Taktser or Tengtser (Tibetan: Roaring Tiger) is a Tibetan village in the cultural region of Amdo. Taktser was originally an area of pasture land for the larger village of Balangtsa, about two hours walk away. Cattle were brought to feed on the the fertile grazing lands, which caused them to give very rich milk. Later, when people realized that this was also a good place to farm, permanent houses were built, and the village comprised about thirty cottages by the time Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama was born. The village is on the route from Xining, which was the seat of local Chinese government administration, to Labrang Tashi Khyi, the largest monastery in the province after the famous Kumbum Monastery. Taktser or Tengtser is the Tibetan name of the village of Hongya (红崖村 Hongya cun, Hongaizi in the local dialect), together with 13 other villages forming the "Shihuiyao Hui-nationality township (石灰窑回族乡)". Shihuiyao is situated in the County of Ping'an (平安县), which belongs to the district of Haidong in the Province of Qinghai in the People's Republic of China. Despite it being under centuries of Chinese-speaking environment, it still belongs to the Tibetan cultural region of Amdo. Taktser is not, as it is usually taken to be, in the proximity of the Kumbum Buddhist monastery (Chinese: Ta'er Si), rather it is approximately 50 km southeast from it, and around 22 km southwest of the town of Ping'an (平安镇, Tibetan: Bayan khar), which is also the seat of the government for the county of the same name. The village of Taktser gained fame as the birthplace of the 14th Dalai Lama. The village was called "Qijiachuan" at the time, or by the earlier name of "Qijiazhuang", which meant "the river (or home) of the family of Qi" (Ch’i in older romanisation). The latter seems to have been the Chinese kinship name of the family of the Dalai Lama, since this was the name to which the boy responded. (more)
Type: place
Genres: politics, buddhism, religious
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Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama:
Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (born Lhamo Döndrub ( ) 6 July 1935 in Qinghai ), is the 14th and current Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama is a revered spiritual leader among Tibetans and exerts a powerful influence over the Gelug School
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People's Republic of China:
The People's Republic of China ( ), commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the third or fourth largest country in the world. With a population of over 1.3 billion, it is the most populous country in the world. The Communist
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Tibet:
Tibet ( ) is a plateau region in Central Asia and the home to the indigenous Tibetan people. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), it is the highest region on Earth and is commonly referred to as the "Roof of the World." Geographical
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Tibetan language:
Tibetan refers to a group of languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia, as well as by overseas Tibetan communities around the world. Several forms of Tibetan are also spoken
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County (China):
In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 (xiàn). In the People's Republic of China, counties are found in the third level of the administrative hierarchy, a level that is known as "county-level"
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Township (China):
Township (Chinese: 乡; Pinyin: Xiāng) is the basic level of political divisions in China.
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Hui people:
The Hui people ( , Xiao'erjing: حُوِ ذَو ) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of Islam. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They are concentrated in Northwe
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Qinghai:
(青海, qīnghǎi) is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake. It borders Gansu on the northeast, the Xinjiang Autonomous Region on the northwest, Sichuan on the southeast, and Tibet Autonomous Region on the southwest.
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Xining:
Xining (Simplified Chinese: 西宁, Traditional Chinese: 西寧, Tibetan: ཟི་ནིང་; Pinyin: Xīníng, Wylie: Zi-ning) is the capital of Qinghai Province, People's Republic of China.
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Amdo:
Amdo (Tibetan: ཨ༌མདོ , Chinese transliteration: 安多, Pinyin: Ānduō) is one of the three traditional provinces of Tibet, the other two being Ü-Tsang and Kham; it is also the birth place of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. Amdo encompasses a large ar
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