gyangtse

Example Sentences

• "The market of Gyangtse, once a famous trading-post, has lost much of its former liveliness. Gyangtse used to be the place where the best carpets and textiles were made; a manufactory is again operating at the foot of the ancient fortress, but this now belongs to the commune, and the classical flower-motifs on the carpets have been replaced by dragons and other Chinese symbols."
• "Gyangtse, my favorite Tibetan town, half a day's journey farther southeast on this route, has not yet met that fate. A stroll down the main street between Tibetan houses topped by rippling prayer flags takes one to the monastery and the Kumbum, a white wedding-cake structure honeycombed with chapels whose walls are bright with 15th-century murals. It is the Ste.-Chapelle of Asia."
• "Younghusband and his force stayed put, however, and then in March advanced again with a view to reaching his initial objective, Gyangtse, some 150 miles inside Tibet.[...]Nevertheless Younghusband and his force persevered. They skirmished their way to Gyangtse, and, reinforced by a battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, entered Lhasa at the beginning of August, 1904."
• "After sundown, we continued to Boudhanath Stupa in the east of Kathmandu. Built by Tibetan pilgrims, the capital city's largest Buddhist stupa was designated a World Heritage Site in 1979 and took its inspiration from the Gyangtse of Tibet."