Illustration of Two Paintings： Atra Leading an Elephant and a Mongolian Riding a Tiger

The images Atra Leading an Elephant and A Mongolian Riding a Tiger are paintingsloved by Tibetans. In old Tibet, the two images were seen most on both sides of the house gate of senior monks, or on both walls of the corridors to the shrines in some monasteries. They were less often found in secular buildings and almost never in the yards of common people. Therefore, we can infer that except for the injunction to avoid evil and make money, the images also stand for power and eminence.     

Jade Articles Collected in Tibetan Museum

Since the Yuan Dynasty, Tibet has been formally part of the territory of China. By keeping abreast with developments in the hinterland, Tibet has maintained close relations with other provinces in China and kept up to date. Mutual interactions were frequent i.e. Tibetans presented tributes to the central government and vice versa, the central governments bestowed largess on Tibetans. The largess included Buddhist statues, porcelains, silks, satins, and fabulous jade ornaments. In book entitled “Memoir of...     

谈几件唐三彩珍品

Those tri-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty are always treasured by many collectors and museums. In recent days, the author has opportunity to have appreciated several pieces of such utensils and figurines and can't help looking back the flourishing age of the art in the Tang Dynasty and the cultural connotation contained in it.     

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.     

VEGETATION IN MESOPOTAMIAN TEMPLE PRECINCTS：GARDENS，“SACRED GROVES” OR POTTED PLANTS？

It is usually believed that “sacred groves” found their origins in the Near East.According to Israel‘s prophets, cultic ceremonies were organized in suchplaces,during the Hellenistic period, famous “sacred groves” were located in the Near East, more precisely in Asia Minor,it is well-known Adonis himself camefrom Levant - and might be identified with the former Dumuzi -, as well as some cultic practices related to him originated from this region. Moreover, Frazer‘s research, at the end of the XIXth century, tackled the importance of “sacred groves” in archaic religions.     

Jade Articles Collected in Tibetan Museum

Since the Yuan Dynasty, Tibet has been formally part of the territory of China. By keeping abreast with developments in the hinterland, Tibet has maintained close relations with other provinces in China and kept up to date. Mutual interactions were frequent i.e. Tibetans presented tributes to the central government and vice versa, the central governments bestowed largess on Tibetans. The largess included Buddhist statues, porcelains, silks, satins, and fabulous jade ornaments. In book entitled "Memoir of Qing Taizhong", it was recorded that Emperor Shunzhi had once given the Fifth Dalai Lama an agate cup, two crystal cups, six jade cups, and one jade kettle.     

潜江市龙湾遗址群放鹰台第3号台试掘简报

No. 3 platform of Longwan Crowd Ruins at Fangyingtai is one component of Longwan palace crowd ruins of the East Zhou Dynasity. Spring in 1999, Qianjang municipal museum had a trial excavation on it within 100 square metres, and gained something important, we Discovered a yellow soil foundation, some fire soil holes, tiles, Sansui of the East Zhou Dynasty, and two hollows, one square well ruin of the west zhou dynasty, and unearthed a great deal of remains of the East and West Zhou Dynasty .such as li yu jar kettle dou basin urn water-jar copper ben and so on , including living utensils and productive tools. These unearthed remnants and remains have progressive role on discussion of the Longwan palace crowd ruins of the East Zhou Dynasty and the Chu civilization.     

Lhasa Basked in Sunshine

According to the records, there were 31 cities sited in the Lhasa area and 17 cities in the Xigaze area during the long history of Tibet. "City" actually meant "castle", and the fact is that there were no cities in the real meaning of the word. In some places, large or small pillboxes were built for human habitation without any streets, or even lanes, or surrounding city walls.     

Bitter Happy Trips

My husband and I worked in Gyilong County of Tibet for six hard years in the late 1970s. We enjoyed the right of paid visits to see our parents back in the hometown at certain intervals. We were happy about this program, although we often found such trips were somewhat bittersweet.     

那曲牧民的新生活

At the end of 2019,Ireceived a message from Tsering Gyalpo,a singer and storyteller of the epic of King Gesar.He said he and his fellow villagers had moved from Tsonyi County in Nagqu City to Sengpori,which is in Gonggar County of Lhoka City.With the message,there were some photos of him standing in front of a row of new houses and of himsitting in a living room with brand new furniture all around.