论雨花石的抽象美

Most people appreeinte Yuhua stone for its speeifle pallterns they pay more attention to materialize the stone texture and sculpt to a specific thing and overlook its own pattern and quality of the stone the author tried to separate the Yuhua stone into two categories the abstract one and the material one,and made aesthetic discussion.     

民间石雕艺术

Chinese folk stone sculpture has long history in people's material and spiritual life, most of which are made by unknown craftsmen.They are of great value on art and historic culture to display splendid technique, tricky design and admirable creativity of ancient Chinese craftsmen. As to the use of stone sculpture, it can be used as the part and decoration of the architecture, formed to serve the religion or practical utensil for daily use or appreciation, which is might be called a grand book.     

木雕奇葩——核雕与范匏器

It is two relatively particular straiies in the wood carving technology that the stone and Fanpaoqi. The stone is engraved, and in with olive stone and peach checks and the consequence stone engraves in the interest of the stuff cherry stone and so on; Fanpaoqi, but the convention calls calabash utensil either the matrix calabash. It is relatively complex that such is manufacture technology.     

论蒙古鹿石的年代及相关问题

The Deer Stone is an important cultural remain which is scattered a lot in Mongolia, Mainly in the west and northwest areas. It is also found in the Eurasian grasslands but very little in quantity. as for its age, there exist many different views for a long time. Actually the Deer stone displays a way of personification of stone statue, so we usually can find carved weapons and tools on the waist of it. Nevertheless, we can deduce the age according to these carvings. Archaeological discoveries in the northern-grasslands of China show that the carvings on Deer stone are all the typical vessels that were very popular in the late Shang period. Such as the beast-headed or bell-headed short sword with curved handle, the beast-headed sword with upright blade dagger, the ring-headed or double ring-headed short sword, the mushroom-headed short sword, the tub-shaped htchet, the arrow-shaped vessels and etc. Thus lead us to the conclustion that most of the Deer Stones must be of the late Bronze Age(11-7BC).As for the Deer stone culture‘s Similarity in some aspects to that of cultures like Lijiaya, Weiyingzi, third phase of Weifang culture or Xiajiadian culture in the north parts of China, that reflects the northern grasslands bronze culture of China left a strong influence on the cultures of Mongolia.     

彭城禅石悟道人——记徐州藏石家金山

To collect stones is an ancient folk custom in Xu Zhou, where there are many stone collectors of great achievements. Mr. Jin Shan is one of them. Having a deep love for stone and seizing opportunities for stone collecting, he made a large collection. The stones that he collects have profound cultural contents and are helpful for spiritual cultivation.     

浅析西藏石刻文化(英文)

Throughout human history,our ancestors invari- ably chose stones as their primarily material to be pro- cessed and utilized as tools.Since the dawn of this his- tory when stone tools came into use,stone has been closely related to the development of mankind,the creation of human civilization and the constant progress of human society.A chipped scraper or a pol- ished stone axe can both relate and represent two dif-     

A HISTORICAL MONUMENT ON HEAVEN'S ROAD——Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Archaeological Survey along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway(Part Three)

<正>V.Animal Skulls and Suppression of Evil Spirits As the sacrificial pits Nos.2,3,and 4 were excavated,more peculiar archaeological findings were unveiled in front of us.Underneath pit No.2,beneath two layers of stone chips,sixteen sets of animal skeletons,mostly skulls,with a small amount of     

唐高力士墓发掘简报

Gao Lishi is the most celeberated eunuch in China‘s history. He served the emperor Tang Xuan zong(Li longji) all his life, and gained almost the first rank official position.At 762 A.D.,he was died in his 73, and was buried near the emperor‘s mausoleum named Tai Ling next year, which located at Shanxi village, Pucheng county. The tomb composed of a vamp, four narrow patios-like spaces, three passages, six niches, a brick corridor and tomb chamber, simple murals were painted on the both side of the ramp, the corridor and the chamber wall, but most of them were destroyed. Fancy patterns were carved on the surfuces of the stone tomb-gate and the stone coffin bed. More than two handred pottery statues were found in the miches, including housemen, servants and animals such as horses, pigs, camels, dogs, rabbits and so on. Some bones found in the coffin bed have been authenticated that belong to a man older than sixty. It is unusaal that the epitaph stone is vectangular. The epitaph narrated Gao‘s original name, ancestry, feats, official positions and his fanmily,ect. Excavation of this tomb provide valuable date for the research of Tang dynasty history, and we can see that Gao Lishi was down and out at his death from the tomb structure and the relics.     

NEWS IN BRIEF

Stone Carvings from the Qing Dynasty Found in Chamdo In the middle of March,a group of stone carvings-originating from the Qing Dynasty-were found at Taktse Village of Lhatse Township in Palbar of Chamdo. Of around 140 stone carvings,the biggest one is 85 cm high and 64 cm wide.Most of them are small and 25 cm is usual. Experts found the carvings were colourfully painted,highly detailed and lifelike in execution.     

BABYLONIAN WISDOM LITERATURE AND THE MARDUK CYCLE:PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS

This paper, first prepared and delivered for a workshop on teaching Biblical Wisdom Literature in China, provides me with the opportunity, so to speak, to kill two birds with one stone. Not only will I comment on the main theme of the     

Stones Which Are Mysterious in Tibetan Areas

In the eyes of people o Tibetan ethnic group, rocks th found everywhere in the platea holy and should be worshipe a result, on the mountain top mountain passes where Tib often come and go. accumu stones on which multicolor streamers are hung are everywhere. The Tibetans say are the mansions of mountain Passing monks or lay peop make a clockwise rotation o stone heap, adding stones to i muttering the Six-Syllable P for eliminating personal misfo and getting rid of disease, subduing the monste…     

西安南郊皇明宗室汧阳端懿王朱公镨墓清理简报

This tomb,consisting of a vertical passage and a main room made of brick,excavated by Xi‘an Municipal Institute of Relics Preservation and Archaeology in August, 1998. According to the epitaph,the occupant was Zhuzeng(朱zheng),a member of imperial family,titled Qianyang Duanyi King(汧阳端懿王). There were 111 materials such as pottery ceremonial figurines with bright color,vivid expression and various action;fine models of house and furniture with well--preserved color,sacrificial utensils;porcelains ;bronze coins ;wooden stamp and stone epitaph etc. excavated out . This excavation provided detail data for us to study the tomb formation,burial custom,style of construction,art of clay sculpture,characteristics of furniture,ceremonial system and cloth fashion etc. of Ming dynasty.     

New-Style Pilgrims IN TIBET

When I first saw a Mani stone mound fromafar, it impressed me as a Tibetan mansitting in mediation. Piled up with stonescarved with images of Buddha and sutralines, it is surrounded by fluttering, colorful sutrastreamers.l thought of pilgrims who prostrated themselves allalong the way to their goal. From the fluttering sutrastreamers above that Mani stone mound came thechanting of the Six syllable Charm:Om Mani PadmeHum!!!!!!!Blanched by wind and rain, the Mani stone moundhas turned a dul…     

NEW BOOKS

Record of AmericanPolicy on TibetThis is one of the series books titledSeries Books on Modern History of Tibetwith Zhou Yuan as their chief editor.Authored by Zhang Zhirong and WeiYunpeng, both members of the Tibetanstudies group of Peking Univeristy, thisone contains research fruit they gainedover the past years. It records, in a sys-tematic way, American policy on Tibet. Ittells why the anti-China forces in the Westleft no stone unturned to split China andrumors they spread for the …     

Stories About Highways in Tibet （Ⅲ）

After the Xikang-Tibet Highway and the Qinghai-Tibet Highway were opened to traffic, other highways were constructed including the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway extending from Yecheng in Xinjiang to Ngari in Tibet, the Lhasa-Yadong Highway, the Lhasa-Zetang Highway, the Xigaze-Tingri Highway and the Heihe-Qamdo Highway. Sand and stone may only have covered these roads,but they were an embryonic form of modem transportation in Tibet and served as a solid foundation for development of modem highways. Until 1959, before the Democratic Reform in Tibet, the overall length of highways totaled 5,648 kilometers, creating a primary Tibetan road network with Lhasa as the center.     

Stone Pillboxes In Jinchuan

In the Tibetan-inhabited areas, there are four most famous holy mountains. One is Gyiamo MurdoMountain, towering over the upper reaches of the Dadu River in western Sichuan Province. To its west is the Greater Jinchuan and to its east is the Lesser Jinchuan. Two rivers meet on the southern slope of Murdo Mountain. Historically, this part of the world was called the Jinchuan area. During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Emperor Qian-long three times sent troops to fight headmen of the Greater and Lesser Jinchuan areas. In the Jinchuan area, they encountered stubborn resistance from local troops entrenched in stone pillboxes.The Jinchuan area is mountainous and local villages were all guarded by pillboxes built entirely with stone slabs. In various shapes, they generally rose 20-50 meters high. Each side of the pillbox was complete with loopholes through which those inside could keep watch and shoot. And these stone pillboxes were all built in places accessible only by small paths.     

Beautiful Aspect of The Tibetan Race——Preface to Tibet Folk Art

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Chongqing Publishing House has published a set of eight books under the general title of Series Books on Folk Art in Tibet, covering clay molding art, mask art, garments, tangka painting, weaving, building and decoration, Mani stone carving, and sculpturing. They contain some 20,000 illustrations to enhance reader interest.