Chiang-tzu

English thumb|Map including CHIANG-TZU (Defense Mapping Agency DMA, 1977) Etymology From en cmn 江孜 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Chiang¹-tzŭ¹. Proper noun 1 1 en Jiangzi (Gyantse). en 26 October 1964 1963 August Provincial Atlas of China<t:Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u> https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015030770666&seq=471 https://books.google.com/books?id=X3IyAAAAIAAJ w:Joint Publications Research Service Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u, Atlas Publishing House, Peiping, 16th Printing, pp 1-66 zh 29075547 55 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015030770666&seq=531 Chiang-tzu is situated on the east back of Nien-ch'u River, a tributary of Yalutsangpo River. This is one of three large cities in Tibet. Chiang-tzu is renowned for producing Tibetan rugs, and so is called the "Home of the Tibetan Rug". en 1998 The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia: Knowledge in Depth https://books.google.com/books?id=x_cpAQAAMAAJ 9780852296639 37558138 208 2 The first telegraph line was strung between Kalimpong (India) and Chiang-tzu by the British in 1904. In the 1920s another line connecting Chiang-tzu with Lhasa was erected, this being the only telegraph system in use until the Chinese took over in 1951. en 2020 Evan McGilvray The Early Years Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck https://books.google.com/books?id=5nD1DwAAQBAJ w:Pen & Sword 9781526716101 1137739760 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=5nD1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 Auchinleck commanded one of these – a company of 100 men – with orders to establish a base at Gyantse (now renamed Chiang-tzu) over 150 miles inside Tibet and 12,000ft above sea level. Translations Jiangzi