6th Living Buddha Angyas Enthroned in Tar Monastery

Tar Monastery, in Huangzhong County, Qinghai Province, wasbuilt in 1577 in memory of Master Zongkapa, founder of theGeing Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. On April 13, 2000, the 6th Living Buddha Angyas was enthroned in the Residence of the Living Buddha Angyas there.SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL BOY. In response to public demand,efforts began in 1994 to look for the soul boy of the late sib Living BuddhaAngyas. This won the care, support and aid of the prefectural government.Tar Monastery…     

Revenue of theSera Monastery

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Jokhang Monastery:Holy Land in Lhasa

Iam-alamawiththeJokhangMonasteryinLhasa.IwasborninComaiTownship,DoilungdeqenCounty.Uponmygraduationfromthecountymiddleschool.IenteredtheTibetBuddhistCollege.Beforelong,IfollowedBomeQambaLhozhub,thecollegepresident.totheJokhangMonasteryandhavestayedhereforeightyears.TheJokhangMonasteryisoneoftheoldestofitskindinTibet.ItwasbuiltduringthereignoftheTibetanKingSongtsanGambo,some1,300yearsago.CONSTRUCTIONOFTHEMONASTERY.Leg-endhasitthatthesiteoftheJokhangMonasterywasalakenamedWo…     

Songtsanling Monastery in Zhongdian:Eyewitness of History

ＹＵＡＮＰＩＮＧｎ１６７４,ｏｒｔｈｅ１３ｔｈｙｅａｒｏｆｔｈｅｒｅｉｇｎｏｆＱｉｎｇＤｙｎａｓｔｙＥｍｐｅｒｏｒＫａｎｇｘｉ,ｔｈｅ５ｔｈＤａｌａｉＬａｍａｄｉｓｐａｔｃｈｅｄｈｉｓＴｉｂｅｔａｎｔｒｏｏｐｓｔｏｊｏｉｎｆｏｒｃｅｓｗｉｔｈＨｏｓｈ...     

Repair of the Golden Top of a Memorial Hall in the Potala Palace

On July 4 2005, an auspicious day, three people from theadministrative office of the Potala Palace went to the worksiteto supervise the gilding work. Before starting to gild themetallic pieces for the golden top, Purbo Cering and Wangdui,chiefs of the metal processing workshop of Lhasa AntiqueConstruction Art Co. put the gold paper beaten as thin as thewings of a fly on a scale to weigh before supervisors. Theresult was that they weighed a total of 2,360 grams, equal tothe weight of gold i…     

浅析大同华严寺大雄宝殿壁画内容及艺术价值

大同华严寺大雄宝殿壁画始绘于明代,清光绪年间重绘。以说法图和佛教故事为题分二十一幅巨型画面,满布殿内四壁,场面开阔,人物众多,堪称鸿篇巨制。壁画设计周密,构图严谨,每幅画既独立成章又相互关联,风格高超生动。壁画为重彩工笔画,色彩艳丽,装饰富丽,保存完好,且多处留有墨书题记,是珍贵的历史文化宝藏。     

Lama Hospital of the Tashilhungpo Monastery

The hospital is located on the right side of the gate inside Tashilhungpo Monastery with a total floor space of 1,400 square meters. At present, there are 14 lama doctors, who wear their red kasaya underneath the normal white doctor uniform. The treatments include traditional Tibetan and Western methods. In the hospital there are many kinds of advanced diagnostic equipment such as X-ray, electrocardiogram, pathological laboratory, and B-ultrasonic, etc. Both traditional Tibetan and Western medicines are available. The facility was previously called the "Gyigyinaka Tibetan Hospital" and was the only     

永登海德寺和红城感恩寺调查研究

永登县海德寺始建于明成祖永乐十六年（1418）,红城感恩寺始工于明弘治五年（1492）,是研究甘青地区藏传佛教不可缺少的部分。但这两寺一毁,另一明代塑绘有较大的损坏。本人是根据1963年损坏前的调查记录整理,记述了当时佛寺建筑,雕塑,绘画分布及内容。要者如感恩寺大雄宝殿各有题名的影塑78身,对于研究藏传佛教史事有着重要的价值。     

The Vicissitudes of the Sera Monastery

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The Culture of the Sagya Monastery

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From Geshi of Sera Monastery to KMT Attache

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拉卜楞寺藏印考述(英文)

A seal is an historical witness,a symbol of power as well as an important cultural relic for the study of history.Seeing those seals made of various materials,it is very natural to wonder how Jamyang(vjamdbyangs)living Buddhas in past dynasties developed     

The Wall Paintings of Dra-thang Monastery and Dunhuang Art

The relation between the wall paintings of Dra-thang Monastery and Dunhuang art is rather complex.In order to have a better understanding of it,two fac-ets need to be clarified:one is that the wall paintingsof Dra-thang Monastery are a kind of continuation ofTibetan-style paintings during the Tubo's occupationperiod (786-848A.D),that is,their dates are differentbut they are of the same essence.The other is thatboth of them share similar cultural elements.They arerelated but differ from each other.Their multiple links