吉祥的塔公河

那一刻，我升起风马，不为乞福，只为守候你的到来：那一日，垒起玛尼堆，不为修德，只为投下心湖的石子！     

拉萨风筝季

在一洗如碧的天空中,两只风筝缠斗在一起,突然一只跌落下来,人群中爆发出阵阵喝彩声。 这就是西藏拉萨异彩纷呈的风筝季。     

REMEMBERING MY MOST REVEREDTUTOR DUNGKAL LOSANG. TRINLEY

On looking back on my life, I find I have met many people to whom I am indebted. Just like sunshine, their friendship and support has given me happiness and made me firm to my ideal with great passion and active impetus. Among them, most reverend and admired is my tutor, Mr. Dungkal Losang Trinley.     

DORJE NORBU AND HIS VEGETABLE GREENHOUSES

<正>Dorje Norbu is a villager from the first group of the village of Lhalung in the township of Tsari within Lhozhag County.What makes him different from other local villagers is he runs two separate vegetable greenhouses.Although he dropped out of junior middle school,he is still recognized as a skilled 30-yearold unmarried farmer who takes care of his mother.Dorje Norbu has been working two vegetable greenhouses by     

SAINT WARDENG SAMPO IN GYIRONG

At first Gyirong promises to be endearing, if only because of its name. In Tibetan, Gyirong means ＂comfortable valley＂. As Master Padmasambhava came to spread Buddhism in Tibet, he passed through Gyirong and found it had wonderful scenery and pleasant views. So he gave it the name ＂Gyirong＂ and from then on, that name is still being used.     

THE THREE MASTERS OF JO OLDRUM

The ＂three masters of Jo Oldrum＂ refers to Guru Jo Olgyal Palden Atisha and his two disciples： Drumdompa Gyaiwarongne and O1 Lepal Sherab who lived in the 10th Century. In Thangka and frescos, Guru Atisha sits in the middle, and his two disciples on either side. Such works are commonly found in the shrines of Tibetan monasteries. All three were initiated into the Sect of Kadam in Tibetan Buddhism during the 10th Century.     

如神护佑——喜马拉雅天铁护身符

每至六月,残春即尽时,桑杰云登就会只身前往甘南草原采集虫草。七十岁的桑杰是位安多藏人,他有双会说话的眼睛,总是在微笑。在夏河的小酒馆里,我们很谈得来。在一次醉酒之后,倚在炉火的光亮里,桑杰突然想起了什么,摇醒迷睡的我：“你看,芥子,这是我的天铁”,他从贴身处摸出一枚青铜铸造的小神像,就像掏出了自己的心脏般,神情隆重。     

最后的莲花圣地，墨脱

所有若有若无的道路,指向同一个终点：最后的莲花圣地——墨脱。来到这里的每个人,之前都有各自不同的想象;等到真的来了,有人欣喜,也有人失落。但不管你的情绪如何,墨脱就是墨脱,就是眼前的模样。你需要做的,是睁大眼睛去记录下这一切——这里总在不停地变,而且即将有更大的变化——因为,扎墨公路很快就要正式通车了。     

情迷雪域二万里

岁月如歌,人生如梦;时光如水,生命如诗。悠悠的岁月,匆匆的时光,流逝的是悲伤,沉淀的是快乐。     

New Books

Thangka Paintings of the Tibetan Oral Epic King Gesar The book is co-authored by Zhou Aiming and Jambian Gyamco. King Gesar is an oral epic widely sung and performed today by the broad masses of Tibetans. It has been preserved, spread and expanded with an ever- growing length and ever-enriched contents because of the balladeer, or ＂Zongken＂ in Tibetan.     

焦平面的背后

经常有朋友问赵利山：去过西藏多少次了？每次他都不知怎么回答，掰着手指都没法算出一个准确的数字，最后只有回答：很多次了。他并不善于用文字记录走过的旅程，在路上所看见的美景和故事都定格在了焦平面上。但其中总有一些事情让其印象深刻，有的可以与人分享，而有的则需要永远埋藏在心底，成为内心最深处的记忆!     

LUO NIANYI＇S CREATIONS OF TIBETAN SONGS

Luo Nianyi is honoured as ＂the foremost perforer in Chinese-Tibetan song＂ （appraise of Sherab Nyima, a Tibetologist） ＂Comrade Luo Nianyi is a composer beloved by Tibetan people＂ （from the introduetion to the Collection ofLuo Nianyi by Ngabo Ngawang Jigme）.     

小妖：翻越雪山来看你

回到背崩的第一个晚上,我住在“莲花缘”客栈的小木屋里,和小妖睡在同一张床上。屋外是一片田地,蛙的叫声大得惊人,如果仔细听,会觉得那不像蛙叫,而是山中的一种仪式。这是青蛙求偶的欢歌,在这个炎热多雨的季节,生命的渴望总是如此浓烈。     

七彩桑耶

桑耶原野的两翼向着天际伸展 依偎着绵延不绝的雅鲁藏布江 像一只硕大的鹏鸟滑翔着空气 静悄悄,只有色彩,无有声息     

有故事的垦丁,玩不尽的垦丁

姐姐Ibi推荐自由行的朋友到垦丁来,因为垦丁是一个“不小心就发生故事”的地方,比如垦丁小径民宿老板Kili和Bear的故事。     

通向墨脱:35年

在中国广袤的大地上,在全国2800多个县（旗、市、区）当中,迄今为止,只剩下这唯一一个不通公路的县——西藏墨脱。     

忠玉：猎人谷传奇

独特的地形,使忠玉与世隔绝在密林中,极为封闭。据说古时西藏政府想派人到忠玉收税,也只能望山兴叹,悻悻而回。     

西藏的云

来过西藏或准备来西藏的人,吸引他们的,除了高原美丽的风景,还有蓝天和白云。矗立在地球上的世界屋脊,离蓝天更近,也离白云更近。西藏的云到底是个什么样子呢？很多人对此产生了很大的兴趣。     

Six Months in Changtang

There is a place where the grassland is so vast it spreads to the horizon.Under the blue sky and white clouds, ＂white buttocks＂（goas, because of the white, heart-shaped patch on its rump）stroll leisurely in the sun,     

THE MARRIAGE VIEWS OF RIGZIN, AN ELDER FROM NAMSELING

<正>Polyandry is an ancient custom common in the countryside of Tibet.No scholar,who studies Tibetan social culture,could avoid the topic.However,like other plac...