Amne Machin

Make Kangri, main peak of A'nyê Maqên, from the south

A'nyê Maqên ( Tib: a myes rma chen, Tibetan: ཨ་མྱེས་རྨ་ཆེན, Amnye making) is a mountain in the circle Maqên of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province of the People's Republic of China.

Location and description

The Amnye Make ( " Snowy Mountain" ) is located in the mountains of Nordostabdachung the Tibetan highlands, the headwaters of the Huang He, south of Qinghai Lake.

The mountain floor consists of three peaks. The main summit Make Kangri ( Make Kangri, Chinese玛 卿 岗 日, Pinyin Maqing Gangri ) is 6282 m high. In the first half of the 20th century, held him for a while for the highest mountain in the world. The Tibetan highlands where it reaches heights of around 4000 meters, so that the massif rises just about almost 2000 m above the surrounding area.

Mythology

The mountain is the most important holy mountain in Eastern Tibet.

On the main peak of Make Kangri the tradition has his residence to the mountain god Make Pomra. He is considered one of the most important mountain deities of Tibet and was integrated into the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon. His full name is Amnye Magyal Chenpo Pomra ( "the great ancestor of Ma - king Pomra " ), he is one of the most important Tibetan mountain deities. Due to the special sanctity of the mountain is respectfully addressed as Amnye making.

In the religious notion of Tibetan Buddhism, the Deity lives in a mighty Crystal Palace, whose foundations far reach down into the ground and go up the towers to the sun and moon. The horse carries the Droshur God with wind speed in all parts of the world. The sons and daughters of Amnye Make living on another 18 glaciated peaks over 5000 and 6000 meters altitude. Opponent of the blessed Amnye Make the demonic Amnye Nyenchen.

The faithful of the Bon religion refer to the protection of God as Magyal Pomra; for them it is one of the four major Nyen, their mountain deities. He rides on a lion or horse.

According to legend, lies in the mountain the miracle sword of King Gesar, the only reappears when King Gesar is reborn as King of Shambhala and defeated the evil on earth. This gave him even in the former war- mounted nomads Gologs a special meaning.