Chakhyung monastery

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : བྱ་ ཁྱུང་ དགོན་
Wylie transliteration : bya khyung dgon pa
Chinese name
Simplified : 夏琼寺
Pinyin : Xiàqióng sì

The Chakhyung Monastery ( Tib. Bya khyung dgon pa ; Chinese 夏琼寺 , Pinyin Xiàqióng sì ) Autonomous County Hualong (Bayen) of Hui of Haidong in the Chinese province of Qinghai (about 95 km from Xining ) is one of the major large yellow Hat (Gelugpa) -Lamaklöster of Tibetan Buddhism in Central Amdo and one of the oldest. It belongs to the community (Chinese) Chafu 查甫乡 .

The place is the birthplace of the Tibetan Buddhist reformer Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) founded Gelugpa School of Tibetan Buddhism . Here he began his training. The monastery was founded in 1349 by Chöje Döndrub Rinchen (1309-1385), the first teacher of Tsongkhapa. In its prime, the monastery had more than 4,130 monks and there were 75 temples in it; its total area is twenty hectares . The monastery is a monument of Qinghai Province . It has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 2013 .

literature

Tshe-tan Zhabs-drung : Bya-khyung Gdan-rabs , Mtsho-sngon Mi-rigs Dpe-skrun-khang (Xining 1984)
Gyurme Dorje: Tibet handbook (Jakhyung Shedrubling Monastery) ISBN 9781900949330

Web links

Alexander Berzin: Short biography of Tsongkhapas
Xiaqiong si
Qinghai Diqu zhuyao siyuan

References and comments

↑ Also Xiaqun si 夏群寺, Xiazhong si 夏仲寺, Shazhong si 沙仲寺 etc.
↑ See also Kumbum Monastery (Ta'er si), Gönlung (Youning si), Tsenpo Gön (Guanghui si), Chusang Gompa (Quezang si) and Rongwo Gönchen (Longwu si)
↑ 宗咯巴
↑ tibet. chos rje don grub rin chen; Chinese Qujie Dunzhu Renqin 曲结顿珠仁钦 (also Qujie Duoren Boqie 曲结多仁波且 )
↑ amdoexpress.com ( Memento from January 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) "Xiaqiong monastery […]" (found on October 23, 2009)
↑ 才旦夏茸 • 晋美柔贝罗哲: 《夏琼寺志》, 1984

Chakhyung Monastery (alternative names of the lemma)
Chakhyung Monastery; Xiaqiong Monastery: bya khyung dgon pa; Shyachung Gompa; Jakhyung Gompa; Jahyung Shedrubling; Chinese 夏琼寺 , Pinyin Xiaqiong si ; Xiaqun si 夏群寺, Xiazhong si 夏仲寺, Shazhong si 沙仲寺; “夏琼贡特钦云丹达吉林” (“夏琼大乘功德兴旺洲”); Jahyung Shedrubling Monastery; Shyachung Lamasery; Jakyung Monastery; Xiaqiong Monastery; Jachung Monastery; Shachong Monastery; Shyachung Monastery; Chakyung Gönpa

36.148611111111 101.87583333333Coordinates: 36 ° 8 ′ 55 ″ N , 101 ° 52 ′ 33 ″ E

[1] Also Xiaqun si 夏群寺, Xiazhong si 夏仲寺, Shazhong si 沙仲寺 etc.

[2] See also Kumbum Monastery (Ta'er si), Gönlung (Youning si), Tsenpo Gön (Guanghui si), Chusang Gompa (Quezang si) and Rongwo Gönchen (Longwu si)

[3] 宗咯巴

[4] tibet. chos rje don grub rin chen; Chinese Qujie Dunzhu Renqin 曲结顿珠仁钦 (also Qujie Duoren Boqie 曲结多仁波且 )

[5] xpress.com ( Memento from January 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) "Xiaqiong monastery […]" (found on October 23, 2009)

[6] 才旦夏茸 • 晋美柔贝罗哲: 《夏琼寺志》, 1984