Tangka Painting Art of the Tibetan Race （Ⅰ）

Tibetan painting art is mainlyrevealed in mural paintings aswell as tangka.Tangka incar-nates not only the special character of Tibetan painting art but also thefeatures of Tibetan traditional crafts andmounting.     

Tonglha Zeweng： Master of the Garma Garze Painting School （Ⅱ）

The Garma Garze painting schoolis one of the three famous paint-ing schools in Tibetan-inhibitedareas(along with those ofMoinze and Qenze),and was formed inthe 15th century.In the 16th century,it began to exertgreater influence on the Tibetan-inhabitedareas,and.a number of painters flourished,including Dabo Goba,Garrna Sengzbe and     

Tonglha Zeweng： Master of the Garma GarzePainting School （1）

Garma Garze painting school is one of the three famous painting schools in the Tibetan-inhibited areas (along with Moinze and Qenze painting schools), and was formed in the 15th century. Major master painters of the school include Tonglha Zeweng, who is one of the most outstanding modem painters in the region.     

Singing From the Heart of the Snowland——50th Anniversary of the singing Career of Cedain Zholma

A solo concert was held to mark the 50th singing career of Cedain Zholma on December 22,2003.The next day,she went to Hunan at the head of the Tibet Song and Dance Troupe where she sang in a concert held by Shaoshan and Xiantan, hometown of Mao Zedong. Upon invitation of Yunnan, she went to Yunnan for solo performance. On this basis, the TAR Federation for Literaturary and Art Circles published a pictorial titled Highland Soul： Cedain Zholma and a book entitled Music of Snowland： Biography of Cedain Zholma, which were first sold in Xiantan of Hunan Province on December 26.     

Pursum-Home of Engraving

The three great sutra-printing houses in Tibdean-inhabited areas include the Potala Palace in the Lhasa area,Natang in the Xigaze area and Dege in the Kham region.For about a thousand years ,as the key     

Emperor Qianlong＇s Painting to the 6th Panchen Erdeni

In the 11th month of the 45th year of the reign of Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong ( 1781), he gave the 6th Panchen Erdeni a painting of a Saba tree complete with a Chinese text when the latter came to Beijing to celebrate the imperial birthday.     

Works of Tonglha Zeweng

Tonglhs Zeweng had crested many works, major ones Including the following:     

A Study of The Sculptures of lwang （E-Warn）Temple and an Analysisof Their Art Style

I was fortunate enough to get hold of two archaeological reports about Iwang (E-Wam) Temple nearly at the same time in I992^1 One of them was written by Italian Tibetologist Robeter Vitali and the other by Tibetan Archaeological Team (also called Tibetan General Cultural Relics Survey Team). Although these two     

Drawings of Six-course Transmigration in Monasteries

Outside the sutra reciting halls in Tibetan monasteries,paintings of the Four Deva Kings line both sides of the corridor and the six-course transmigration stands on the right, which is uniform in all monasteries.     

“自然的”与“自由的”——石涛与当代艺术随感

20世纪中国艺坛上,石涛可以说是一个被褒奖最多的古典画家之一。主张变革称他为“现代艺术之你”,主张艺术反映生活视他的《画语录》“看重探讨了艺术与生活的关系”,更有表现主义在他的作品中看出了水墨恣肆与“本能宣泄”的互通,而精研笔黑则从他的“蒙养”中体会笔墨功力……     

A Study of mChod-rtens （Tibetan Stupas）

mChod-rten is a unique form of Stupa in Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhists have long believed that building mChod-rtens is a way to accumulate virtues and merits, so both religious and secular people value them. Therefore, Tibet has become one of the most densely located areas of Stupas in the world, mChodrtens, varied in size and form, are found everywhere in Tibetan-inhabited regions. This distinct type of Stupa is not only an object of worship, or a peculiar form of architecture, but also a building with deep symbolic significance in Tibetan Buddhism, thus it is called Tibetan Stupa.     

Driving Along the Roads （Ⅲ）

On August 22, 2004, we took the cross-country vehicle of Dorje and traveled around the roads of the Shannan region, cradle of Tibetan culture. Our car ran like the wind of the bituminous macadam surface.The broadleaf poplar and elm forests beside the roads were restful to our eyes.These new forests might have been planted when I first entered Tibet about 10 years ago. At that time, the Agricultural Ministry and UN Food and Agriculture Organization jointly invested in Tibet for Project 3357. In 1992, phase one of this project was completed and each investor came on an examination and acceptance visit. We also took the opportunity to carry out interviews.     

Standing In-Between Traditional and Modern Tibetan Cultur——Founding of the China Association for Protection and Development of Tibetan Culture

March 10, 2004 was an unusual day. A King Gesar singing party was being held in a packed hall. Inside, the balladeers were singing and King Gesar experts were making explanations, while, outside, many oth-ers, including foreign embassy officials,were waiting for a chance to enter.     

敦煌传统发新枝——段兼善绘画艺术

段兼善从小就生活在莫高窟,深受父亲段杰先生的熏陶。在尔后的艺术生涯中他与敦煌的情结一直延续了几十年,至今仍丹青为伴,笔耕不缀,在浩如烟海的敦煌传统艺术里苦苦求索,对敦煌艺术的再创造有独到的见地。     

Butter Sculptures：Art to Melt the Heart

Butter sculptures originated in the Tar Monastery in Qinghai Province. They form a kind of carving art, but the material used is butter mixed with mineral colors. The Tibetans think those who pay sacrifices to Buddha and Buddhist guardians will enjoy peace and happiness.     

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.     

Ancient Tibetan Manuscripts of the Tubo Period Recoverd form Dunhuang： Its Historical-Material Value in the Tibetan Studies

Ancient Tibetan documents of the Tubo period are amongst those discovered in the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang in i9oo. As handwritten documents in the ancient Tibetan language of the Tubo period, they are an important part of the international Dunhuang study and indispensable to Tibetology. Incomplete statistics     

Serfs＇ Wrath——Recollection of the Clay Sculptures

In 1974, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of Tibetan Autonomous Region,the Tibetan Revolution Exhibition Hall invited more than 10 teachers from the sculpture department of the Cen-tral Academy of Fine Arts and Luxun Academy of Fine Arts to create a group of sculptures with the motif of serfs‘ life under serfdom and their resistance.