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    Riwoche (Tibetan: རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 类乌齐县) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous...
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  • The Riwoche horse /ˈriːwoʊtʃeɪ/ is a dun-colored, pony-sized horse indigenous to northeastern Tibet. It came to international attention in 1995, at which...
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    Riwoche Monastery, or Riwoche Tsukla Khang Tragyelma (Tib. ri-bo-che; Ch. Leiwuqi Si) is a Taklung Kagyu monastery of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism...
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    Gonjo County, Riwoche County, Dengqen County, Zhag'yab County, Baxoi County, Zognang County, Maarkam County, Lhorong County, and Banbar County. On 11 July...
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  • This is a list of all counties (including autonomous counties, autonomous banners, and banners) along with county-level cities (Chinese: 县级市; pinyin:...
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    Taklung Monastery (category Lhünzhub County)
    Taklung. Eventually its power diminished in favour of Riwoche. From the time of the founding of Riwoche Monastery (1276 CE) the Taklung lineage was divided...
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    370 ft). Ngamring County is divided into 2 towns and 15 townships. The Chung Riwoche Stupa is located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra. "A narrow iron bridge...
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    Riwoche Monastery (Wylie: nag chu 'ba' rom ri bo che) in 1160. This school was popular in the Principality of Nangchen in Kham (modern Nangqên County...
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    wooden bridges across towns and villages. He died at an advanced age in Toe Riwoche in 1485. The remnants of some of his iron chain bridges still stand today...
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    but generally have been proven to be feral or domestic. For example, the Riwoche horse of Tibet was proposed as such, but testing did not reveal genetic...
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    Tibetan Parliament in Exile. Geshe Thupten Phelgye, born 1956, was from Riwoche District the traditional Tibetan province of Kham and was named Dorje Tinlay...
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    2008 held at the Samye government administrative headquarters in Dranang County. The monks were joined by hundreds of Tibetans demanding religious freedom...
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    Ganden Monastery (category Dagzê County)
    one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries located in Dagzê County, Lhasa, Tibet. The other two are Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery. Ganden...
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    Monastery Kandze Monastery Katok Monastery Nanwu Si Monastery Palyul Monastery Riwoche Monastery Shechen Monastery Surmang Tongkor Monastery Nyingchi Prefecture...
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    Monastery Kandze Monastery Katok Monastery Nanwu Si Monastery Palyul Monastery Riwoche Monastery Shechen Monastery Surmang Tongkor Monastery Nyingchi Prefecture...
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    Earth"), is a Buddhist monastery situated in Sa'gya Town (ས་སྐྱ་), Sa'gya County, about 127 kilometres (79 mi) west of Shigatse in the Tibet Autonomous Region...
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    Monastery. Palden Sherab then entered the Taklung Kagyu school's Riwoche Monastery, in the Riwoche (Tibetan: རི་བོ་ཆེ་, Wylie: ri bo che) region of Kham. He...
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    ancient structure in the Yarlung Valley in the vicinity of Tsetang, Nêdong County, the seat of Lhoka Prefecture, in Tibet. According to legend, it was the...
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    several large stupas of unusual design including the great Kumbum at Chung Riwoche, Tibet; established Gonchen Monastery in Derge; and is considered to be...
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    Liberation Army was advancing towards Chamdo and had taken the town of Riwoche (which could block the route to Lhasa) arrived. Ngabo and his men retreated...
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    Palcho Monastery (category Gyantse County)
    Kumbums in Tibet; the other two Kumbams are the Jonang Kumbum and Ching Riwoche. Kumbum has nine floors or tiers and each tier has unique chapels. The...
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    Monastery Kandze Monastery Katok Monastery Nanwu Si Monastery Palyul Monastery Riwoche Monastery Shechen Monastery Surmang Tongkor Monastery Nyingchi Prefecture...
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    Monastery Kandze Monastery Katok Monastery Nanwu Si Monastery Palyul Monastery Riwoche Monastery Shechen Monastery Surmang Tongkor Monastery Nyingchi Prefecture...
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    Monastery Kandze Monastery Katok Monastery Nanwu Si Monastery Palyul Monastery Riwoche Monastery Shechen Monastery Surmang Tongkor Monastery Nyingchi Prefecture...
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    Autonomous Region in the valley of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Lhatse County, 151 kilometres (94 mi) southwest of Shigatse and just west of the mountain...
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    lotus is by the corolla. The monastery is located in present-day Gyantse County several kilometers south of the road connecting Nakartse and Lungmar, immediately...
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    the China–Nepal Friendship Highway and above the Matsang river in Nyalam County, Tibet. A path leads down from the roadside through the village and down...
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    Monastery Kandze Monastery Katok Monastery Nanwu Si Monastery Palyul Monastery Riwoche Monastery Shechen Monastery Surmang Tongkor Monastery Nyingchi Prefecture...
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    Shelkar (category Tingri County)
    called New Tingri[citation needed], is the administrative centre for Tingri County, Shigatse Prefecture in southern Tibet Autonomous Region. The town lies...
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    Buddhism. It was built after Samye Monastery, in the Kingdom of Derge (Baiyu County, Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan, China), in the region traditionally known in...
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