Tibetan Medicine Master Zekang Qamba Tuwang

Zekang Qamba Tuwang was a well-known person around the turn of the 20th century,and once served as the first chief of the Lhasa Calendaring Center(called Moinzekang in Tibetan) and as the private medical doctor of the 13th Dalai Lama.     

My Career as a Tibetan Medicine Doctor

IntheTibetanYearoftheIronDragon(1940),anoldnunwaspracticingdivinationatmyhome.ShelookeddirectlyinmYfaceandchantedspellsveryseriously.AdieJumPedoutofthebottIesheheldwithbothhands.ThebovisnotsuDDosedtoheaaovernmentofficial,"mur-muredthenunwhenshehadstudiedthedie."Otherwise,hewillnotlivepast18yearsold."Ifhestudiesmedicine,hewillbeveryaccomplished."Iwasbomin1929,andatthattimewasa13-year-oldlamawiththeZhaibungMonaSterylhavelongearsandlargehead.ManysaidthisindicatedthatIwasveryintel-ligent.T…     

Director Kunsang Norbu of Sog County Art Troupe简

<正>The Art Troupe of Sog County in Nagqu Prefecture is loved deeply by the locals.It has an illustrious history of over 50 years.Among its former members are fa...     

HOR NORBU YULGYEL,INHERITOR OF TUNGDOR SCHOOL OF THANGKA PAINTING

<正>The new area of the Tengchen county seat is full of tall buildings,but the four huge"Khyungpo Tengchen"characters painted on the mountain and Tengchen Monastery,an ancient Bon monastery sitting on the mountain     

捕鱼能手 鸬鹚

<正>西湖是人间天堂,也是鸟类乐园。每年冬天,大批鸬鹚从北方飞来越冬,西湖成为游人观赏鸬鹚、鸟人拍摄鸬鹚的好去处。我跻身在这人群中,欣赏、拍摄并渐渐研究起来。当我每拍一种鸟并探寻它的历史背景时,激动的心久久不能平静,以至于有"百种鸟有百种故事"的赞叹。     

Tibetan Environment: Facts and Figures

Ｔｉｂｅｔａｎ　Ｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔ：　Ｆａｃｔｓ　ａｎｄ　ＦｉｇｕｒｅｓＴｉｂｅｔａｎＥｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔ：ＦａｃｔｓａｎｄＦｉｇｕｒｅｓ￥ＣＨＦＮＧＦＡＮＴｉｂｅｔｉｓｆｒｅｅｆｒｏｍｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｐｏｌｌｕｔｉｏｎ．ｉｔｓｃｕｌ...     

Zhaxi Cering: Master Fresco Painter

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Tibetan Population:Favorable Changes

More 100-Year-Olds in TibetWhen Yuzin, aged 101, woke up tofind warm sunlight comingthrough the windows of her room, sherose to wash and breakfast. After this,she made a small pot of buttered tea andcarried it on a ritual walk around theBuddha pagoda in the village. As a matter of fact, Yuzin is one of116 people aged over 100 years old inTibet. In 1991, however there wereonly 57 such people.     

Tibetan Handicrafts: Kardian Cushion

It is very common to see low-lyingwooden beds along two or threesides of the walls. On these bedsare generally 10-cm-thick woolenor straw mattresses, covered with kar-dian cushions. These are used to sit onduring the day ana sleep on at night. In summer, when people visit lingkawoods, they take the cushions withthem to sit on. Comparatively rich families add a     

Erasmus Darwin: Master of Interdisciplinary Science

Abstract

Dr Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) was by profession a physician, at Lichfield and later Derby, and was widely regarded as the leading doctor in Britain, author of the massive treatise Zoonomia (1794–6). His many original contributions to science cover a wide range of disciplines, including physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology, plant growth and nutrition and evolutionary biology. He was a prolific inventor, a close friend of Boulton and Watt, and a leading spirit in the ‘Lunar Society’ of Birmingham. In the 1790s he became the most famous poet of the day with his Botanic Garden, which greatly influenced Coleridge, Wordsworth and others.     

SANGZHUB:Master Balladeer Known to All

In 1984 when I went to Lhasafor the Gesar Singing Party, Icame across Sangzhub whoseperformance lied deeplyembedded in my mind. In 1985 whenhe went to Beijing for further trip toChifeng, Inner Mongolia, where hewould attend the Seminar on KingGesar, I showed him around in thecity. In the ensuing years, we hadfurther contacts.Sangzhub does not talk a lot.However, we found we had much toexchange whenever we met. He isvery humorous, and impressed me asa talkative old Tibetan man.LEARNIN…     

弘一大师温州情缘 温州博物馆藏弘一大师致友人郭奇远信札

今年是我国新文化运动早期活动家、律宗大师弘一（李叔同）诞辰130周年。其前半生以李叔同名号而盛誉于艺术教育界,是我国新文化运动的先驱,介绍音乐和话剧及西洋绘画的先行者。后半生潜研佛学,编著佛学典籍,人称＂律宗大师＂。     

Zhaxi Cering:First-Generation Tibetan Pilot

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