Ngamring County

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Field	Value
name	Ngamring County
native_name
settlement_type	County
image_skyline	File:现代化的村庄2（居仓村）.jpg
image_caption	Jucang Village along the G219 highway
image_map	Location of Ngamring within Xizang (China).png
map_caption	Location of Ngamring County (red) within Xigazê City (yellow) and Tibet
pushpin_map	Tibet#China
pushpin_label	Ngamring
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the seat in Tibet
coordinates
coor_type
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	China
subdivision_type1	Autonomous region
subdivision_name1	Tibet
subdivision_type2	Prefecture-level city
subdivision_name2	Xigazê
seat_type	County seat
seat	Kagar
total_type
area_total_km2	28,205.88
population_footnotes
population_total	55,108
population_as_of	2020
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	China Standard
utc_offset	+8
website
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| name = Ngamring County | official_name = | native_name = | other_name = | settlement_type = County | image_skyline = File:现代化的村庄2（居仓村）.jpg | image_caption = Jucang Village along the G219 highway | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Location of Ngamring within Xizang (China).png | map_caption = Location of Ngamring County (red) within Xigazê City (yellow) and Tibet | pushpin_map = Tibet#China | pushpin_label = Ngamring | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of the seat in Tibet | coordinates = | coor_type = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = China | subdivision_type1 = Autonomous region | subdivision_name1 = Tibet | subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city | subdivision_name2 = Xigazê | seat_type = County seat | seat = Kagar | established_title = | established_date = | leader_title = | leader_name = | total_type = | area_total_km2 = 28,205.88 | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 55,108 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone = China Standard | utc_offset = +8 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = |order=st |s=昂仁县 |t=昂仁縣 |p=Ángrén Xiàn Ngamring County (; ) is a county of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. "Ngamring County, sometimes referred to as the gateway to Mount Kailash and Far West Tibet, is the barren area which divides the Raga Tsangpo and the Brahmaputra."{{Cite web | title = Ngamring County | work = TibetMaster | access-date = 2013-10-20 | url = http://www.tibetmaster.com/Destination_Guide/Shigatse_Villages/Ngamring%20County%20,tibet%20tour.html

The office place of the county is located in Kagar, population 1,700, at an elevation of 4380 m.

Administration divisions

Ngamring County is divided into 2 towns and 15 townships.

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Name	Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Wylie
Towns
Gegang Town
(Kagar, Kaika)	卡嘎镇	zh	bo
Sangsang Town	桑桑镇	zh	bo
Townships
Darog Township	达若乡	zh	bo
Goin'gyibug Township	贡久布乡	zh	bo
Comë Township	措迈乡	zh	bo
Xungba Township	雄巴乡	zh	bo
Cazê Township	查孜乡	zh	bo
Amxung Township	阿木雄乡	zh	bo
Rusar Township	如萨乡	zh	bo
Kunglung Township	孔隆乡	zh	bo
Nyigo Township	尼果乡	zh	bo
Riwoqê Township	日吾其乡	zh	bo
Dobê Township	多白乡	zh	bo
Kairag Township	切热乡	zh	bo
Qu'og Township	秋窝乡	zh	bo
Dagyu Township	达居乡	zh	bo
Yagmo Township	亚木乡	zh	bo
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Landmarks and monasteries

The Chung Riwoche Stupa is located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra. "A narrow iron bridge spans the river here, alongside an original iron-chain footbridge attributed to Tangtong Gyelpo," the founder of Tibetan opera, who was born in Ngamring County. "Legend has it that the iron chain bridge over the Xiongqoi River ... was built with funds collected by Tongdong Gyaibo through performances."{{Cite web | title = Xigaze | work = China Tibet Information Center | access-date = 2013-10-19 | url = http://www.tibetinfor.com.cn/tibetzt/rikaze/5_Today%20Xigaze/d/1.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131020155949/http://www.tibetinfor.com.cn/tibetzt/rikaze/5_Today%20Xigaze/d/1.htm | archive-date = 2013-10-20 | url-status = dead | publisher = Snow Lion Publications | isbn = 9781559392754 | last1 = Stearns | first1 = Cyrus | last2 = Gyur-med-bde-chen | first2 = Lo-chen | title = King of the empty plain: the Tibetan iron-bridge builder Tangtong Gyalpo | location = Ithaca, N.Y | series = Tsadra Foundation series | date = 2007

Another point of interest is the Ralung Chutse hot spring, which has camping and a guest house.

Zangzang Lhadrak Cave in Ngamring County was where Padmasambhava hid the "Northern Treasures," which consisted of "a number of texts and various sacred objects in a maroon leather casket." These texts and objects were removed in 1366 by Vidyadhara Gödem, and became known as the Dzö Nga (mdzod lnga) or Five Treasuries. The "Northern Treasures" were taught at the Dorje Drak Monastery, and include the Künzang Gongpa Zangtha teachings, a collection of Dzogchen instructions.{{Cite web |title = History of the Künzang Gongpa Zangthal Transmissions |work = Mindrolling International |access-date = 2013-10-20 |date = 2010-04-26 |url = http://lotusgardens.org/kunzanggongpazangthal/history.cfm |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131020153437/http://lotusgardens.org/kunzanggongpazangthal/history.cfm |archive-date = 2013-10-20

Ngamring Monastery or Ngamring Chöde (Wylie: ngam ring chos sde ) produced many important scholars. It was founded in 1225 as a Sakya monastery when "the Ngamring ruler Drakpa Dar (Grags pa dar), also known as Yöntsun (Yon btsun), invited the Sakya master Shākya Sengé (Shākya seng ge) to Ngamring and founded the monastery there." ::quote

It was later expanded by the governor Tai En Namkha Tenpa (Ta'i dben Nam mkha' brtan pa, b. 1316) with the assistance of his teacher, the Omniscient Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen (Dol po pa Shes rab rgyal mtshan, 1292-1361). ::

The monastery also followed the Jonang and Bodongpa traditions. It became a Gelugpa monastery at the time of the 5th Dalai Lama. "Tangtong Gyalpo's teacher Ka Ngapa Paljor Sherab (Bka' lnga pa Dpal 'byor shes rab) was the ninth abbot."

Transport

China National Highway 219

Notable persons

Thang Tong Gyalpo (1385–1464 or 1361–1485), builder of iron bridges and father of Tibetan opera

Gallery

File:NH-45-10 Leilung China.jpg|Map including part of Ngamring County (ATC, 1971) File:NH-45-6 Suluhu China.jpg|

References

[http://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/xizang/admin/ Tibet: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties]
[http://www.tibet.cn/en/unspoiled-land/gel/t20050313_17080.htm Map of locations in Namling County], China Tibet Information Center
Croddy, E.. (2022). "China’s Provinces and Populations: A Chronological and Geographical Survey". Springer International Publishing.
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For information about the debate between [[Bodong Chögle Namgyel]] (''Bo dong Phyogs las rnam rgyal''; 1376-1451) of the [[Bodong]] school and the [[Sakya (Tibetan Buddhist school)
[http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savifadok/volltexte/2009/311/pdf/Chakzampa Chakzampa Thangtong Gyalpo] ''Chakzampa Thangtong Gyalpo: Architect, Philosopher and Iron Chain Bridge Builder''. Manfred Gerner. Translated by Gregor Verhufen. (2007). Center for Bhutan Studies. {{ISBN. 99936-14-39-4.

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