The Dissemination and Transformation of Han Chinese-style Sudhana or Chinese-Style Children in Tibetan Buddhist Art during the Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty was one of the important periods of cultural exchange and amalgamation between Han Chinese and Tibetans.Along with the governance of Tibet and other Tibetan areas by the Central Government of the Ming Dynasty,Tibetan culture represented by Buddhism and its art was disseminated in the interior of China,primarily in Nanjing city and Beijing city,the capital of the Ming dynasty.At the same time,Chinese culture represented by Chinese Buddhism and its art was also introduced into Tibet and other Tibetan areas.     

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正A Collection of the History of the Ethnic Hans and Ethnic Tibetans This book was written during the Ming Dynasty by Datsang Drumpa Poljor Sampo.Chen Qingying,a famous modern Tibetologist,translated the work,a key piece of literature to gain a better understanding of Tibetan history throughout the Yuan Dynasty.     

A Look at Sino--Tibetan Relations through Tibetan Cold Weapons

Tibetan armament has a long history that is heavily influenced by the culture of Central Plains. An important part of the Chinese culture of armaments, they also retain their uniqueness and interrelationship. In Tibetan historical records written in the Ming Dynasty, there were detailed accounts of swords. In general, Tibetan armaments advanced substantially during the Tang Dynasty by learning from the Tang.     

MING DYNASTY RULE OVER TIBET

In 1368, when Zhu Yuanzhang brought down the Yuan Dynasty and founded the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), he sized up the situation and worked out a policy for ruling Tibet.Unlike the Yuan Dynasty, which supported the Sagya Sect exclusively, the Ming court decided to give as many official titles to lamas with various Tibetan Buddhist sects as possible; both monk and lay people were given official titles.For this purpose, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent officials carrying imperial…     

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正Study on Tibetan Local Chronicles in the Period of the Qing Dynasty Zhao Xinyu,the author of this five-chapter book,was previously the president of the Southwest University for Nationalities.From a chorographical and philological perspective,readers are offered an overall and systematic study on the dates and sources derived from wellknown Tibetan local chronicles from the Qing Dynasty as well as the relationship among those     

明王yu等兰陵倡和诗卷考述

“Lanling Duet Poems“was orginated from Wang and his poetic works.Wang was a native of Wujin ,Jiangsu Province,in the Ming Dynasty.He once servced as a sacrificial ceremony supervisor at the Nanjing Imperial College and Minister of Revenue of Nanjing . He was a knowledgeable official,with many famous works to his credit.The “duet Poems of Wnag and Et Al“is among the works by Wang and his friends .As little was left of his writings .this book is of great value.     

Qing Rule Over Tibet

In the early 17th century, when the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was about to fall, Manchurian forces headed by Norhachi grew in strength in northeast China. They annexed neighboring tribes and set up the Later Jin regime in present-day Xinbing of Liaoning Province in 1616.     

Buddhist Mercy for Tibetan Pheasants

The Garze Tibetan Ethnic Group Autonomous Prefecture is located on the southern tip of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, east of the Henduan Mountains, is a 7,323-square-km area full of thrilling scenery-none more so that the perennially snow-covered Buddhist holy land called Nyainqengonggar Risumgongbu. About 8 km away from the county seat is the Zhiyi (Four-Dragon) Monastery belonging to the White Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It was built in the middle part of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), wh…     

简论明早期瓷器及相关问题

The author analysed the modelling, character and influence of porcelain of Jingdezhen official kilns from Hongwu, Yongle, Xuande Zhengtong, Jingtai and Tianshun period in early Ming Dynasty( 1368-1457)of Chinese history dependent on rich data in this article. Author indicated that the rulers of that time negated Yuan Dynasty by the Menggu Nationality meanwhile resumed the Confucian Culture of Song Dynasty and aesthetic standards of the Han Nationalyity and these ones were reflected obviously at porcelain of the official kilns.     

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,     

SHOBA LHAMO COMES TO THE DACHO TEMPLE

A Tibetan opera troupe unexpectedly came to Dacho Temple in the suburbs of Beijing that was built during the Liao Dynasty.The OriginIn October 2005, the National Ethnic Minority Cultures Fair was held in Beijing. The Shoba Lhamo Tibetan Opera Troupe, which attended the fair as a member of the Tibetan Delegation, performed and won the excellent performance prize of the China folk opera competition. The traditional Tibetan opera item Zholwa Sangmo (segments) won the gold prize of Chin…     

On the Second Booming Period in Chinese Translation History

From the late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty,it came to the second booming period for the translation.During this period,the translations were mainly concerned with the western science and technology.And the strategies adopted by both the Jesuits and Chinese scholar-bureaucrat translators were different from those of the Buddhist sutra translations.The paper discusses the strategies in the translation of western science and technology and significance of translating activities during this period.     

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A Discussion on Ganden Tripa, a Monastery witho..t a Master The author is Wang Weiqiang. To date, the topic of Ganden Tripa has never been systematically studied. From the first day that the Monastery of Ganden was built by Tsongkhapa and established in the year of 1409, Ganden Tripa came into the world that is the abbot of the Monastery of Ganden. The vast number of disciples looks upon Ganden Tripa as inheriting its authority. On examining Tibetan history from the Qing Dynasty, you will find that although the eentral government placed the Dalai Lama at the peak of the Tibetan unification system of religion,     

Porcelain of The Ming and Qing Dynasties

June 28,2003, saw theopening of the Exhibition ofMing and Qing Dynasty Chi-naware in the Tibet Museum. A total of 103 pieces were on display, an overwhelming majority produced by the Jingdezhen Official Kiln of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911) and the remainder by the Zhejiang Longquan Official Kiln.The Tibet Museum is the first modern museum of the Tibet Autonomous Region, with a rich collection of cultural relics, including some 2,000 pieces of porcelain produced     

试论陈道复晚年设色花卉画之生趣

Chen Daofu, painter of the Ming Dynasty, was reputed for his water painting of flowers while people negleet the research of his color flower paintings that were also very elegant.Upon this impression the author hereto introduces his artistic characteristies with respects to the style,the brush and the form.     

Tibetan Buddhism and the Economy of the Yuan Dynasty

Generally speaking, Tibetan Buddhism played a very important part in the politics of the Yuan Dynasty: it had accelerated the alliance between Mongolia and Tibet on one hand and also brought the Tibetan district under the jurisdiction of China's Central Government on the other. Meanwhile, Tibetan Buddhism had become extremely conceited because the whole Dynasty, especially the imperial court, esteemed it too     

KITE SEASON IN LHASA

<正>If you sit by the Lhasa River in the deep autumn,all you hear around you would be people talking about kites.Unique in style,Tibetan kites are popular in Lhasa,Shigatse,and Tsetang,even spreading into the neighboring countries of Nepal and Bhutan.During the Qing Dynasty,Tibetan kites were prevalent among the Tibetan upper class.It is said that     

THE YUAN DYNASTY TIBETAN OFFICIAL ARCHIVES LISTED IN THE MOWCAP

In the Fifth plenary session of the MOWCAP(Asian and Pacific Region Division of UNESCO) which was held in Bangkok on May 16th,2012,the Yuan Dynasty Tibet Official Archives,was successfully listed in the Memory of World Catalog of the Asian and Pacific Region on the recommendation and votes of experts,and as proposed by the Archives Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region. This selection signifies another major step in preserving the cultural heritage of the Yuan Dynasty     

时钟之美

The manufacture of the mechanical clocks began from the 13th Century in Europe and spread into China in the late Ming Dynasty.During the Kangxi Reign of the Qing Dynasty, the industry of making mechanical clocks became popular and formed three manufacturing centers: Beijing for the royal use, Guang zhou and Nanjing.