[43] By 1952, the major towns in the region were fully under the control of People's Republic of China, though many of the rural areas continued to enjoy de facto autonomy for several more years. [35][36] Ma Qi besieged Labrang numerous times, the Tibetans and Mongols fought against his Muslim forces for control of Labrang, until Ma Qi gave it up in 1927. In Gomer Monastery things quite different from others. [28] Amdo saw numerous powerful leaders including both secular and non. There are about 45 monasteries around the Ngawa area, today the largest Bon monasteries in the Ngawa area. [42], In May 1949, Ma Bufang was appointed Military Governor of Northwest China, making him the highest-ranked administrator of the Amdo region. Feb 10th Da 12: Departure from Chengdu to your home country. Of its three thousand monks, two thousand were arrested. Our Tibetan English speaking guide and driver will pick you up from Xining airport and drive you to your hotel in Xining, rest in Xining. People from the community, from children to old, all come to the monastery courtyard with baskets of bread and buckets of milk tea. His entry song ‘Aku Pema’ is considered a praise to the Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The families of some villages may make a shorter seasonal trek as their pasture may be nearby, and they may even migrant between homes each day. It couldn't be better to tour Amdo County when travelling in Tibet. The signing came after days of delay — th Domesticated animals of the region consist of the domestic yak and dzo, goats, sheep, and the Mongolian horse. In 2019, Litang Festival was named Cangyang Gyatso Poem & Song festival; in 2020, the Litang Festival is named Garze Mountain Festival; However, Tibetan horse-racing is the main program of this festival. Contact us and we'll try our best to help you. Amdo is one of the three main regions of Tibet found in the northeast corner of the Tibetan Plateau which is home to approximately 25% of the total Tibetan population. Join the Monlam Chenmo. See also preparation of the festivities that will take place in Labrang the next days. From 1917 to 1928, much of Amdo was occupied intermittently by the Hui Muslim warlords of the Ma clique. The Tibet Patient are two friends Jigshed Kyab and Pema Dorje from Amdo who met at university. Sangs rgyas bkra shis describes singing in a pastoral community in Mtsho sngon Province, China. By Prof. Ramu Manivannan, Issue Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group| Date : 18 Dec , 2020. It is mainly celebrated over a period of 3 days in late January or February. There is also a chance to see the Ngawa Gomang Monlam festival. Famous for its stone houses and towers. Expressing his … Ngari (including former Guge kingdom) in the north-west was incorporated into Ü-Tsang. East of these mountains, local chieftains ruled under the nominal authority of the Sichuan provincial government; Lhasa administered the area to the west. Historically, culturally, and ethnically a part of Tibet, Amdo was from the mid-18th century and after administered by a series of local Tibetan rulers. He wore a traditional Tibetan Khatak (white scarf) in his run-up to the octagon. 10%), and only those Tibetans in the eastern parts of this Prefecture are Amdo inhabitants. The Tibetan and Himalayan Library (THL) is a publisher of websites, information services, and networking facilities relating to the Tibetan plateau and southern Himalayan regions. Artwork for the second album by The Tibet Patient titled “Butcher on the Pilgrim’s Way” (2017). The first festival was held in Jokhang in Lhasa, where thousands of monks gathered together for chanting prayers and performing religious rituals, such as Buddhist dances (cham), torma offering, giant thangka unveiling, etc. US Congress Passes Tibet Support and Policy Bill of 2020 In a landmark victory to the Tibetan struggle, the much-anticipated Tibet Policy and Support Bill was passed into law by the US Congress today. The Tibetan inhabitants of Amdo are referred to as Amdowa (ཨ་མདོ་པ།; amdo pa) as a regional distinction from the Tibetans of Kham (Khampa) and U-Tsang (Central Tibet), however, they are all considered ethnically Tibetan. When he was ordained he went in search of teachings. [50], Note: The identically-named, sparsely-populated, Kolmas 1967, pp. Amdo encompasses a large area from the Machu (Yellow River) to the Drichu (Yangtze). History. [23] Power struggles among various Mongol factions in Tibet and Amdo led to a period alternating between the supremacy of the Dalai Lama (nominally) and Mongol overlords. However, from the middle of the Ming era, the Chinese government lost control in Amdo, and the Mongols again seized political control. Two of the virtues are in the grass, one for meadows near home, one for distant pastures. In the afternoon visit the Rongwo Gonchen; the biggest monastery in Rebkong. After lunch in Labrang then we will drive to Taktsang Lhamo for the night. It is a historic achievement for the Tibetan movement as the TPSA makes it official United States policy that decisions regarding the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama are exclusively within … Some areas were reported virtually empty of men: They either had been killed or imprisoned or had fled. The Dalai Lamas have not directly governed the area since that time.[1]. One of THL's central foci has been the creation and creative dissemination of audio-video collections with the goal of documenting oral and embodied forms of knowledge in Tibet and the Himalayas, as Feb 3rd Day 5: Rebkong –Gartse–Labrang Monastery (CH Xiahe) 120kms / 3 hrs. The Mongols conquered eastern Amdo by 1240,[16] and made the whole Tibetan region under Yuan rule, separated from the territory of former Song dynasty of China. They dress very colorful and decorate the horses’ colorful. While Xining city and Haidong city are geographically small compared to the rest of Qinghai, this area has the largest population density in Qinghai, with the result that the Han Chinese outnumber other ethnicities in Qinghai generally. [nb 1] Amdo is mostly coterminous with China's present-day Qinghai province, but also includes small portions of Sichuan and Gansu provinces. There are many dialects of the Tibetan language spoken in Amdo due to the geographical isolation of many groups. Its southern border is the Bayan Har Mountains. [37] His forces were praised by foreigners who traveled through Qinghai for their fighting abilities. He was taught as a child and showed amazing enthusiasm for the religion. [32], In 1912, Qing Dynasty collapsed and relative independence followed with the Dalai Lama ruling Central Tibet. Their beautiful dress, hairstyles, worm smiles are something that you would inevitably look at. The chapters are short, concise and dense with information. After obtaining the Vinaya, he was set to travel to Central Tibet, but for a drought. In 1928, the Ma Clique joined the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), and during the period from 1928 to 1949, much of Amdo was gradually assimilated into the Qinghai province (and part of Gansu province) of the Kuomintang Republic of China. Visit the Buddha Thangka display at Sangeshong Monastery. Tibetan plateau’s altitude, short growth season, and cold weather gradually form unique life style of Tibetans.It influences the development of Tibetan Music, especially Buddhism, which has exerted a strong influence on Tibetan Music since its introduction in the 7 th Century. Stay overnight in Ngawa. [24] The Mongol king also gave portions of Eastern Tiber (Kham) back to the Tibetans; however Amdo remained under Mongol control. Many of the nomads of Amdo revolted. It is employed throughout the Tibetan plateau and Bhutan and is also spoken in parts of Nepal and northern India, including the Sikkim. Amdo (Tibetan: .mw-parser-output .uchen{font-family:"BabelStone Tibetan Slim",Jomolhari,"Noto Sans Tibetan","Microsoft Himalaya",Kailash,"DDC Uchen","TCRC Youtso Unicode","Tibetan Machine Uni","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchen","Qomolangma-Uchen Sarchung","Qomolangma-Uchen Suring","Qomolangma-Uchen Sutung","Qomolangma-Title","Qomolangma-Subtitle","DDC Rinzin","Qomolangma-Woodblock","Qomolangma-Dunhuang"}.mw-parser-output .ume{font-family:"Qomolangma-Betsu","Qomolangma-Chuyig","Qomolangma-Drutsa","Qomolangma-Edict","Qomolangma-Tsumachu","Qomolangma-Tsuring","Qomolangma-Tsutong","TibetanSambhotaYigchung","TibetanTsugRing","TibetanYigchung"}ཨ༌མདོ [ʔam˥˥.to˥˥]; Chinese: 安多; pinyin: Ānduō [antwó]) is one of the three traditional regions of Tibet, the others being U-Tsang in the west, Kham in the east. If you're a member of the Association, and you've moved in the last six months or so, please send in your new address.To see the status of your membership, check the e-mail addresses page; if your name is bold, your membership is in good standing. Sorigtour in Amdo Tibet with Dr.Machik – 2020. This package is the best of Kham and Amdo overland tour. Today drive to Tibet Gyarong region. Today drive to Ngawa county via opened grasslands of Dzoge grasslands, on the way visit some local Tibetan nomadic families. 8.5%) of the total population there and so the region did not attain TAP status. Highlight: Rebkong Monlam Chenmo, Labrang, Dzogey grasslands, Ngawa Monlam Chenmo, visit local nomadic families and local Tibetan families during the Festival. He then tells of the 10 virtues of the land. [46], As a prelude to the Beijing Olympics, protests broke out in 2008 in Amdo, among other places. Stay overnight at Baoma Hotel. Feb 9th Day 11: Ngawa – Chengdu 480kms / 7-8hrs. By 1949, advance units of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (the PLA) had taken much of Amdo from the Nationalists. Tibetan 1 srang silver coin, dated 15-43 (= AD 1909) obverse. These tribes consisted of several thousand nomads. Sanwant Hotel or similar. In 1925, a Tibetan rebellion broke out, with thousands of Tibetans driving out the Muslims. Mystic Tibet Tours can arrange Tibet homestay to experience real livelihood in Sichuan and Qinghai provinces in eastern Tibet. Nangshuk monastery is the largest monastery of the Bon religion. He demanded a ransom of 300,000 dollars, which was paid and then he escorted the young boy to Tibet. Can't find the information you are looking for? [10], In the 9th century, the central Tibetan kingdom broke into smaller polities; however Amdo and Kham maintained close culturally and religiously to the central Tibet. [20] Tibet regained its independence from the Mongols before native Chinese overthrew the Yuan dynasty in 1368, although it avoided directly resisting the Yuan court until the latter's fall. The largest monastery in Amdo was forced to close. Asian Highlands Perspectives 39.. Abstract. [12], There is a historical account of an official from the 9th century sent to collect taxes to Amdo. [48], Amdo Tibetans' traditional lifestyle and economy are centered on agriculture. Tibetan Muslims, also known as the Kachee (Tibetan: ཁ་ཆེ་, Wylie: kha-che; also spelled Kache), form a small minority in Tibet.Despite being Muslim, they are officially recognized as Tibetans by the government of the People's Republic of China, unlike the Hui Muslims, who are separately recognized. The economy of Amdo of has been constant throughout history and has changed little in the modern time. Due to all these rituals have been preserved, they are being performed every first lunar month nowadays in Amdo. The use of historical money in Tibet started in ancient times, when Tibet had no coined currency of its own. Monlam Chenmo was established in 1409 by lama Tsongkhapa, the great philosopher and founder of Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. 11/22/2020 - The Winter 2020-2021 edition of the AMDO Association Newsletter will go to the printers mid-December. By 1952, Communist Party of China forces had defeated both the Kuomintang and the Tibetan forces and had assumed control of the region, solidifying their hold on the area roughly by 1958. [34], The Muslim warlord Ma Qi waged war in the name of the Republic of China against the Labrang monastery and Goloks. Book Now! Feb 6th Day 8: Taktsang Lhamo – Dzoge grasslands – Ngawa Monlam (CH Aba) 330kms / 6hrs. [39] From that point until 1949, much of the rest of Amdo was gradually assimilated into the Kuomintang Chinese provincial system, with the major portion of it becoming nominally part of Qinghai province and a smaller portion becoming part of Gansu province. The monasteries, such as Labrang, Rebkong, and Taktsang Lhamo supervised the choosing of the local leaders or headmen in the areas under their control. Over the centuries, most of the Amdo Mongols have become highly Tibetanised and, superficially at least, it is now difficult to discern their original non-Tibetan ethnicity. Some were violent; however the majority were peaceful.[47]. [40] Due to the lack of a Chinese administrative presence in the region, however, most of the communities of the rural areas of Amdo and Kham remained under their own local, Tibetan lay and monastic leaders into the 1950s. [28], The 18th century saw the Qing Empire continue to expand further and further into Tibet as it engulfed Eastern Tibet including Amdo and even assumed control over Central Tibet.[29]. Amdo was placed within the Qinghai Province. There is a very good chance to join the Ngawa Nashuk monastery mask dance. [8], From the seventh through the ninth century, the Tibetan Empire extended as far north as the Tarim Basin, south until India and Nepal, east to Tang China, and west to Kashmir. Travel Dates: 8th – 26th August (19 days) Locations: Xining, Rebgong, Sogzong, Ngawa. Tibetan guerilla forces in Amdo emerged in 1956 and continued operating through the 1959 Tibetan uprising until 1962, fighting the People's Liberation Army and harsh Chinese land reform policies. Minimum Group size: 8 People Everybody there including tourists are invited and offered tea and breads. The following Ming Dynasty nominally largely maintained the Mongol divisions of Tibet with some sub-division. A new boundary, following the Ning-ching mountain range, was established between Sichuan and Tibet. The Chone Prince ruled over the forty-eight "banners" of one group of Tibetans; other Tibetan rulers or chiefs held grants or commissions- some of them hundreds of years old- from the Imperial Government. Tour Name: Tibetan New Year Losar & Monlam Festival in Amdo 2020 Tour Code: M82D755 Duration: 10 Days & 9 Nights Destination: Xining, Tongren, Xiahe, Lanzhou Features: Losar, or better known as the Tibetan New Year, is the most important festival in the Tibetan calendar.On the Tibetan New Year's Day, each home will open its door with prayers and fetch the first bucket of water of the year. Rebellion also stirred the region at the beginning of the 1950s as “Liberation” first settled on the northeastern Tibetan plateau. Stay overnight in Ngawa. These small polities were small kingdoms or even governed as tribes and were officially under Chinese and Tibetan rule; however they held no allegiance to either. “All of the Tibetans from the region watch my fights and support me. The Ch'iang people were early users of iron and stories abound of them in their iron breast-plates with iron swords. 41-2 quoted by Goldstein, an expedition of the Qing imperial army in 1720, Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Jigme-Rigpai-Lodro/2948, "Change, Conflict and Continuity among a community of nomadic pastoralists—A Case Study from western Tibet, 1950-1990", "青海解放：1950年1月1日青海省人民政府正式成立中央任命赵寿山为主席] (Liberation of Qinghai: January 1, 1950: Qinghai Provincial People's Government established. In 1958, the arrest and murder of the Tseten Monastery's Khenpo Jigme Rigpai Nyingpo while incarcerated in Xining's Nantan prison marked the beginning of the period. The boundary of Xining Prefecture with Sichuan was also set at this time, dividing the Ngaba area of the former Amdo into Sichuan. It is written by Tsering Thar from information gathered during his fieldwork in Amdo that he performed on behalf of the National … You will experience Tibetan traditional arts as it called Tibetan painting in Rebgong. [nb 2] Other parts of old Amdo was administered by the Administrator of Qinghai. Feb 7th Day 9: Ngawa Kirti monastery Monlam Chenmo. Ngawa Kirti monastery is one of the largest monasteries in Amdo and housing to over 1000 monks. This boundary also roughly corresponds with the modern boundary of Qinghai with Sichuan. 2020 Tibetan song - 2020 Tibet is waiting for you - YouTube Instead, he acquires a fief. Dharamshala: Speaker Pema Jungney on behalf of Tibetans in and outside Tibet and the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, expressed his deepest gratitude to US President Donald J.Trump for signing the “Tibet Policy and Support Act 2020” (TPSA2020). Your Message. The last decades have brought profound changes to both the landscape and the people in Tibet. [11] During this same time period the Buddhist monks were forced out of their temples by rampaging Chinese. Two virtues in soil, one to build houses and one for good fields. He was sentenced to five years in prison in Amdo Tsongon (Qinghai province) for campaigning to preserve the Tibetan language from the increasing dominance of Chinese. In the afternoon, visit the Shampalinkor; the procession of Future Buddha in Sangeshong Magotsang. As the ceremony begins In the morning there will be a large number of people gathering mostly local people in their best traditional dresses. Trip at Glance. These consist of the forest-dwellers (nags-pa), the mountain-dwellers (ri-pa), the plains-dwellers (thang-pa), the grass-men (rtsa-mi), and the woodsmen (shing-mi). Unfolding of big Buddha Thangka at Taktsang Lhamo Monastery and see the celebrations of Mönlam Chenmo. This post follows on from the interview we translated with them and posted online last month . Animals of the region consist of the wild yak and the kiang. [28] Meanwhile, Sokwo, Ngawa, and Choni, had secular leaders appointed, with some becoming kings and even creating familial dynasties. ANU means youth and their full name in Tibetan ཨ་ནུ་རིང་ལུགས། (anu ring lugs) literally means the doctrine/philosophy of ANU, or, ANUism. We can help you to customize your tour and have an unique experience while traveling in Tibet. Dharamshala: US President Donald Trump has signed the Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 into law, a move that dramatically strengthened US policy on Tibet and reaffirmed the US government’s steadfast support for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the CTA. Eastern Tibet, including Amdo and Kham, were ruled by local and regional warlords and chiefs. The grass men were famous for their horses. Drive to Labrang Through Ganja grasslands, Labrang is one of the six greatest monasteries of Gelukpa school and home to over 1500 monks. Homestay. 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[49], After 1949, the Chinese communists inherited and adopted the earlier Republican county system, and the basic arrangements of local government in Amdo have changed little up to the present day. There are over thousands of pilgrims join the Monlam festival and nomads from far away. Monlam Chenmo Festival Tour in Amdo 2020. Today, ethnic Tibetans predominate in the western and southern parts of Amdo, which are now administered as various Tibetan, Tibetan-Qiang, or Mongol-Tibetan autonomous prefectures. He spent a year resting and learning among other things Sanskrit and poetry. The President of Central Tibetan Administration Dr. Lobsang Sangay speaks to Tibet TV in … [41], The 14th Dalai Lama was born in the Amdo region, in 1935, and when he was announced as a possible candidate, Ma Bufang tried to prevent the boy from travelling to Tibet. Amdo was traditionally a place of great learning and scholarship and contains many great monasteries including Kumbum Monastery near Xining, Rongwo Monastery in Rebgong, Labrang Monastery south of Lanzhou, and the Kirti Gompas of Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture and Taktsang Lhamo in Dzoge County. Two virtues are in the water, one for drinking and one for irrigation. Tibetan region of Lho-Jang and Gyarong in Kham, and Ngapa (Chinese Aba) and Golok in Amdo, were still independent of Chinese hegemony, despite the creation on paper of Qinghai Province in 1927. Citation. In the 1930s, the Muslim warlord Ma Bufang, the son of Ma Qi, seized the northeast corner of Amdo in the name of Chiang Kai-shek's weak central government, effectively incorporating it into the Chinese province of Qinghai. Bartering was common, gold was a medium of exchange, and shell money [citation needed] and stone beads [citation needed] were used for very small purchases. The boundaries of Xining Prefecture, which contains most of Amdo, with Sichuan and Tibet-proper was established following this. These monks wandered for a period to settle in the Amdo region. This secular form of government went as far as Machu. Full day at the Masked Dance, Fire Puja at the end of the day, stay overnight at Norbang Hotel. There are several reasons to believe, as to why Tibet is important for India. Ma Qi responded with 3,000 Chinese Muslim troops, who retook Labrang and machine gunned thousands of Tibetan monks as they tried to flee. Tibetan 1 srang silver coin, dated 15–43 (AD 1909) reverse. We will continue to drive to Chengdu for the night. 2015. On one of these trips, he encountered armed resistance in Amdo and required escorts from Mongol Princes to travel through Amdo. 2020 Litang Festival date is confirmed to be held from July 29 th to 31 st. The monks have their assembling early in the morning and local people gather around 9 o’clock. [19] He spent his later years at Sakya Monastery in Central Tibet, which required that he travel through Amdo regularly. Labrang is a palace for all kinds of people, especially those Drokpas (nomads) have special characters. [37], In 1928, the Ma Clique formed an alliance with the Kuomintang. From 1958 to 1962, the political climate in Amdo was considered unbearable. The Yongzheng Emperor seized full control of Qinghai (Amdo) in the 1720s. Amdo is also the birthplace of the 14th Dalai Lama. Feb 4th Day 6: Labrang monastery –Taktsang Lhamo (Ch Langmusi) 220kms / 3hrs, Visit the markets and Tibetan quarters. Jan 30 Day 2: Xining—Rebkong (CH Tongren) 200km 3-4 hrs. Under the Mongol Yuan dynasty of Kublai Khan, Amdo and Kham were split into two commandaries, which, along with Ü-Tsang, were collectively referred to as the three commandaries of Tibet. In 2020, Tibetan New Year falls on February 24, which is an entire month after Chinese New Year (which falls on January 25 in 2020). There are two in the stone, one for building and one for milling. The second bill was on Tibet and titled as “Tibet Policy and Support Act-2020” (TPSA-2020) which was first passed by the House of Representatives on January 28, 2020 by 392-22 majority. Washington, DC: The Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 (TPSA), which had been stuck at the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee since May 2020, was unanimously passed earlier today.. [3], In historical times, the people of the region were typically non-Tibetan, such as Mongols or Tibetan speakers of non-Tibetan origin such as the Hor people.[4]. Amdo consists of all of former northeastern Tibet, including the upper reaches of the Machu or Yellow River and Lake Qinghai. Enjoy local Tibet families cuisine and try your hand at cooking with your local hosts. People rush towards the display area and waiting for Unfolding and displaying the huge Buddha Thanka from top to down. There is a very special offering from the monastery and a good chance to witness the Bon religion Monlam Festival. We stay overnight in Takstang Lhamo, Feb 5th Day 7: Taktsang Lhamo Monlam Chenmo. In all these predominantly culturally Tibetan areas, the Qing Empire used a system of administration relying on local, Tibetan, rulers. [6] Amdo has been famous in epic story and in history as a land where splendid horses are raised and run wild.[7]. A 1977 University of Chicago PhD. HAPPY LOSAR - TASHI DELEK བཀྲིས་བདེ་ལེགས།#LosarSongs #TibetanLosar #NewYear Institutional Hybridity in Pastoral Land Governance in Amdo Tibet . Once you are in Ngawa you can feel more Tibetan culture and traditional Tibetan houses. This overland tour route starts from Xining of Qinghai province. The boundary of Xining Prefecture and Xizang, or central Tibet, was the Dangla Mountains. Ngari (including former Guge kingdom) in the north-west was incorporated into Ü-Tsang. The Han Chinese are majority in the northern part (Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture) and eastern part (Xining city and Haidong city) of Qinghai province. 2020-03-06 01:27:35 Identifier last_memories_amdo_tibetan_tribal_lives Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t08x2057z Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Page_number_confidence 28.75 Ppi 300 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 Year 2020 The immediate ramifications of each disturbance both for the Amdo Tibetan elites and commoners, and for the Han cadres in their midst, elucidates early PRC nation-building and state-building struggles in minority nationality areas and the influence of this crucial transitional period on relations between Han and Tibetan in Amdo decades later. Amdo (Tibetan: ཨ༌མདོ [ʔam˥˥.to˥˥]; Chinese: 安多; pinyin: Ānduō) is one of the three traditional regions of Tibet, the others being U-Tsang in the west, Kham in the east. [44], In 1958, Chinese communists assumed official control of Tibetan regions in Kham and Amdo. Festival Date : 2020 August 5 th to 14 th Trip begin: two departures on August 4 th & August 9 th, Xining Trip end: Xining Activity : Tibetan Folk Festival, Amdo tour Group size : Minimum 4 people, maximum 16 people; Single Supplement: US$ 287 only applicable for one room occupied by one person [33] The Hui Muslims administered the agricultural areas in the north and east of the region. January 22, 2021 TOKYO: The representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Japan, Dr. Arya Tsewang Gyalpo, today met with Mr. Nagao Takashi, member of the House of Representatives and General Secretary of the All Party Japanese Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet at the Parliament building and briefed him in detail on the recent Tibet Policy and Support Act 2020 passed by the US … Nangshig: A Tibetan Bönpo Monastery and its Family in Amdo is a 146 page study of the largest Yungdrung Bön monastery in Tibet as well as the family and reincarnation lineages associated with it. Ngawa Monlam is little different than the Monlam in Rebkong and Labrang areas. The Muslim forces looted and ravaged the monastery again. Depending on the region and environment Amdo Tibetans live in, they are either nomads (Drog pa) or farmers (Sheng pa). Stay overnight at Norbang Hotel. Your Name (required) Your Email (required) Subject. Gomang monastery is about 20kms away from the Kirti monastery. He was interviewed by The New York Times in May 2015 for his language advocacy. Stay overnight at Langmusi hotel or similar. A typical family has two homes or bases: one for when they move up into the mountains with their animals in the summer for better grazing, and another down in the valleys where they weather harsh winters and grow fodder for their livestock in small agricultural fields. [25][26], When the Manchu Qing dynasty rose to power in the early 18th century it established Xining, a town to the north of Amdo, as the administrative base for the area. An A mdo Tibetan Auto-song-ography. Amdo is the home of many important Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leaders and of lamas, monks, nuns, and scholars, including the 14th Dalai Lama, the 10th Panchen Lama Choekyi Gyaltsen, and the great Gelug school reformer Je Tsongkhapa. Stay overnight in Ngawa. Continue the visits to the T. Lhamo area. Written Tibetan is the same throughout Tibetan-speaking regions and is based on Classical Tibetan. [38] However, that was not the last Labrang saw of General Ma. In July 2016, ANU released their first EP ANU, which included two songs, ANU and Living Hometown. [27] During this period they were ruled by the Amban, who allowed near total autonomy by the monasteries and the other local leaders. Drive to Rebkong, Rebgong is believed to be the cultural center of Amdo and known for its traditional Arts such paintings, brocade, clay sculptures, etc. [24], In 1705, with the approval of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty, Lha-bzang Khan of the Khoshud deposed the regent and sent the 6th Dalai Lama to Beijing; the 6th Dalai Lama died soon after, probably near Qinghai Lake (Koko nur) in Amdo. [2] The area is wind-swept and tree-less, with much grass. 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