THE Fabulous Tibetan Textile Products

My First Connection with Tibetan Apron Browsing through my old album,I suddenly find a 10- year-old photo of me taken to commemorate my achievements as a merit student.Looking at me in the photo,my cheeks were flushed as I had just came back     

大地微观:奇诡的阿斯哈图冰石林

在内蒙古自治区赤峰市克什克腾旗(注)北部,有一处世界罕见的石林奇观--阿斯哈图冰石林. "阿斯哈图"是蒙古语,意为"险峻的岩石".阿斯哈图冰石林规模宏伟、数量众多,形状非常奇特,经地质学家鉴定是第四纪冰川时期形成的冰石林.     

THE MODERN FACE of Tibetan Traditional Culture

<正>This series of papers is the phasic result of a research program entitled A Study on the Relationship of Tibetan Buddhism and Ethnic Tibetans, conducted by the"985"Research Center for Contemporary Key Ethnic and Religious Issues of the Central University for Nationalities.Professor Palpal Dorje and his graduate students have worked strenuously for up to 5 years in sociological studies to achieve remarkable results.All papers were published in The Journal of Northwest University Nationalities(Philosophy and Social Science,issue 3,2009).We herewith express our appreciation to Professor Palpal Dorje for his permission to include excerpts from a couple of the papers in this journal.     

THE FIRST Female Professor of Tibetan Culture

Dondrup Lhamo,from Sichuan Province,is the first famous female Professor in the early of 20 century in China.She was then called＂a cruising eagle over the Tibetan Plateau＂Prof Yang Enhong,a scholar of oral epic King Gesar. interviewed her two years ago.Here are excerpts from their talks.     

The Fabulous Tales of the Common People,Part 2: Encountering Hadrian's Wall

Abstract

In 2003, the Hadrian's Wall National Trail was opened, providing a 135 km (84 mile) public footpath along the length of the Roman frontier from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway. Each year, thousands of visitors walk the Trail from end-to-end and many more make day trips to visit specific locations within the wider World Heritage Site. In the second of two related papers (see Witcher, 2010), consideration turns from professional and popular visual representations of Hadrian's Wall to the ways in which visitors physically experience the monument and its landscape. The paper explores how embodied and sensory encounters produce and reproduce understandings which are charged with cultural and political meaning. Specifically, the elision of visitors and Roman soldiers through a process of embodied empathy/sympathy is outlined. It is argued that the way in which Western society assumes familiarity with an ancestral Roman Empire actively reduces the interrogative potential of encounters with the monument and limits visitors' ability to reflect on the significance of the Wall. The paper goes on to consider alternative modes of visual and physical engagement, drawing inspiration from virtual communities including geocachers who have used Information Technology such as Global Positioning Systems and Web 2.0 functionality to develop innovative modes of representation and encounter.     

Tibetan History (in Tibetan)

AuthoredbyTubdainPuncog,thisbooktellsofthehistoricaldevelopmentofThebookrecordstheexperienceofthescientificsurveyteamsentbytheChineseAcademyofSciencestotheQinghai-TibetPlateau.Theteamwascomposedofthreegroupsofpeo-Wewe(k-)uthoredbyTubdainPUncog,thesbookLte…     

闲话糌粑

说到糌粑,先要说说青稞。关于青稞,笔者有一个意外的发现,这种青藏高原上特有的农作物,是"随同藏族跨省区分布"的,而在非藏族的区域,就很少见到这种农作物。同样是这种情况的,还有牦牛和藏马。这种人与自     

Tibetan Football

In general view,people always believe that the“roof of the world“at 4000 meters above sea level would never have any connection with football.However,the fact is that football is no less popular in Tibet than it is in any other place.Particularly in recent years, on the snow-capped plateau,the residents increasingly love football.An ordinary football match can attract a big group of fans.Whenever     

西藏俳蛱蝶

在西藏东南部的原始森林中,栖息着一种以西藏命名的大型蛱蝶。它多年以来一直被认为是西藏蝴蝶的名片之一,众多昆虫爱好者都希望能一睹其真容,它就是西藏俳蛱蝶。分类位置:鳞翅目,歧蝶科,线缺蝶亚科,俳蛱蝶属。描述:中大型蛱蝶。前后翅均狭长,前翅顶角尖锐;背面棕黑色,前翅具1条鲜黄色的宽中带,后翅具1条白色的宽中带,外缘饰有1列锈红色环纹。     

Tibetan Woodcarving

Keeping Abreast with Religious Advancement
The chapel in the Tashilhunpo Monastery for the stupa of the 10th Panchen Lama was built in 1993. I found the woodcarving art was my newly discovered complex art. When and where from does Tibetan woodcarving originates？ I have not yet to make any conclusions from all my research. Notwithstanding, academic circles generally conclude that the origin and advancement of Tibetan woodcarving art was keeping abreast with the dissemination and development of Buddhism in Tibet. That is to say woodcarving was included when Songtsen Gampo built the Tubo Kingdom in the 7^th Century.     

Tibetan Football

In general view,people always believe that the"roof of the world"at 4000 meters above sea level would never have any connection with football.However,the fact is that football is no less popular in Tibet than it is in any other place.Particularly in recent years, on the snow-capped plateau,the residents increasingly love football.An ordinary football match can attract a big group of fans.Whenever     

Tibetan Mastiff

About twenty or thirty years ago,the Tibetan mastiff served only as a shepherd dog for Tibetan herders,but today it has a five,six or seven-figure Yuan worth.     

Tibetan Knife

The Tibetan knife is essentialto Tibetan people's life. It alsohas high art value as a form ofethnic handcraft with a long-standing good reputation athome and abroad. The typical Tibetan knives ofthe Xigaze area are from Lhazeand Xietoinmen, which hasbecome a very fashionable sou-venir or gift for tourists to takehome. The shinning bright knifeis a completely handmade of     

Tibetan Knives

The style of Tibetan knives comes in four kinds:knives unique to the Lhasa and Xigaze areas,Gungbo area,Amdo area and Kham area.Lharze and Namling Tibetan knives are what people always talk about as being representative of the knives found in the Lhasa and Xigaze aareas.Craftsmen in the Lharze and Namling areas pay much attention to the steel-making fire when making the knife‘s edge.     

藏医

藏医药学是一门古老的医学科学,它是藏族先民们在漫长的历史长河中,不断与自然界和各种疾病进行斗争的经验总结。藏医学在发展中充分开发和利用高原独有自然条件和药物资源的同时,还借鉴地吸收了兄弟民族以及周边国家（东亚各国）医药学的精华,博采众家之长,通过不断研究总结、反复实践,逐步提高,从而形成的一门传统医学,具有鲜明的民族特色和高原特色。藏医学不仅历史悠久,理论完整,内容丰富。在现代医学高度发达的今天,藏医学在某些疾病的治疗方面都还有着其独特的方法和显著的疗效,在某些治疗领域尚没有理想的替代方法。藏医学的临床价值,历史价值和学术价值等也越来越多地被人们了解和认知。今天,藏医学已和中医学、古印度医学和西方传统医学并称为世界四大传统医学。     

敦煌吐蕃文书中的藏族古代沐浴和药浴文化

2018年11月,藏医药浴法被联合国列入人类非物质文化遗产代表作名录。随着这一消息,藏医药浴走进公众视野,被国内外所熟知。在西藏范围内,藏医药浴认知度、普及度颇高,但是对于它的前世脉络,人们却知之甚少。刘英华是中国藏学研究中心北京藏医院特聘专家、副研究员,通晓古藏文,研究藏医药学已有20年,2007年至2017年10次赴印度、6次赴尼泊尔学习梵文和梵文医典《八支心要集》。