Articles on Kham, Including: Mianyang, Guru Tashi, Garz Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Riwoq County, Tagong, Karma Gon Monastery, Gonchen Monastery, Kingdom of Derge, Derge Parkhang, Dzongsar Monastery, Nanwu Si Monastery

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hephaestus Books represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Hephaestus Books continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Kham.More info: Kham (Tibetan: Wylie transliteration: Khams; Simplified Chinese: Pinyin: K ngb ), is a historical region presently divided between the Tibetan Autonomous Region, and the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, with smaller portions found in Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan, where Khampas, a subgroup within the Tibetan ethnicity, live. During the Republic of China’s rule over mainland China (1911-1949), most of the region was called Xikang Province ( X k ng Sh ng). It held the status of special administrative districtuntil 1939, when it became an official Chinese province. Its provincial status was nominal and without much cohesion, like most of China’s territory during the time of Japanese invasion and civil war. The people of Kham are reputed warriors.