Lhatse

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Town in Tibet, China

title: "Lhatse" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-shigatse", "township-level-divisions-of-tibet"] description: "Town in Tibet, China" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-shigatse" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhatse" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_namePeople's Republic of China
subdivision_type1Autonomous region
subdivision_name1Tibet
subdivision_type2Prefecture-level city
subdivision_name2Shigatse
subdivision_type3County
timezoneCST
utc_offset+8
coor_pinpointQuxar Town government
coordinates
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Region

The modern town is 10 km south of the old village of Lhatse and the small Gelug monastery of Lhatse Chö Dé (). Above the monastery are the ruins of the old dzong, Drampa Lhatse () or Dzong Lhatse (Janglache or Lhatse Dzong), which is on a rock 150 m high at the opening of the Yarlung Tsangpo Canyon. At the western end of the town is another small monastery, Changmoche.

10 km east of Lhatse are the Xiqian Hot Springs, widely renowned for their healing properties.

Further east are the ruins of the Drampa Gyang () Monastery, one of King Songtsän Gampo's main geomantic temples built in the 7th century. It was thought to pin down the troublesome left hip of the ogress whose body lay under all the high plateau with her heart located under the Jokhang in Lhasa. It once housed an image of Vairocana.

Near this spot in the 14th century the tertön or treasure finder, Sangpo Drakpa, discovered the popular Nyingma text by Padmasambhava called the Leu Dunma, which is a collection of prayers and devotions. To the north are the massive ruins of the Gyang Bumoche or Gyang Bumpoche, once 20 m high, which was built in the style of the Kumbum by the Sakya Sonam Tashi (1352–1417) and the polymath and bridge builder, Thang Tong Gyalpo (1385–1464), and decorated in the Lato style of painting. This Jonang-school stupa was also called Tongdrol Chempo ('The Great Chorten that Gives Liberation by Setting Eyes upon It').

East of the ruins of the kumbum is the reconstructed Phuntsoling Monastery which was once attached to it. The main monastery and kumbum were restored and expanded by the renowned historian Taranatha (1575–1634) of the Jonang school. Under the 5th Dalai Lama (1617–1682), the Jonang school was suppressed and it was converted to the Gelug after Taranatha's death.

Further east is a little valley where there was previously a Nyingma gompa and hermitages, above which is the large cave of Gyang Lompo Lung which contains a shrine. The whole valley was, however, deserted in 1985.

Because the roads to Mount Everest and to Mount Kailash divide just west of Lhatse, the town is a common lunch stop for tour groups heading to those locations. Buddhist festivals are sometimes held at the monastery, drawing inhabitants from the surrounding region. There are several hotels and restaurants in the town.

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Sister city

In 2010, the French city of Salles-sur-Garonne became a sister city of Lhatse.

Notable people

Footnotes

References

  • Dorje, Gyume. (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. .
  • Dowman, Keith. 1988. The Power-Places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide. Routledge & Kegan Paul. London. (ppk).
  • Mayhew and Kohn (2005). Tibet. Bradley Mayhew and Michael Kohn. 6th edition. Lonely Planet. 1st Edition 1986.

References

  1. Mayhew and Kohn (2005), p. 185.
  2. Dowman (1988), pp. 277–278.
  3. Dorje (1999), p. 289.
  4. Mayhew and Kohn (2005), pp. 185–187.
    • Mayhew and Kohn (2005), pp. 96, 187.
  6. Dorje (1999), p. 288.
    • Mayhew and Kohn (2005), p. 187.
  8. Dorje (1999), p. 289.
  9. Dowman (1988), p. 279.
  10. Dowman (1988), p. 279.
  11. Dowman (1988), pp. 278–279.
  12. [http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/depeches/societe/20100309.FAP3019/des_communes_francaises_parrainent_des_communes_au_tibe.html Des communes françaises parrainent des communes au Tibet]

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