Xaitongmoin County or Zhetongmön (, zh, s=谢通门县) is a county of

Xigazê Shigatse, officially known as Xigazê () or Rikaze ( zh, s=日喀则, p=Rìkāzé), is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its area of jurisdiction, with an area of , corresponds to the histo ...

in the

Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ...

, China.

History

Ganden Lhading, which became a branch of

Tashi Lhunpo Monastery Tashi Lhunpo Monastery () is an historically and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. Founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama, it is the traditional monastic seat of the Panchen Lama. The monastery was sa ...

, was founded in 1050. It converted to

Gelug file:DalaiLama0054 tiny.jpg, 240px, 14th Dalai Lama, The 14th Dalai Lama (center), the most influential figure of the contemporary Gelug tradition, at the 2003 Kalachakra ceremony, Bodh Gaya, Bodhgaya (India) The Gelug (, also Geluk; 'virtuous' ...

in 1650. Renga Chode, a Shangpa Kagyu Monastery, was also founded in 1050. It converted to Gelug in 1600. Tashi Gepel was a minor 14th century Kagyu nunnery. Takmo Lingka, a

Sakya The ''Sakya'' (, 'pale earth') school is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the others being the Nyingma, Kagyu, and Gelug. It is one of the Red Hat Orders along with the Nyingma and Kagyu. Origins Virūpa, 16th century. It depict ...

monastery, was founded here in 1436. Dratsang Monastery (Zhe Dratsang, chazang si), founded in the 15th century, was a Nyingma or Sakya monastery. It also became a

monastery in the 17th century. Gonga Choding, a Nyingma monastery, was founded in 1500, and converted to Gelug in 1650. A Gelug hermitage, Ngulchu Chodzong, was known for its printery. The county was home to the 16th century main estate of the Thon Pa family.

Administration divisions

Xaitongmoin County is divided into 1 town and 18 townships.

Other settlement

* Dêlêg * Rigyel Monastery,

Bon Bon or Bön (), also known as Yungdrung Bon (, ), is the indigenous Tibetan religion which shares many similarities and influences with Tibetan Buddhism.Samuel 2012, pp. 220–221. It initially developed in the tenth and eleventh centuries but ...

monastery founded in 1360.

References

External links

Xaitongmoin County Annals
Counties of Shigatse Long stubs with short prose {{Shigatse-geo-stub