World's First Nightingale Award Male Winner

Balsang Dengzhub, a nursewith the Garze TibetanAutonomous Prefecture Peo-ple's Hospital, will remem-ber forever August 5, 2003.It was on that day he received the 39thNightingale Award certificate issued bythe International Red Cross from CPCGeneral Secretary and President Hu Jing-tao in the Great Hall of the People in Bei-jing. He thus became the first Tibetan towin the award named after the Britishmedical pioneer Florence Nightingale(1820-1910) and also the first Chinesemale.Balsa…     

THE JOURNAL CHINA＇S TIBET ON THE 58TH INTERNATIONAL BELGRADE BOOK FAIR

Editors of the Journal China＇s Tibet joined the book fair from Oct. 20 to 24 with their latest books and journals, includ- ing Thangka Paintings of the Tibetan Oral Epic King Gesar, Eternal Mountain, Tibetan People and Tibetan Stories in the 20th Century, Witness the Brilliant Moment on the Snow Land - Tibet in 1950-60s, Tibetan Rich-Color Paints - A Collection ofTen Artists in Tibet. After the book fair, editors presented books and journals on exhibition to the Serbian National Library and Novi Sad City Library and held cultural exchanges with members from the libraries and the local publishing companies.     

The Story of Lhamo,Cashier at a Tibetan Restaurant

At present, Tibetan farmers and herdsmen can increase their incomes through non- agricultural industries. The economic development in the cities and towns offers a lot of opportunities for rural migrant workers in Tibet. Working in towns has become an importantmeans for the Tibetan rural labor force to boost their incomes. With the advantages of possessing many trades, low employment requirement and high flexibility, in some larger Tibetan cities like Lhasa and Shigatse, tertiary industry has accepted more and more people from the countryside and thus has become the major channel to employment for rural migrant workers. Thereby the catering industry has become the first area to be chosen by many Tibetan rural workers who go to town for the first time.     

The Autobiography of a Chinese Bilingual Scholar

Trinley Chodrak, a scholar who is famous in Tibet, once served as Editor inChief and President of the Tibetan People＇s Publishing House, and Curator of the Tibet Museum. After his retirement, the University of Tibet employed Trinley Chodrak as Professor emeritus. He wrote and published The Synopsis of Tibetan Translation History,     

浅析藏历纪年的确定及巧算

The Tibetan astronomical calendrical calculation has a long history. There are many documentary records and Tibetan people have rich experiences of it. Tibetan calendrical designation of years as a summary of Tibetan people‘s experiences in their struggle with the nature is an important part of Tibetan astronomy and calendrical calculation. It takes twelve years as a small cycle and 6o years as a big cycle. A big cycle is called “rabjung” {rab-byung} in Tibetan. The first rabjung started in 1027 and the current rabjung is the 17th rabjung.     

THE RETURN OF THE TIBETAN RED DEER

The Tibetan Red Deer(Cervus canadensis wallichi) is also called the Sikkim red deer and is pronounced "xiawa" in the Tibetan language.It is a special member of the red deer family and a unique species to the Tibet Autonomous Region.The Tibetan red deer was first discovered by scientists about 150 years ago.Because of its status in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora as being endangered,the Tibetan red deer was listed before the white-lipped deer,which is under first-level key     

The Ticking Clock Counting Down to the Demise of Feudalism and the Serfdom System--An Interview with Gyaltsen Norbu,the Former Chairman of the Government of TAR

Gyaltsen Norbu is a Tibetan,born in Bathang of Sichuan Province.In June of 1950,he joined the People＇s Liberation Army and served in the vanguard of the 18~（th） Military Force.He undertook such posts as cadre of Tibetan language in the 3^rd Division of the 18^th Military Force,information advisor for Chamdo Garrison Corp of Xichang Military Force,     

PERSISTENCEIN THE COLLECTION OF AND RESEARCH ON TIBETAN LITERATURE

Bumskyabs was born on June 5th,1958,in Songpan County of Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Siehuan Province.Since August of 1988,the Southwest University for Nationalities employed him as director of the Tibetan Literature Research Center of the University as well as supervisor of master's degree students majoring in Tibetan Logic study,Tibetan Literature study and Tibetan Language study in the College of Tibetan Studies of the Southwest University for Nationalities.In 1985,he published his first pape...     

JOKA AND HIS FLYING SYMPHONY CRUISING OVER THE QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU

<正>Forty-five years ago,Joka was just a herder grazing animals on Damxung Grassland in the Tibet Autonomous Region.At that time,the concept of music class did not exist in the curriculum of local elementary schools,so the boy's musical talent originated from the traditional pastoral songs and dances characteristic of his hometown.Nowadays,53-year-old Joka has become the first post-doctoral candidate for professional music composition in China as well as the first Tibetan musicology master and doctor.His dissertation Study on the Structural Morphology of Tibetan     

NEW BOOKS

Study of Tibetan Language PhoneticsAuthored by Jiang De, this book, the first of its kind ever published in China, comes of six chapters. They are respectively on methods resorted to study phonetics of Tibetan language, distribution of people of the Tibetan ethnic group in history, phonetic system of the Tibetan language, evolution of Tibetan letters, and pronunciation.When writing the book the author took into whole consideration of different dialects prevalent outside Tibet,     

News in Brief

正Two Tibetans Awarded for Reform and Opening-up Contributions China awarded 100 people for their contributions for the country's 40 years of reform and opening-up at a gathering in the Great Hall of the People on Dec. 18th. Among the 100 people,there are two ethnic Tibetans. One is Nyima Dondrup from Ngari Prefecture in Tibet and the other is Sonam Dargye from the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai province.     

NEW BOOKS

Tibetan Race and Eastern Tibet CivilizationAuthored by Shi Shu, the book probes into the source of Tibetan race and its relations with the ancient civilization in the Henduan mountainous area in eastern Tibet.The book is divided into six chapters. The first chapter is devoted to ancient civilization of eastern Tibet; the second chapter to the source of the Tibetan race plus related stories; the third chapter to the source and ties between Mo tribe and tribes in the Henduan mountainous area; the fifth chapter to Yi people in the Henduan mountainous area in ancient time; and the sixth chapter to concluding remarks.The 32-mo book, running to 235,000 words, has been published by the Sichuan People's Publishing House and is priced at 32 Yuan per copy.     

JI WENZHENG‘S LOVE AFFAIR with Metok

Mr.Ji Wenzheng is 75-year-old retired cadre in the Tibetan Autonomous Region.He has been honored for several miraculous achievements:i. e.being the first Han Chinese cadre and soldier to hike through the Himalayas to reach the only county inaccessible by road in China;the first person to propose that Moinpa and Lhopa people must be identified as ethnic groups in     

LHARI COUNTY,A MAJOR LINK ALONG THE ANCIENT TEA-HORSE ROAD

正Lhari County is situated in a special part of Nagqu in the Tibet Autonomous Region. People living in the valley of southern Tibet often refer to it as north Lhari, and it is recognized as part of the area where north Tibetan culture continues to prevail. Nevertheless, the people of Nagqu itself like to call it south Lhari and believe it to be the place with the best     

THE “DREAMWORK” OF TIBETAN CHILDREN

<正>Editor's Note:In the1980s,the State Council made a strategic decision to set up Tibetan classes and schools in the mainland to solve Tibet's serious shortage in talent,not to mention its poorer educational basis.In September of 1985,the first group of Tibetan elementary school graduates,mainly of Tibetan nationality,went to study in the mainland,setting     

THE FIRST TIBETAN NATURAL BIRTH CENTER

<正>In Tongren County of the Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province,more and more expectant Tibetan mothers have been coming to a building complex built around a center courtyard to give birth to their children.The place to which they are going is the first Tibetan natural birth center in China.     

The Development of Tibetan Media in Dechen

If you examine historicalrecords from before thefounding of the People＇sRepublic of China, you willdiscover that there was neither aChinese-version nor a Tibetan-version of newspaper in DechenPrefeeture of Yunnan Provincebecause the distribution ofinformation relied on messengerspassing through post offices.The rise of New China broughtabout the founding of the DechenTibetan Autonomous Prefecture.On October 1st, 1988, the DechenDaily launched a pilot program.Accompanied by the gradualenforcement of a Tibetan newsmedia by the local governmentof Dechen Tibetan AutonomousPrefecture, newspaper in Tibetanwas published and Tibetan channelwas also broadcast gradually.On May 5th 2013, along withthe founding of the Shangri-LaWebsite in Tibetan, the social,political, economic and culturaldevelopment of Dechen Prefecturebegan to be widely spread aroundthe world.     

THE QING COURT＇S POLICIES TOWARDS NATIONALITIES, RELIGIONS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LAMA BANNERS

I.The Development of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia and the Qing Court＇s Policies towards Nationalities and Religions
During the late Ming Dynasty （Altan Khan＇s reign in Northern Yuan）, the Gelug Sect, one sect of Tibetan Buddhism （the Yellow Hat Sect）,2 prevailed in Mongolia once again, and soon after that, the local people embraced it. Until the first half of the I7th century, all the Mongols in the north, south and west of the Gobi Desert accepted the Gelug Sect, However,     

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…