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18-663: Historically, the urban center was known by Chinese as Dajianlu (written also as Tachienlu or Tatsienlu ) from the Chinese transliteration of the Tibetan name Dartsedo or Darzêdo . Kangding was on the historical border between Tibet and China. From Kangding to the west lies Tibetan civilization, whereas to the east are Han cultural areas. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Chakla . During its history, Kangding has witnessed many conflicts between Tibetan and Han polities. Kangding

36-457: A rebellion in 1666, backed up by Chakla allying with the emerging Qing dynasty . Ganden Phodrang forces invaded five years later, followed by the murder of the king of Chakla by the commissioner in 1699. However, a year later, the commissioner was killed himself by Qing forces, who reorganised their Tibetan provinces in 1725, removing Chakla from Ganden Phodrang rule. The Kingdom of Chakla was annexed by Qing dynasty in 1911; Zhao Erfeng forced

54-620: Is located in the village of Bamda (Bangda). At an elevation of 4,334 m (14,219 ft) above sea level, Qamdo Airport was formerly the highest airport in the world . It was surpassed by Daocheng Yading Airport , with an elevation of 4,411 m (14,472 ft), on 16 September 2013. It has a very long runway, 4.5 km (2.8 mi), a necessary feature to accommodate the reduced engine and lift performance that affect aircraft at high altitude, requiring higher than normal takeoff speeds and therefore longer takeoff and landing runs. Runway repairs took place in 2007 and 2013 after decay from

72-471: The Tibetan Plateau about 210 kilometres (130 mi) west-southwest of Chengdu , the provincial capital, and 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Ya'an . It is a city populated by significant proportions of both Tibetans and Han, and is part of the historical Tibetan region of Kham . The raging Zheduo River flows through the city, thus the constant sound of water reverberates throughout much of

90-525: The diurnal temperature variation averages at most 10.6 °C (19.1 °F) in any month. From April to September, rain is a very common occurrence, with around two-thirds of the days receiving some rainfall; in addition, 77% of the annual precipitation is delivered from May to September. Monthly daily average temperatures range from −1.9 °C (28.6 °F) in January to 15.7 °C (60.3 °F) in July;

108-481: The 300 women arrested with her, only 100 survived." Kangding City has a highland climate , with cold winters and cool summers. Affected by the monsoon, it is rainy in summer and dry in winter. Kangding has a monsoon -influenced climate, lying in the transition between a humid continental ( Dwb ) and a subtropical highland climate ( Cwb ) on the Köppen system . Despite the elevation of 2,560 metres (8,400 ft),

126-458: The annual mean is 7.29 °C (45.1 °F). Over the course of the year, the frost-free period lasts 177 days and there are 1,738 hours of sunshine. The highest temperature ever recorded in Kangding was a high temperature record of 30.1 °C (86.2 °F) measured on March 30, 2007. Kangding is divided into 2 subdistricts , 8 towns and 7 townships : Kangding is located in a valley of

144-470: The city of Dartsedo , now known as Kangding. Due to its position, the town formed a trading centre for merchants from Tibet and China proper, who traded goods such as tea, traditional medicines, horses, and paper; for this reason the Ganden Phodrang government established a taxation regime in the kingdom, headed by a commissioner. The local kings resented the taxation coming from Lhasa, resulting in

162-548: The city. At the north end of Kangding near the bus station the Zheduo River converges with the Yala River. The city features a sizable square, People's Square, where young and old alike gather in the early hours of the morning to do Tai Chi, play badminton, or socialise. This square comes alive on the weekends as well, when families tend to fill it. Traditional Tibetan and Sichuanese restaurants are easily found throughout

180-520: The city. Dentok, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery sits on the Paoma Mountain overlooking the city, and is accessible by cable car. As of October 2006, a stone amphitheatre is under construction at the upper monastery. It is a fast-growing city, with a rapidly developing tourist infrastructure, including a scenic cable car imported from Germany. In 2008 the PRC government opened an airport at Kangding in

198-609: The entire city. The city was renamed ' Kangding ' in 1904. The American author Dorris Shelton Still , author of Sue in Tibet , was born here. During the time of the Republic of China administration, Kangding was the capital of the now-defunct province of Xikang . Dartsedo had a "reform through labor" prison or laogai after 1959. Jasper Becker in Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine wrote, "The highest death rate

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216-608: The king to abdicate. However, ruler of Chakla had high prestige in Xikang and the Republican Chinese government had to allow them to restore him. Finally, the kingdom was annexed by the People's Republic of China in 1950. Qamdo Bamda Airport Changdu Bangda Airport ( IATA : BPX , ICAO : ZUBD ), also known as Qamdo Bamda Airport , is an airport serving Qamdo (Changdu), Tibet Autonomous Region , China. It

234-545: The province of Sichuan, with a 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) runway. At the time this was the second-highest in the world, at 4,280 metres (14,040 ft) above sea level, with the highest position held by Qamdo Bamda Airport at 4,400m. Since 2013, with the opening of the Daocheng Yading Airport at an elevation 4,411m, Kangding Airport is the third highest in the world. The folk song Kangding Qingge enjoys popularity throughout China. Since Kangding city

252-644: Was a kingdom in the Tibetan region of Kham . Chakla along with Bathang , Lithang , and Derge were called the "Four Great Native Chiefdoms in Kham " (康區四大土司). During the Qing dynasty it was considered a Tusi under the umbrella of the Qing Empire. The kingdom was located in the eponymous Chakla region, near the historical border between Tibet and China proper . By the late 1200s, it had been founded around

270-449: Was a major town for trading of cloth and tea between Tibetans and Han people. With the increase of trade in Kangding it also attracted more traders with different nationalities creating this culturally diverse city today. Therefore, singers also incorporate the music style of Tibet to acknowledge the diversity. Kangding contains some notable Buddhist monasteries, including Nanwu Si Monastery , Anjue Monastery and Jinggang Monastery . It

288-622: Was for many centuries an important trading city where Han brick tea was carried by porters from Chengdu and other centres to trade for Tibetan wool. A dispute involving the sovereignty over the city between Tibet and the Qing was resolved when the Manchu forces took the city by storm in the Battle of Dartsedo in 1701. On July 1, 1786 an earthquake of 7.75 on the Moment magnitude scale ruined nearly

306-606: Was from 1857 the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kangding , administered by Paris Foreign Missions Society . The Catholic church was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and rebuilt in the 1980s. Today it is no longer in use and has been converted to shops and a hotel. Kingdom of Chakla Kingdom of Chakla ( Tibetan : ལྕགས་ལ་ , Wylie : lcags la , THL : chakla ; Chinese : 明正土司 ; pinyin : Míngzhēng tǔsī ) or Chala

324-630: Was probably experienced by the Tibetans imprisoned after the abortive revolt of 1959. One survivor, Ama Adhe , describes in A Strange Liberation: Tibetan Lives in Chinese Hands what happened at the Dartsedo camp bordering Sichuan . By the roadside the authorities opened a mass grave which was filled with corpses and gave off a terrible stench. 'Every day,' she recalls, 'they would deliver nine or ten truck loads of bodies to put there...' Of

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