Meaning of Gyangtse | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“The market of Gyangtse, once a famous trading-post, has lost much of its former liveliness. Gyangtse used to be the place where the best carpets and textiles were made; a manufactory is again operating at the foot of the ancient fortress, but this now belongs to the commune, and the classical flower-motifs on the carpets have been replaced by dragons and other Chinese symbols.”

Return to Tibet: Tibet After the Chinese Occupation

“Gyangtse, my favorite Tibetan town, half a day's journey farther southeast on this route, has not yet met that fate. A stroll down the main street between Tibetan houses topped by rippling prayer flags takes one to the monastery and the Kumbum, a white wedding-cake structure honeycombed with chapels whose walls are bright with 15th-century murals. It is the Ste.-Chapelle of Asia.”

“Younghusband and his force stayed put, however, and then in March advanced again with a view to reaching his initial objective, Gyangtse, some 150 miles inside Tibet.[...]Nevertheless Younghusband and his force persevered. They skirmished their way to Gyangtse, and, reinforced by a battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, entered Lhasa at the beginning of August, 1904.”

“After sundown, we continued to Boudhanath Stupa in the east of Kathmandu. Built by Tibetan pilgrims, the capital city's largest Buddhist stupa was designated a World Heritage Site in 1979 and took its inspiration from the Gyangtse of Tibet.”

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