Chengguan, Chamdo

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Chengguan was visited by Je Tsongkhapa in 1373 who suggested a monastery be built there. Galden Jampaling Monastery was constructed between 1436 and 1444 by a disciple of Tsongkhapa, Jansem Sherab Zangpo.Gruschke 2004, p. 36f. It is also known as the Changbalin or Qiangbalin Si Monastery. At its height it contained five main temples and housed some 2,500 monks.According to tradition there were 3,000 monks with Jangsem Sherab Zangpo when establishing the monastery, and more than 2000 at the beginning of the 19th century (cp. Gruschke 2004, p. 37). It was destroyed in 1912 but the main hall (which was used as a prison) and two other buildings survived, and it was rebuilt in 1917 after the Tibetan army retook Chengguan. It now houses about 800 monks.Buckley and Straus 1986, p. 216.Mayhew and Kohn 2005, p. 241.

Chengguan experiences a climate that is a transition between a humid continental and subtropical highland climate (Köppen Dwb and Cwb), with warm, wet summers and very dry, frosty winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from {{convert|−1.2|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|17.1|°C|1}} in July, with an annual mean of {{convert|8.60|°C|1}}. Due to the high elevation, the diurnal temperature variation is large throughout the year, averaging {{convert|16.0|C-change}} annually.

{{Weather box

|location = Qamdo

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|Jan high C = 8.0

|Feb high C = 9.8

|Mar high C = 13.0

|Apr high C = 16.4

|May high C = 20.8

|Jun high C = 23.5

|Jul high C = 23.9

|Aug high C = 23.4

|Sep high C = 21.2

|Oct high C = 17.4

|Nov high C = 12.5

|Dec high C = 9.0

|year high C = 16.6

|Jan mean C = -1.2

|Feb mean C = 1.3

|Mar mean C = 5.1

|Apr mean C = 8.7

|May mean C = 12.9

|Jun mean C = 16.2

|Jul mean C = 17.1

|Aug mean C = 16.4

|Sep mean C = 14.1

|Oct mean C = 9.4

|Nov mean C = 3.5

|Dec mean C = -0.4

|year mean C = 8.6

|Jan low C = −10.4

|Feb low C = −7.2

|Mar low C = −2.8

|Apr low C = 1.0

|May low C = 5.1

|Jun low C = 8.9

|Jul low C = 10.3

|Aug low C = 9.5

|Sep low C = 7.0

|Oct low C = 1.5

|Nov low C = −5.5

|Dec low C = −9.9

|year low C = 0.6

|Jan record high C = 20.1 |Jan record low C = -19.4

|Feb record high C = 21.4 |Feb record low C = -15.7

|Mar record high C = 26.1 |Mar record low C = -13.0

|Apr record high C = 26.7 |Apr record low C = -7.7

|May record high C = 29.8 |May record low C =-4.0

|Jun record high C = 32.0 |Jun record low C = 0.4

|Jul record high C = 33.4 |Jul record low C = 2.7

|Aug record high C = 30.8 |Aug record low C = 1.1

|Sep record high C = 29.5 |Sep record low C = -1.4

|Oct record high C = 27.7 |Oct record low C = -8.7

|Nov record high C = 22.9 |Nov record low C = -14.5

|Dec record high C = 20.2 |Dec record low C = -20.7

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 1.2

|Feb precipitation mm = 4.0

|Mar precipitation mm = 9.6

|Apr precipitation mm = 23.0

|May precipitation mm = 39.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 85.2

|Jul precipitation mm = 100.2

|Aug precipitation mm = 96.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 76.1

|Oct precipitation mm = 31.3

|Nov precipitation mm = 5.5

|Dec precipitation mm = 2.4

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 2.2

|Feb precipitation days = 3.1

|Mar precipitation days = 5.7

|Apr precipitation days = 10.9

|May precipitation days = 13.2

|Jun precipitation days = 17.9

|Jul precipitation days = 19.7

|Aug precipitation days = 18.1

|Sep precipitation days = 17.8

|Oct precipitation days = 9.6

|Nov precipitation days = 5.5

|Dec precipitation days = 2.4

|Jan sun = 195.3 |Jan percentsun = 61

|Feb sun = 175.2 |Feb percentsun = 56

|Mar sun = 189.1 |Mar percentsun = 51

|Apr sun = 195.0 |Apr percentsun = 50

|May sun = 220.1 |May percentsun = 52

|Jun sun = 201.0 |Jun percentsun = 47

|Jul sun = 198.4 |Jul percentsun = 46

|Aug sun = 201.5 |Aug percentsun = 49

|Sep sun = 192.0 |Sep percentsun = 52

|Oct sun = 204.6 |Oct percentsun = 58

|Nov sun = 201.0 |Nov percentsun = 63

|Dec sun = 204.6 |Dec percentsun = 65

|source 1 = China Weather (1971−2000),{{cite web

| url = http://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101140501.shtml

| script-title=zh:昌都城市介绍

| publisher = Weather China

| language = zh

| access-date = 2011-06-01}} Hong Kong Observatory (sun only, 1961−1990){{cite web

|url=http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/asia/china/changdu_e.htm

|publisher=Hong Kong SAR Government

|access-date=2011-01-05

|title= Climatological Normals of Changdu }}

|date=January 2011

}}

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{{Reflist}}

• Buckley, Michael and Straus, Robert (1986): Tibet: a travel survival kit, Lonely Planet Publications. South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. {{ISBN|0-908086-88-1}}.
• Forbes, Andrew ; Henley, David (2011). China's Ancient Tea Horse Road. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. ASIN: B005DQV7Q2
• Gruschke, Andreas (2004): Chamdo town in: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Kham - vol. 1. The TAR part of Kham, White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2004, pp. 36–45. {{ISBN|974-480-049-6}}
• Mayhew, Bradley and Kohn, Michael. (2005). Tibet. 6th Edition. Lonely Planet. {{ISBN|1-74059-523-8}}

{{Qamdo Prefecture}}

Category:Populated places in Chamdo

Category:Township-level divisions of Tibet

Category:Karub District