Lnga Mchod 'ganden Offering of the Twenty-fifth Day' in Mdo Ba (duowa), Thun Rin (reb Gong, Tongren) City, Mtho Sngon (qinghai) Province, Pr China
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The history of Mdo ba (Duowa) Monastery, an introduction to Dga' ldan lnga mchod[1] 'Ganden Offering of the Twenty-Fifth Day' and its rituals practiced in the monastery and local communities, and a model for recording and preserving endangered religious activities, cultural practices, social gatherings, and traditions in a rapidly changing society are given in the context of Mdo ba Town, Thun rin (Reb gong, Tongren) City, Mtho sngon (Qinghai) Province, PR China. [1] Names for this festival in English include Butter Lamp Festival, which may be a translation of the Chinese term Randeng jie 燃灯节. The Tibetan name is known as Ganden Ngamchoe. In this article, I will refer to it as Lnga mchod, a short form for Dga' ldan lnga mchod. This short form is the term locals most often use.
Author: Pad+ma rig 'dzin པདྨ་རིག་འཛིན།, (Wanmarenzeng 完么仁增)
Language: English
Topic: Indian and Buddhist Studies
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6949329922
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