Lobsang Dainzin in No-Man＇s Area

Living in the residential area behind the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Lobsang Dainzin recalls how he worked for 26 years on the Northern Tibet Plateau, with the first 17 years in Xainzha,Wenbo and Shuanghu. At that time,Xainzha County covered 190,000 square km, but with two-thirds of it considered to be a no-man‘s land. Nyima County and the Shuanghu Special Administrative Area now occupy this latter area.     

西藏美术馆变身拉萨新地标

Back at where he started 44 years ago,63-year-old Lobsang Dorje was a bit emotional.In front of the huge grey buildings,he stopped for a long time.He pointed at the towering grey cylindrical building, "Built in 1986,the wet-process kiln production line could produce 100,000 tons annually.It had been in operation until 201 1.Before my retirement,I was the assistant plant manager here."     

FIRST TIBETAN WEATHER OBSERVER VISITS THE SOUTH POLE

Thousands of scientists in the world have visited the South Pole for scientific survey, but one of the most unique is Benba Cering from Tibet and the first Tibetan to do the work. Sent by the Chinese Academy of Meteorology and its Tibetan Branch, he stayed at the South Pole for 15 months.Benba, now 28, graduated from the Nanjing Institute of Meteorology in 1996, and was assigned to remote sensing work in the Tibet Academy of Meteorology. Three years later, he was invited to receive tra…     

GYAMA CHOEPEL'S UNUSUAL PATH

正Gyama Choepel is a Tibetan man born in the Medrogungkar County of Lhasa. He grew up predominantly in Nyingchi. The man drives for a living and has a rich understanding of the local Tibetan culture and its customs. When talking with customers, especially photographers, he takes the opportunity to shower them with stories of his experiences and the knowledge he gained over the years, and he is well known     

西藏美术馆变身拉萨新地标（英文）

正Back at where he started 44 years ago,63-year-old Lobsang Dorje was a bit emotional.In front of the huge grey buildings,he stopped for a long time.He pointed at the towering grey cylindrical building, "Built in 1986,the wet-process kiln production line could produce 100,000 tons annually.It had been in operation until 201 1.Before my retirement,I was the assistant plant manager here."     

New Books

正The Land of Khampa With 12 years of experience working in the Tibet Autonomous Region, the author,Shen Yang, has gained profound affection for the people who live upon the high plateau.After the author is transferred to work in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in 2016,he uses his abundant life and work experiences and broad knowledge to provide readers     

Butler of The Potala Palace

When Qamba Lobsang bade farewell to his uncle at the Norbu Lingka, summer palace of the Dalai Lama, he didn't realize he would be doing the same job as the old man in the future: serving as a butler at the palace.However, what Galsang is doing is somewhat different from what his uncle used to do. As a senior official under the Gaxag government in old Tibet, his uncle was charged with tending the Potala Palace and Norbu Lingka. As     

Trees in Lhasa

Trees are flourishing in Lhasa wherever the history exists. There is such a man. He has already been through cus-toms after his annual trek to Lhasa, which he has been doing for over twenty years in succession to visit his tree.Although he has been making this journey for so long,it is neither to visit friends or family,nor is it his hometown.It is a tree that is tied so profoundly to his heart.When the wind blows fiercely on the bare tree and winter snow falls,he stands be-fore the tree with tears of jo...     

Tenzin Yeshi and His Path of Tibetan Opera

正Tenzin Yeshi is a graduate student in Minzu University of China.Beside from being a student,he has an unique identity,a young Tibetan opera artist.During last year's Shoton Festival in Lhasa,he performed on the stage as a member of Shoba Lhamo,a Tibetan opera group for the first time.This association dates back to sixty years ago,and he finally realized his Tibetan opera dream after twenty years.     

Iodel of Library Training Prograrm at the Tibet Library

Librarianship in Tibet has changed gradually through the years. Its development has been closely tied to the movement of history, economics, and culture in Tibet. There are many issues that have become obstacles in the development of Tibetan libraries. Foremost among these issues is the shortage of professionally trained librarians. This paper discusses the history of Tibetan libraries, and explores the situation of the library and information science （LIS） profession in Tibet. Finally, through analysis of current situations and problems, this paper discusses a model of a library training program at the Tibet library to provide variety and appropriate continuing education for librarians in Tibet.     

A FAMOUS TIBETAN DOCTOR IN EAST TIBET

<正>As deputy president,he has been working in the clinical department for 12 years.His daily clinical consultations average up to 50 patients.In one year,he attends over ten thousand patients. He is Dr.Jampa Gelek,a famous senior Tibetan doctor working as deputy president in the Tibetan Hospital of Chamdo Prefecture.For many years,his outstanding medical knowledge, skills and high medical ethics are well known in the east of Tibet.     

DOING SOMETHING FOR THE ADVANCEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF ETHNIC CULTURES

Kunkyap Dontse was born in 1950 in Xinlong ounty of Garze Tibetan Autonomous refecture in Sichuan Province.In 1975,he graduated from the Art Department of the Central College for Nationalities.He was then sent to Bathang Normal School in Sichuan to teach.Three years later, he was transferred to work in the Education Bureau of Garze.In 1983,he was employed by the Tibetan School of Sichuan as deputy president,mainly in charge of educational affairs.In 1988,he was working for the Editing and Translation Bur...     

Record of the Hump Route Mapping

Editor＇s Note： Hu Mingcheng, the author of this article, was born in the Hanchuan County of Hubei Province in 1917. After graduation from the National Land Survey School in 1940, he began land surveying work. In the Chinese People＇s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he took part in the cartography work of the India-China border regions involving cooperation between China and America, and was charged with surveying the difficult areas in Kham. At the beginning of 1947, he went to America for advanced studies at the US Navy Astronomical Observatory and the Coastal Survey Bureau. He came back to China in the fall of 1948. In May 1949, he joined the headquarters of the 2nd field army in Nanjing, occupying the post of deputy captain of the Survey Squadron. In October of the same year, he took part in the battle to liberate the southwest. He was transferred to the Mapping Bureau of the Military Committee as a researcher. In recent years he wrote ＂The on-the-spot record of the India-China chart mapping by China and America in the Chinese People＇s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression＂. We have chosen a part of his narrative to share with readers.     

Entering Tibet on Foot

In November 1967, when the chaotic “cultural revolution” was in full swing, Cheng Demei, at the age of 19, and his schoolmates made a three-month, 2,00 km journey from Chengdu to Lhasa in winter. Thirty years later, he wrote a book, Reflection on Tibet,recording this experience and the luck that brought him and Tibet together. This book has been published by the China Tibetology Press.In this article, an extract from the book is offered to entertain readers.     

Old Shezang＇s Story

The Namseling Manor rests on a site by a river, south of Samye Monastery and within the boundary of Namseling Village, County of Chanang in Lhoka Prefecture. The Manor was built during the Phagdrup regime. The Namseling Manor is a model of Tibetan feudal serfdom society. As an early, large-scalemanor house built in a time when Tibetan society lived under a serf-based regime, Namseling has survived hundreds of years as a witness to the formation and development of a feudal manor. After democratic reform in Tibet, the Namseling Manor stood deserted for more than half a century. The present manor, no longer what it once was, has embraced many life stories, including that of Shezang. The now elderly Shezang was born in Nagqu in 1927. Both his parents were servants in the nobleman＇s household. At 14 he was taken to Lhasa to work as a babysitter. The next year his parents passed away one by one. A fellow villager told him the news when he returned to Namseling at 26. Shezang has a younger sisterbut they were separated in Nagqu when both were still young. They never met again.     

MR.PALDO TALKS ABOUT TIBETAN TRADITIONAL SPORTS

Mr.Paldo is a famous person;not only is he gifted at studies in Tibetan music and recognized for his music monographs, but has had rich experience in Tibetan folk culture as well.In old Tibet,he worked for merchants as a team member of caravans to transport goods,perform on the flute,or even act as a soldier.This rich life experience has enabled him to be knowledgeable in Tibetan folk culture.     

NYIMA SICHUL:BUILDING A “HUAXI DREAM” IN TIBET

正The weather has turned warm,the pastures green,and Nyima Sichul is busy again.He can be seen in every corner of the village,building irrigation canals and roads,tending to elderly people with no family,and providing I employment services.The villagers come to him with all kinds of issues,and he always goes out of his way to help them,and bears responsibility without grudge.Not only that,he has worked out ways to bring in more income for the     

十年耕耘 十年收获──纪念《华夏考古》创刊十周年

Huaxia Archaeology is an archaeogical journal designed to suit the needs of academic research sponsored and edited by Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics an dArcaeology.Sine it was issued in 1987, a large amount of important archaeological repotrs, academic papers and some excellent translations have been published. Thus it becomes a garden for the exhibition of achivements and a school for training archaeologists and has been rewarded at both the provincial and the national levels after year. This paper summarizes the extraordinary successes of the journal in the last ten years.     

Aid Fuels Faster Socio-Economic Development

In the past 40 years since the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the area has developed at an extraordinarily fast rate. All this has taken place with the strong support of the Central Government and various fraternal provinces and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Blind to the situation, however, the 14th Dalai Lama and his clique, last April,again dished up the so-called Intemational Development Project in Tibet and Guidelines for Sustainable Development (hereinafter referred to as the Guidelines). The proposal contains lies and distorted facts,negating the great achievements in the social and economic development in Tibet, openly attacking national aid to the region and rejecting the idea of the Tibetan people accepting the socialist system.     

WHERE DOES THE SOUL GO?

Ngari, tucked away at an elevation of 4,500 meters, is known for its remoteness. In July 2002,I was offered a chance to revisit the remote area for the first time in 10 years.1 went there mainly out of a desire to return to the great nature. Like many others, I yearned for a chance to escape the workaday life and seek the opportunities offered by a region that has barely been touched by human beings.