Yilhungshi Dewa
More than one-hundred families live in this Minyak winter village. Automobile roads lead here, but there are none which go from here into the mountains. This is the common beginning of a Gangkar Riwo pilgrimage route. Most people take a horse and a guide for this trek.
Feature Type
- ཡིད་ལྷུང་ཤིས་སྡེ་བ། (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
- > yid lhung shis sde ba (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
- > 玉龙西村 (Chinese, Simplified Chinese Characters, Transcription-Tibetan-to-Chinese Transcription)
- > Yulongxi Cun (Chinese, Latin script, Transcription-Pinyin Transcription)
- > Yilhungshi Dewa (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
- Etymology for ཡིད་ལྷུང་ཤིས་སྡེ་བ།:
- Literally, "mind-relax-auspicious." The name of this village is meant to calm the mind.
Place ID: F5233