民间石雕艺术

Chinese folk stone sculpture has long history in people's material and spiritual life, most of which are made by unknown craftsmen.They are of great value on art and historic culture to display splendid technique, tricky design and admirable creativity of ancient Chinese craftsmen. As to the use of stone sculpture, it can be used as the part and decoration of the architecture, formed to serve the religion or practical utensil for daily use or appreciation, which is might be called a grand book.     

Restoration of a calligraphy work by Yang Jisheng北大核心

While traditional techniques are still used for the restoration of calligraphy and painting works, modern analytical technologies can also be included to achieve cultural relic restoration effects by following the relevant principles. This paper takes the restoration of a calligraphy work by Yang Jisheng in the collection of Fengxian Museum as a case to show how the combination of modern analytical technologies and traditional restoration techniques—by selecting suitable materials for restoration and conservation through the analysis of disease types, paper materials and mounting characteristics of the work—can achieve the best restoration effect. © 2023, Sciences of Conservation and Archaeology. All Rights Reserved.     

Tangka Painting of Gesar

Rope and other patterns on pottery unearthed from the Karub cultural sites, dating back some 5,000 years, are considered to be the earliest examples of painting art known so far. Rock paintings believed to have come later constitute the embryo of Tibetan painting art.Tangka painting is closely related to frescoes in terms of painting art. Tangka is created to reproduce what is painted in the fresco. Cultures prevalent in China's hinterland, India and Nepal exerted deep influence on Tibetan painting art.Both Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng brought the Han Chinese culture into Tibet, which proved to be a boon for the development of Tibetan painting art. With construction of the Potala Palace, Jokhang, Qamzhub and other monasteries, Tibetan painting art developed apace. Frescoes in Jokhang Monastery, Qamzhub Monastery and Potala Palace, still visible today, feature a simple nature, with rich colors and concise lines, while figures were painted in an     

吐蕃第一窟－－拉萨市药王山札那路浦石窟的几个问题

In this article, through the studies on the statues of brag-lha-klu-phug in Lhasa, combining with Chinese and Tibetan documents, the author makes a further exploration into its date, artistic styly and the relations with the Buddhist art of the neighbourhood. Apart from the influence of the art of grottos in Hexi Area, the traditional cultural relations between Tubo and Nepal, India also should be considered. The styles of statues, the Grotto of Tubo dynasty is closer to that of the Buddhist art of Nepal.     

明清家具装饰概述

The decoration of furniture in Ming and Qing Dynasties is an important part to display the grand achievement and advanced art level of that time, which echoes with the form and structure of the furniture. The following points can be studied for the decoration: the partly decoration, various methods and the topic and content of the decoration. Through long years' practice,special styles are created to dedicate obvious artistic characteristic and great value of beauty.     

TIBETAN PAPER MONEY WITH THE LARGEST FACE VALUE

Of the paper money issued by the former government of Tibet is one with a face value of 100taels of Tibetan silver. As it is marked in Tibetan language, which few can read. it can still be found in ancient coins shops in Beijing.Printing and Issuing at Tibetan Paper MoneyThe year 1912 saw the local gov-ernment of Tibet set up a local bank which began printing five single-color paper money with varied lace value, including:-One with a face value of sevenqian (one qian equals to five grams)a…     

Designer of The 100-Tael-Silver-Denominated Tibetan Currency

Three Generations of Painters Dainba Raodain, whose father was Zongdog Galsang Norbu, was born in 1941. He used to be an elementary school teacher, while also carrying out research on the Tibetan epic King Gesar, and he served as a fine art editor for a publishing house. In 1980, Dainba Raodain was transferred to Tibet University to teach art. He won the Excellence In Teaching Achievement Prize from the State Education Commission in 1990, and the Prize of the Wu Zuoren International …     

Steuber,Jason, and Guolong Lai eds.Collectors,Collections, and Collecting the Arts of China: Histories & Challenges

This volume,the third publication sponsored by the Harn Museum of Art and the University of Florida,contains a number of interesting discussions,investigations,and insights on the subject of collecting Chinese art in 1950s North America and Europe.Each chapter,dedicated to a single museum (in most cases),can stand on its own,in that each museum has its own history to share and its own challenges to face.I benefited from reading this work and learned much from its large quantity of information on museums' collecting histories and from the biographical accounts and studies of individual collectors.     

论乐平古戏台的艺术特征

It has been a popularity to build opera stages in the village of Le Ping in Jiangxi Province since the ancient time and a great number of the Ming and Qing Dynasties have been handed down to form a paramount of traditional art characterized with ancientness, abundance and beauty. The gorgeousness, the vigour and the elegance of the ancient stages are really rare in the Jiangxi Province even throghout China, which has already reached the peak of the building art of opera stage.     

凉山彝族的漆作工艺

Lacquer ware is the invention of China and still be used and produced in civilian life. That made from area of Mountain Liang is most characterized with ancientness and simplicity. The author has thrice been there to investigate the social history and art of lacquer. This passage introduces the procedure of making lacquer wares in detail, which is believed to be of great value to the research of the social culture.     

“所愁晓漏促，不恨灯销柱”——记青铜人骑兽形灯座

The ancient Chinese lamp is an example of the perfect unity of visual art and applied fine art. Ingeniously conceived and elaborately made, this lamp is shaped as a man riding a beast, which is the excellent one of the lamps found so far. Well-documented, this author begins from the function of the lamp stand and the main characteristic of the shape to conduct a systematic study.     

Chinese Socialism as Vernacular Cosmopolitanism

This paper follows the life of an idea, a fundamental concept in modern Chinese intellectual life： socialism. It explores this idea as an alternative form of Chinese cosmopolitanism, drawing from Pheng Cheah＇s identification of two kinds of Chinese cosmopolitanism： mercantile and revolutionary. If part of what we mean by cosmopolitanism is the local use of an external, or international, or otherwise ＂independent＂ （relative to local power and practice） ideology or discourse to promote an agent＇s sense of social good at home and connection to the world, then the ways that socialist thought, ideology and praxis have been employed in China in the twentieth century constitute one such strain of cosmopolitanism. Shehuizhuyi （socialism） meant related but significantly different things to Chinese in the twentieth century. This essay argues that Chinese socialism can be viewed as a version of vernacular cosmopolitanism through two examples： Wang Shiwei in the 1940s and Deng Tuo in the 1960s, as well as the discourse of Pan-Asianism before and after the Mao era. Chinese socialism was as much a terrain of debate and contestation about what it means to be ＂Chinese and modern＂ as it was a shared vocabulary and set of aspirations. All along it has been able to play the role of cosmopolitan thought for some influential Chinese thinkers and doers--connecting China to the world in order to pursue universal values.     

SIX SYMBOLS OF LONGEVITY A TIBETAN TRADITIONAL PAINTING

The"six symbols of longevity"inspires peoples of the world to cherish all life on the earth and sustain it in a harmonious state in order to maintain ecological balance.Only by taking this approach,can the environment where humanity lives be protected.An ecologically balanced system could make a sustainable and pleasant homestead possible and finally the ideology of"six longevities"could become a reality.     

SIX SYMBOLS OF LONGEVITY A TIBETAN TRADITIONAL PAINTING

The“six symbols of longevity“inspires peoples of the world to cherish all life on the earth and sustain it in a harmonious state in order to maintain ecological balance.Only by taking this approach,can the environment where humanity lives be protected.An ecologically balanced system could make a sustainable and pleasant homestead possible and finally the ideology of“six longevities“could become a reality.     

Monasteries In Xigaze

Editor's Note: The Xigaze area boasts many monasteries of great importance to Tibet. They include the Tashilhungpo Monastery which is the residence of the Panchen Erdeni, the Xalhu Monastery which features Tibetan and Chinese architectural styles, the Palkor Monastery believed to be a shining art pearl in the Gyangze Plain, the Sagya Monastery known as Dunhuang the No. 2, the Ralhayungzongling Monastery which is one of the major monasteries of the Bon religion, and the Rongbu Monastery at the foot of the Qomolangmo. These monasteries are held as cultural relics units subject to national or regional protection.     

The Role of Reading in EFL Writing Curriculum

As an attempt to explore the role of reading in EFL writing classes,the paper aims to prove appropriate reading sections can contribute to writing improvement in EFL context and provide a series of EFL writing instructional recommendations based on the analysis of theoretical and pedagogical perspectives associated with the relationship between reading and writing,the contributions of reading in EFL writing classes as well as the critical reviews of reading-assisted writing.     

THE SOCCER TEAM OF NYIRU VILLAGE

正One"hidden village"in the Tibetan-inhabited communities is home to a fashionable and somewhat miraculous occurrence:the rise of a local soccer team. The passion of the people here with regard to the sport can almost be said to be a newly found spirit. With 128 ethnic Tibetan households in total accounting for around 700 people, the small Nyiru Village is not typically the place where one would expect to find avid soccer fanatics, but since the formation of the team, a myriad of wonderful stories have become     

NewBooks：A Handbook of Tourism in Tibet

Have you ever been in Tibet？ Do you want to enjoy your holiday？ Why not go to Tibet, where you can see the blue Sky with flaky clouds, green hills with blossoming flowers, snowcapped mountain peaks, great rivers and beautiful lakes, dense virgin forests, Tibetan antelopes and wild yaks running in the vast grassland, picturesque villages and age-old Tibetan monasteries. All of these are just part of the beauty that can be found in Tibet. Tibet is really a lively and lovely place where one can calm down one＇s vexation and impulsiveness being transported in a whirl of clouds to a world truly apart. So don＇t hesitate about going to Tibet for a visit. There are several ways of getting to Tibet： either by air or by going overland. Many highways connect Tibet and other parts of China.