冈仁波齐

岡仁波齊

Gāngrénbōqí

proper noun

Meanings

1 Mount Kailash, sacred mountain in western Tibet

Characters

sound "gang" (Tibetan: snow)

From the Tibetan name Gang Rinpoche, "precious snow mountain".

Examples

HSK 5

冈仁波齐在西藏西部的阿里。

Gāngrénbōqí zài Xīzàng xībù de Ālǐ.

Mount Kailash is in Ngari, in western Tibet.

HSK 7-9

每年都有很多朝圣者绕着冈仁波齐转山。

Měi nián dōu yǒu hěnduō cháoshèngzhě rào zhe Gāngrénbōqí zhuànshān.

Every year many pilgrims walk the circuit around Mount Kailash.

Tips

culture

The peak is sacred to Tibetan Buddhists, Hindus, Jains and followers of Bon, and no one has ever climbed it. Pilgrims instead walk the 52 km circuit around it (转山), some prostrating themselves the whole way.

In Pop Culture

冈仁波齐 Gāngrénbōqí

Paths of the Soul

Zhang Yang's 2017 film following Tibetan villagers on a year-long prostrating pilgrimage to Lhasa and the mountain; a surprise art-house hit in China.

Stroke Order

冈 gāng

仁 rén

波 bō

齐 qí