Yushu 玉树
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Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese transcription(s)
- Simplified	玉树
- Traditional	玉樹
- Pinyin	Yùshù
Dondrub Ling monastery in Yushu county's Gyêgu township
The territory of Yushu prefecture-level city (yellow) within Qinghai
Country	China
Province	Qinghai
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	玉樹藏族自治州
Simplified Chinese	玉树藏族自治州
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu
Tibetan name
Tibetan	ཡུལ་ཤུལ་བོ ད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱ ོང་ཁུལ་
Transliterations - Wylie Yul-shul Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul

Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 玉樹藏族自治州; pinyin: Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu; Tibetan: ཡུས་ཧྲུའུ་བོད་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་ཁུལ་ Wylie: Yul-shul Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) is an autonomous prefecture in Qinghai. The prefecture has an area of 188,794 km² and its capital is Gyêgu township (Gyêgu Zhen) in Yushu county, which is the place of the old Tibetan trade mart of Jyekundo (Gyêgu). The area belongs to the cultural realm of Kham in eastern Tibet.

Contents 1 Economics 2 Population 3 Ethnic groups in Yushu, 2005 Yushu Statistical Yearbook[1] 4 Subdivisions 5 Transportation 6 History and Traditional Culture 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Economics

Agricultural, trees, wheat, millet.

[edit] Population

[edit] Ethnic groups in Yushu, 2005 Yushu Statistical Yearbook^[1]

Nationality	Population	Percentage
Tibetan	288,829	97.25%
Han	7,594	2.56%
Hui	295	0.01%
Monguor	138	<0.01%
Salar	64	<0.01%
Mongol	50	<0.01%
Manchu	22	<0.01%
Others	12	<0.01%

This statistics only includes the registered population, not the floating population which is estimated at about 50-60,000 for the entire prefecture.

[edit] Subdivisions

The prefecture is subdivided into 6 county-level divisions: 6 counties:

Name	Wylie	Chinese	Pinyin	Area (km²)	Inhabitants (2000)	Administrative Seat
Yushu	yus hru’u	玉树县	Yùshù Xiàn	13.462	77.854	Gyêgu (skye rgu mdo / Jiégǔ Zhèn 结古镇)
Zadoi	rdza stod	杂多县	Záduō Xiàn	33.333	38.654	Qapugtang (bya phug thang / Sàhūténg Zhèn 萨呼腾镇)
Chindu	khri ’du	称多县	Chēngduō Xiàn	13.793	40.391	Chuqung (gru chung / Zhōujūn Zhèn 周均镇)
Zhidoi	’bri stod	治多县	Zhìduō Xiàn	66.667	24.194	Gyaijêpozhanggê (rgyal rje pho brang sked / Jiājíbóluògé Zhèn 加吉博洛格镇)
Nangqên	nang chen	囊谦县	Nángqiān Xiàn	11.539	57.387	Xangda ( shor mda’ / Xiāngdá Zhèn 香达镇) (historic region of Nangchen kingdom)
Qumarleb	chu dmar leb	曲麻莱县	Qǔmálái Xiàn	50.000	24.181	Yoigitan (Yuēgǎitān Zhèn 约改滩镇)

[edit] Transportation

• China National Highway 214

[edit] History and Traditional Culture

Monasticism Yushu prefecture is rich in Buddhist monasteries. Being a constituent of the former Nangchen kingdom, the area was, for most of the time, not under domination by the Dalai Lama’s Gelugpa order in Lhasa. The different balance of power in this part of Kham enabled the older Tibetan Buddhist orders to prevail in Yushu. Of the 195 pre-1958 lamaseries only 23 belonged to the Gelugpa.

An overwhelming majority of more than 100 monasteries followed and still follow the teachings of the various Kagyüpa schools, with some of their sub-sects only found in this part of Tibet. The Sakyapa were and are also strong in Yushu, with many of their 32 monasteries being among the most significant in Kham. The Nyingmapa’s monastic institutions amount to about the same number, while the Bönpo are only met with in one lamasery they share with the Nyingmapa.

Prior to collectivization in 1958, the entire monastic population of present-day Yushu TAP amounted to more than 25,000 Buddhist monks and nuns, with approximately 300 incarnate lamas among them. On the average about three to five per cent of the population were monastic, with a strikingly higher share in Nangqên county, where monks and nuns made up between 12 and 20 % of the community. ^[2]

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• ^[1] Yushu Zangzu Zizhizhou Tongjiju [Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Statistics Bureau]: Yushu Tongjiju Nianjian 2005 [Yushu Statistical Yearbook 2005], Yushu 2006
• A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Kham. Vol. 2 - The Yushu Part of Kham, Bangkok 2005 ISBN 974-480-049-6

[edit] External links

• The East Tibet Website
• Nangchen historic area
• Yushu Tibet Autonomous Prefecture
• Official Website of the Yushu Tibet Autonomous Prefecture (in Chinese)

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