Qing Dynasty Qianlong four patrol the edge stone is still preserved, there is a very important heritage value. | |
