Huangyuan County
Huangyuan County (Chinese: 湟源县; pinyin: Huángyuán Xiàn) is a county of Qinghai Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xining, the capital of Qinghai. It is under the administration of Xining city. The county seat is Chengguan Town, known in Mongolian as Dan Gar and in Tibetan as Tongkor.
Huangyuan 湟源县 | |
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County | |
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  Huangyuan Location of the seat in Qinghai | |
| Coordinates: 36.682°N 101.256°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture-level city | Xining |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
The remains of Ladrolne Gompa and Rali Hermitage may be seen between Haiyan and Tongkor. A branch of Tongkor Monastery, known as Ganden Tengyeling (Ch. Cinghosi), just to the northwest of the Chengguan is also in ruins.[1]
Tourist sites
- Dan Gar Ancient Town, the historic core of Chengguan Town, a historic trading town.
- Riyue Mountain and the remains of Tongkor Monastery, a mountain pass where Princess Wencheng supposedly traveled through in the 7th century CE.
References
- Dorje, Gyurme. (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. (2nd Ed.) Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. ISBN 0-8442-2190-2.
Footnotes
- Dorje (1999), p. 536.
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