Baiyü County

Baiyü County
County
དཔལ་ཡུལ་རྫོང · 白玉县
Tibetan transcription(s)
 • Tibetan script དཔལ་ཡུལ་རྫོང
 • Wylie dpal yul rdzong
 • Tibetan pinyin Baiyü Zong
Chinese transcription(s)
 • Simplified 白玉县
 • Traditional 白玉縣
 • Pinyin Báiyù Xiàn
Baiyü

Location in Sichuan

Coordinates: 31°13′N 98°49′E / 31.217°N 98.817°E / 31.217; 98.817
Country People's Republic of China
Province Sichuan
Autonomous prefecture Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Township-level divisions 1 town
16 townships
County seat Jianshe (建设镇)
Elevation 3,012 m (9,882 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 41,500
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Baiyü County (Tibetan: དཔལ་ཡུལ།, Tibetan Pinyin: Baiyü; dpal yul, also Pelyül) (Chinese: 白玉, pinyin: Báiyù) is a county of far western Sichuan province, China, on the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

The Palyul Monastery is located in Baiyü County as is the Yarchen Monastery and Katok Monastery.

Nyoshul Jonpalung Monastery (སྨྱོ་ཤུལ་ལྗོན་པ་ལུང་དགོན། ; : 辽西寺, liaoxi si, 辽西圆林, liaoxi yuanlin), founded by Khenpo Ngaga (1879-1941) in 1910, is located in the county's Dzin Valley of Tromtar. It is a Nyingma monastery which is considered a branch of Katok.[1]

Adzom Gön Monastery (Anzom, Anzom Chogar, 'od gsal theg mchog gling, Osel Tekchok Ling, Osal Tegchogling) is another branch of Katok in the Tromtar (romkok (khrom tar / khrom khog) region.[2] The founder, Adzom Drukpa Drondul Pawo Dorje (a 'dzom 'brug pa 'gro 'dul dpa' bo rdo rje) was born in 1842 in Tashi Dungkargang in the Tromtar region.[3]

Tromge Monastery (Tromge Gon khrom dge dgon; 昌根寺, changgen si) was founded in 1275 in the Tromtar Valley. It is a branch of Katok Monastery.[4][5] Jazi Amnye Drodul Pema Garwang Lingpa (1901-1975) entered Tromge Monastery at age 11.[6] Tromge Monastery School was established in the 2000s to provide a traditional education to about two dozen students.[7]

Towns and Townships

References

  1. ↑ "Nyoshul Jonpalung Monastery". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Adzom Gar". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  3. ↑ Gardner, Alexander (2009). "The First Adzom Drukpa, Drodul Pawo Dorje". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  4. ↑ "Tromge Gon". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  5. ↑ "Chagdud Gonpa – Associates". chagdudgonpa.org. 2015. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  6. ↑ Dorje, Sangngak (2013). "Jazi Amnye Drodul Pema Garwang Lingpa". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  7. ↑ "Tromge Monastery School | Chagdud Gonpa Amrita Seattle". amritaseattle.org. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
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