Jonê Monastery
| Chone Monastery | |
|---|---|
| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| Tibetan | ཅོ་ནེ་དགོན་ཆེན |
| Other transcriptions | Chone Gonchen Ganden Shedrubling, Choni Monastery |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| Traditional | 卓尼 |
| Pinyin | Zhuōní |
| Coordinates | 34°35′47″N 103°30′17″E / 34.5963°N 103.5048°ECoordinates: 34°35′47″N 103°30′17″E / 34.5963°N 103.5048°E |
| Monastery information | |
| Location | Jone County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, China |
| Founded by | Drogon Ghogyel Phakpa and his Mongol patron, Kublai Khan |
| Type | Tibetan Buddhist |
| Sect | Gelug |
| Dedicated to | Tsongkhapa |
| Number of monks | 120 |
| Festivals | Cham-nyon-wa |
Chone Monastery (Tibetan: Wylie: ; Chinese: Jonê; Pinyin: Zhuōní), also Chone Gonchen Ganden Shedrubling, or Choni Monastery was originally a Sakya monastery. It is situated adjacent to Chone Town, Jonê County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China, at an altitude of about 2,610 m (8,563 ft).
Chone Monastery was founded in 1269 by Drogon Ghogyel Phakpa (1235–1280) and his Mongol patron, Kublai Khan or (Qubilai Qan), in 1269 CE as a Sakya monastery.
Chone Monastery was part of a separate kingdom formed, according to legend, after its invasion by Chinese warriors who migrated across the mountains from Szechuan conquering the local tribes in 1404. The Yongle Emperor (May 2, 1360 – August 12, 1424) named one of them hereditary chief, bestowing the name of "Yang" and an imperial seal upon them and the prince established a palace on the north bank of the Tao River. The Yang family, continued to rule over 48 unruly Tibetan clans in Chon-ne as a semi-independent kingdom from the early 15th century for 23 generations, until 1928, when it was placed under the control of the Lanchow government.
Phakpa, who was trusted to rule Tibet by the Mongol Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan, visited the area which, until that time was mainly under the influence of the ancient Bon religion. In 1459 the monastery was converted to the Gelug sect by Choje Rinchen Lingpo.
Its colleges were established in the 18th century by Kunkyen Jigme Wangpo. with the School of Dialectics (Tsenyl Dratsang) being founded in 1714 and the Tantric (Vajrayana) college (Gyupa Dratsang) in 1729.
The monastery is situated near a bend in the rushing, clear, Tao River surrounded by high wooded mountains, adjacent to the fairly large Chone Town which has a mixed population of Tibetans and Chinese, though the Chinese now predominate. In 1923, the village had "approximately four hundred Tibetan families and had changed very little since its founding six centuries before."
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