THE JOURNAL CHINA＇S TIBET ON THE 58TH INTERNATIONAL BELGRADE BOOK FAIR

Editors of the Journal China＇s Tibet joined the book fair from Oct. 20 to 24 with their latest books and journals, includ- ing Thangka Paintings of the Tibetan Oral Epic King Gesar, Eternal Mountain, Tibetan People and Tibetan Stories in the 20th Century, Witness the Brilliant Moment on the Snow Land - Tibet in 1950-60s, Tibetan Rich-Color Paints - A Collection ofTen Artists in Tibet. After the book fair, editors presented books and journals on exhibition to the Serbian National Library and Novi Sad City Library and held cultural exchanges with members from the libraries and the local publishing companies.     

HOW WAS THE SOUL BOY FOUND？

Gyaincain Norbo was determined as the soul boy of the late 10th Panchen Erdeni through the method of drawing lot from the gold urn. He was later enthroned as the 11th Panchen Erdeni. Courtesy of Xinhua News Agencyoqen Benba, an abbot of the Tashilhungpo Monastery Tantric Zacang, led a delegation several times to secretly search for the soul boy of the late 10th Panchen Erdeni. On a winter evening in 1995, we visited him, and were informed of the real facts related to the work. On Januar…     

THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF OTHER-EMPTINESS AND THE B UDDHA-MA TRIX：CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF JO-NANG-PA FIGURES,DOCTRINE, ICONOGRAPHY AND HISTORY HELD iN BEiJING

The new book launching ceremony was held in Peking University on June 13th, 2014. Morc than twenty Chinese and forcign scholars attended the ccremoriy. The book was chiefly edited by Prof. Shen Weirong from Renmin Universily of China and published by Peking University Press.     

GLOBAL HISTORY,ENTANGLED AREAS,CULTURAL CONTACTS–AND THE ANCIENT WORLD

正Intertwined Institutions:Slavery as an Example While Global History and Entangled History are nowadays very much focused on modern times,there is a central area in which ancient history has set the pace for research since the 18th century:slavery.Slavery was common in many parts of the world up to the 19th century,it connected regions that were far apart,and it had drastic repercussions on both the"delivering"and the"receiving"areas.The     

THE EDITORS OF JOURNAL CHINA＇S TIBET IN WEST EUROPE

<正>While visiting England,Ireland and France(from April 16th to 28th.2012).the delegation of editors from the Journal China's Tibet sought to survey the publication and circulation of the journal.With full support of Chinese embassies in the three countries,as well as Chinese societies and associations overseas,the delegation interviewed overseas Chinese,including Chinese media,overseas Tibetans and local readers from all walks of life,received their comments and suggestions to improve the quality of the journal.     

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EGYPT AND PALESTINE IN THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE （CA.2000-1550／1500 BCE.）

The relationship between Egypt and Palestine during the Bronze Age has been discussed since the 1940s. For the period of the Middle Bronze Age, the problem is both chronological and interpretative. The end of the Middle Bronze Age is fixed by the initial military activities of Dynasty 18 in Palestine around the end of the 16th century BCE. But the dates for the beginning of this period and the transition from one archaeological phase to another are still debated. Lacking a generally accepted solution, the chronology adopted here is that of Dever --- the transition from MB Ⅰ to MB Ⅱ occurred around 1800 BCE,     

THE SUN THE LION： EARLIEST HYMN TO THE SUN FROM EBLA AND ABU-SALABIKH （2600- 2500）

A hymn that praises the Sun god belongs to the earliest literature work of Mesopotamian civilization and it expressed a hearty praise of the absolute being, the Sun, the god of brightness of the ancient Akkadian people of 3^rd millennium. It is one of the earliest religious and literature heritages written in Semitic language （2600-2500 B.C） by the Akkadian people, the Semitics in the early Mesopotamia, who began to borrow the Sumerian cuneiforms to write their own speeches. The two exemplars of the hymn were excavated from two distant places： one came during 1963-65 from Tell Abu-Salabikh, the ruin of an unknown ancient city, 12 miles from the northwest ofNippur. A photograph of the main but damaged text, OIP 99 - IAS, no 326, without a handwritten copy, and a hand copy of a fragment of the hymn, OIP 99 no 342, were published by American scholar R. Biggs in 1974I. The language of Abu-Salabikh is the earliest Semitic （c. 2500 B.C）, possibly related to the later Old Akkadian （2300-2100 B.C）. In 1974-1975, a generally complete text of this hymn but rewritten by the local Semitic scribes in Ebla dialect was discovered in the ancient city Ebla （Tell Mardikh）2 in Syria by an Italian archaeologist team. German scholar D. O. Edzard hand-copied the original text in 1984 as The Archiv Reali di Ebla Testi V, no 6 and did an initiative transliteration3. In 1989,     

OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION ＂TREASURE IN THE SNOW-LAND＂

On March 28th, 2010, the 51st anniversary of the emancipation of the million serfs in Tibet, an exhibition on the theme ＇Treasures in the Snow.land, witnessing Tibetan History and Promoting Tibetan Culture＂ taking place in the newly built Museum of Tibetan Culture in the China Tibetology Research Center, Beijing. Over 100 leaders, experts and academics from related state departments, the Tibet Autonomous Region, relevant research institutes,     

SAFE AND HARMONIOUS TIBET AN INTERVIEW WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF NPC AND CPPCC

In March,the annual national conferences-the 5th Session of the 10th National People's Congress(NPC)and the 5th Session of the 10th National People's Politic Consultative Congress (CPPCC),were held in Beijing.35 representatives and members of NPC and CPPCC from Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR) took part into these two big conventions.     

WOODCARVING TECHNIQUE IN GONGTSE OF JAMDA COUNTY

<正>On June 14,2008,which was celebrated as National Heritage day,the Ministry of Culture formally issued a list of the second group of National Intangible Heritage items.Included amongst these were Pholo Gongtse's woodcarvings from Jamda County in Chamdo Prefecture. Examples of the woodcarving technique of Pholo Gongtse were chosen from 1,676 items and sponsored by Choskyi Tengpa Tsering,the 12th local chieftain and also the 6th ruling lama in Dege.During that period,areas like Dege,Palyul and Jamda County were under the control of the ruling lama of Dege.Enforced by the prevailing Buddhist faith,the woodcarving technique for     

SAFE AND HARMONIOUS TIBET AN INTERVIEW WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF NPC AND CPPCC

In March,the annual national conferences-the 5th Session of the 10th National People‘s Congress(NPC)and the 5th Session of the 10th National People‘s Politic Consultative Congress (CPPCC),were held in Beijing.35 representatives and members of NPC and CPPCC from Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR) took part into these two big conventions.     

The 6th Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies

The 6th Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies held in Beijing from August 2nd-4th,2016,was convened by the China Association for Protection and Development of Tibetan Culture,the China Tibetology Research Center (CTRC),and the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences (TASS),TAR.In total,325 scholars attended the seminar,among whom 216 were Chinese and 109 were from abroad.The seminar received 416 papers and selected 308.     

THE QING COURT＇S POLICIES TOWARDS NATIONALITIES, RELIGIONS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LAMA BANNERS

I.The Development of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia and the Qing Court＇s Policies towards Nationalities and Religions
During the late Ming Dynasty （Altan Khan＇s reign in Northern Yuan）, the Gelug Sect, one sect of Tibetan Buddhism （the Yellow Hat Sect）,2 prevailed in Mongolia once again, and soon after that, the local people embraced it. Until the first half of the I7th century, all the Mongols in the north, south and west of the Gobi Desert accepted the Gelug Sect, However,     

SHEEP, GOATS, PIGS, CALVES AND DUCKS IN THE HOUSE OF THE LADY IN GIRSU （2400 B.C.） —— STUDIES ON OLD SUMERIAN ARCHIVES FROM GIRSU PART 4

In JAC 19, I investigated Lists of Monthly Barley-Wheat Distributions and Allowances （se-gar ziz-gar sa-dug4 itid-da）, with regard to the types and amount of fodder provided to donkeys from the rule of Enentarzi to the end years of Urukagina. In this paper, I found that from Urukagina Year 5, ii （2^nd month）, the daily fodder for donkeys, and the number of types of donkeys, were greatly reduced. Economic decline occurred in the reign of Urukagina, king of Lagash, from the fifth year on, possibly as a result of political decline. The fact that the archive of the House of The Lady ends in Urukagina＇s seventh year may imply that it is in this year that Lugalzaggesi, king of Umma, captured Lagash and Girsu.     

STAYING TRUE TO THE CAUSE AND GATHERING THE POWER OF LOVE——A RECORD OF THE ONE HEART PROJECT AFTER THE WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE

正May 12,2008,is a day that surely lives on in infamy in the minds of many.The story of the Wenchuan earthquake,however,did not end when the rumbling stopped.People from all walks of life and all over China came together as one,doing everything necessary to provide assistance and rebuild the county from the rubble.At that time,Wenchuan was the epicenter of not only an earthquake,but also of the Chinese heart,and like a seed     

OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION“TREASURE IN THE SNOW-LAND”IN THE MUSEUM OF TIBETAN CULTURE,CHINA TIBETOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER

<正>On March 28th,2010,the 51st anniversary of the emancipation of the million serfs in Tibet,an exhibition on the theme"Treasures in the Snow-land, witnessing Tibetan History and Promoting Tibetan Culture"taking place in the newly built Museum of Tibetan Culture in the China Tibetology Research Center,Beijing.Over 100 leaders,experts and academics from related state departments,the Tibet Autonomous Region,relevant research institutes,     

News in Brief

正The 6th Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies Held Successfully The three-day international seminar on Tibetan studies was held from Aug.2nd to 4th in Beijing.A total of 325 scholars and observers attended this seminar,with 216 delegates from China and 109 delegates coming from abroad.Over the course of the three day seminar,there were 19 group discussions.