THE BIRTH PLACE OF KING GESAR

Where is the State of Ling, described as the home of Gesar in King Gesar, therenowned epic? Some say it covered Dengke, Dege and even the bulk of the Kamba area; others say it was in a Sichuan area drained by the Yellow River, comprising Norgyi, Hongyuan and Aba; yet others favor Qubu in Gansu Province, where people of the Tibetan ethnic group lived in a com-pact community. Some, however, say Gesar's hometown was in the Golog-Yushu area of Qinghai Province, while others insist the Sta…     

TIBETAN LANGUAGE AND ITS TERMINOLOGY STANDARDIZATION——Introducing a New Perspective on the Standardization of Tibetan New Words andTerminology

The Tibetan language spoken by the Tibetans belongs to the Tibetan-Burmese branch of the Sino-Tibetan family. It has about six million users who live mainly in the Tibet Autonomous Region （TAR） and four other Tibetan-inhabited provinces： Qinghai Province, Sichuan Province, Gansu Province and Yunnan Province. The standardization of Tibetan terminology is an essential part of China＇s national policy on nationality and national languages. A special column named ＂Tibetan Language and its Terminology Standardization＂ is included in this issue to describe the birth, use, and development of Tibetan language especially the standardization of its new terminology.     

The Lunar January Monlam in the Lhamo Monastery

The Lhamo Monastery Town,a small town known as the "center of the south" in ancient times, lies at the junction of Gansu,Qinghai and Sichuan.The town is divided into two parts by a stream known as White Dragon River.In the northwest is the Town of the Lhamo Monastery,belonging to Luchu County,Gannan Prefecture, Gansu Province.In the southeast is the Nam Monastery Town,belonging to the Ruoergai County,Aba Prefecture of Sichuan Province.     

DEGE SUTRA PRINTING HOUSE:CULTURAL TREASURE

Dege, in Sichuan Province, faces Tibet across the Jinshajiang River. It is one of the three cultural centers for Tibetan-inhabited areas, the other two being Lhasa River in Tibet and Xiahe River in Gansu Province.SUTRA PRINTING HOUSE. In the end of 7th century, offspring of Gar Songtsan, minister of the Tubo King Songtsan Gambo, took refuge in the Kham area, settling on the banks of the Jinshajiang River. During the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the settlement grew in strength and…     

KYIRONG THE LAST MYSTERIOUS PLACE IN TIBET

Having graduated from university in 1976,The author set out on his journey to Tibet.He took the train from Qingdao of Shandong Province and,via several other places,to Liuyuan in Gansu Province.Changing train,he crossed over Qinghai,passed through Lhasa and then reached Shigatse.Finally,he reached his last stop-Kyirong County,the boundary of China and Nepal,and then stayed there for six years.     

ANCIENT BON BOOKS OF ZHUGQU ALONG WITH THEIR INHERITORS

正In June 2015,the reporter did some fieldwork in Hanban,Phunting,Chogona,Poyul,and Gompa in Zhugqu County,Gansu Province,and discovered some cultural relics which had been scattered among the people,particularly as many as21,500 pages of Bonist classics in 2,500 volumes and 180 books,80     

The BUTTER LANTERN FESTIVAL HELD IN THE LABRANG MONASTERY

On Feb.24,2013,an annual Butter Lantern Festival was held in the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,Gansu Province on the Chinese Lantern Festival.Each Chinese Lantern Festival,the monks would place the butter lanterns made of the Tibetan specialty of yak butter in the square before the sutra hall of the Labrang Monastery as a means to pray for good fortune and harvest.     

Tibetan Garments In Dragon Water

Tibetan garments unique to Zou Qu (Dragon Water in Tibetan language) constitute a part of the dress of the Tibetan race. Located in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southern Gansu Province, Zou Qu became a county in 1962.This part of the land is crisscrossed with three rivers-Beilongjiang, Gongba-he and Boyuhe. Major rivers here include Qingshanliang, at an elevation of 4,500 meters, and Yangboliang, slightly lower. The surviving environ-     

Button Headgear Women in Zhonyin

Zhonyin, covering 5,420 square km in the southeastern part of the Ganan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province, has a population of some 80,000 people from the Tibetan, Han and Tu ethnic groups. For reasons of geography, climate and living style, Tibetan women have adopted a different style in garments and garment decoration than others. Living in towns along the Zhaohe River, these women are called Button Headgear Women. According to local traditions, two married women will be …