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| Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
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| Location of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture within Qinghai |
| Chinese name |
| Traditional Chinese: |
玉樹藏族自治州 |
| Simplified Chinese: |
玉树藏族自治州 |
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| Tibetan name |
| Tibetan: |
ཡུལ་ཤུལ་བོ
ད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱ
ོང་ཁུལ་ |
| Transliterations |
| - Wylie: |
Yul-shul Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul |
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The main monastery in Yushu's Gyêgu township
Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in Qinghai. The prefecture has an area of 188,794 km² and its capital is Gyêgu township (Gyêgu Zhen) in Yushu county, which is the place of the old Tibetan trade mart of Jyekundo (Gyêgu). The area belongs to the cultural realm of Kham in eastern Tibet.
[edit] Economics
Agricultural, trees, wheat, millet.
[edit] Population
[edit] Ethnic groups in Yushu, 2005 Yushu Statistical Yearbook[1]
This statistics only includes the registered population, not the floating population which is estimated at about 50-60,000 for the entire prefecture.
Xia Laxiu village in Yushu county
[edit] Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 6 county-level divisions: 6 counties:
| Name |
Wylie |
Chinese |
Pinyin |
Area (km²) |
Inhabitants (2000) |
Administrative Seat |
| Yushu |
yus hru’u |
玉树县 |
Yùshù Xiàn |
13.462 |
77.854 |
Gyêgu (skye rgu mdo / Jiégǔ Zhèn 结古镇) |
| Zadoi |
rdza stod |
杂多县 |
Záduō Xiàn |
33.333 |
38.654 |
Qapugtang (bya phug thang / Sàhūténg Zhèn 萨呼腾镇) |
| Chindu |
khri ’du |
称多县 |
Chēngduō Xiàn |
13.793 |
40.391 |
Chuqung (gru chung / Zhōujūn Zhèn 周均镇) |
| Zhidoi |
’bri stod |
治多县 |
Zhìduō Xiàn |
66.667 |
24.194 |
Gyaijêpozhanggê (rgyal rje pho brang sked / Jiājíbóluògé Zhèn 加吉博洛格镇) |
| Nangqên |
nang chen |
囊谦县 |
Nángqiān Xiàn |
11.539 |
57.387 |
Xangda ( shor mda’ / Xiāngdá Zhèn 香达镇) (historic region of Nangchen kingdom) |
| Qumarlêb |
chu dmar leb |
曲麻莱县 |
Qǔmálái Xiàn |
50.000 |
24.181 |
Yoigitan (Yuēgǎitān Zhèn 约改滩镇) |
[edit] History and Traditional Culture
Monasticism Yushu prefecture is rich in Buddhist monasteries. Being a constituent of the late Nangchen kingdom, the area was, for most of the time, not under domination by the Dalai Lama’s Gelugpa order in Lhasa. The different balance of power in this part of Kham enabled the older Tibetan Buddhist orders to prevail in Yushu. Of the 195 pre-1958 lamaseries only 23 belonged to the Gelugpa.
An overwhelming majority of more than 100 monasteries followed and still follow the teachings of the various Kagyüpa schools, with some of their sub-sects only found in this part of Tibet. The Sakyapa were and are also strong in Yushu, with many of their 32 monasteries being among the most significant in Kham. The Nyingmapa’s monastic institutions amount to about the same number, while the Bönpo are only met with in one lamasery they share with the Nyingmapa.
Prior to collectivization in 1958, the entire monastic population of present-day Yushu TAP amounted to more than 25,000 Buddhist monks and nuns, with approximately 300 incarnate lamas among them. On the average about three to five per cent of the population were monastic, with a strikingly higher share in Nangqên county, where monks and nuns made up between 12 and 20 % of the community. [2]
[edit] References and further reading
- ^ Yushu Zangzu Zizhizhou Tongjiju [Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Statistics Bureau]: Yushu Tongjiju Nianjian 2005 [Yushu Statistical Yearbook 2005], Yushu 2006
- ^ Gruschke, op. cit., p. 36.
- [1] Yushu Zangzu Zizhizhou Tongjiju [Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Statistics Bureau]: Yushu Tongjiju Nianjian 2005 [Yushu Statistical Yearbook 2005], Yushu 2006
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Kham. Vol. 2 - The Yushu Part of Kham, Bangkok 2005 ISBN 974-480-049-6
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