TRAVELOGUE ON THE UNINHABITED LAND OF NORTH TIBET

<正>Setting foot on the eternally snow-covered Qinghai-Tibet national road and heading to the"roof of the world",my gaze was unavoidably fixed on the vast but harsh conditions in the north-west of the Tibetan plateau.This is the"Changtang uninhabited land"to which people so often refer. It has been about 20 years since I last encountered the"uninhabited land"of North Tibet.Surprisingly,however,today I find this mysterious land has undergone an earthshaking change.     

THE FULFILLING LIFE OF A SENIOR TIBETAN LADY

<正>I am someone who is full of happiness.In this world,the people who surround me look after me and treat me very well.The environment I live in is absolutely beautiful,and the best part of my life is most certainly these most recent years,allowing me to live in full confidence with each passing day.You young ones,I     

ECONOMY & SOCIETY

正01"I am 24 years old this year and have two kids. The company I work for produces grape wine, and I myself work in the production department. I'm on the job seven hours a day, and I already have five years of experience. I come from this village, so unlike many of my colleagues who live in communal factory-provided dorms, I can go home every day to be with my family. It's really great     

THE LIVING FOSSIL OF SHANGSHUNG CIVILIZATION： TSEDRUP DIVINE DANCE

Tibet, the most magical snow-land plateau on the planet, has given birth to the most mysterious and ancient civilization in human history： Shangshung. ＂Yung-drung Bon Religion＂ （＂Bon＂ for short） originated in the ancient Gangdise Mountains of the Shangshung area （now the Ngari area of Tibet） and is the oldest religion in Tibet with thousands of years of history.     

Tsekyi's Emotional Recollection in Her Seventies

<正>In 1946,I was born in Lodzong,the downtown area of today's Lhorong County in Chamdo,and I am 71 years old this year.Looking back,I guess you could say my family(which included just my mother and me)was nothing special.At that time in 1960,the Tibet Autonomous Region today was not yet founded.Lodzong was officially called the Lodzong Preparation Committee of Liberation,which was often shortened to simply the"Preparation Committee",and it was this committee that arranged for our formal study in mainland China.     

生机勃勃的藏东南

It was not long ago that I took National Highways 318,212,and 317 to get to Nyingchi and Chamdo and conduct various interviews.The place is a mysterious land in the southeastern reaches of Tibet,and while I was there,I saw development and vitality everywhere as a result of the prosperity sweeping across the region.     

A Colorful Life

As we publish this issue, it is in early summer in Beijing. Whenever I walk out of my office close to the chief avenue, Chang'an, I get lost in green trees and blossoming flowers.Chang'an Avenue is the most bustling street in the city. While cars speed along it toward their own destinations, Tian'anmen Square, east of my office building, is a different scene: while the old     

生机勃勃的藏东南（英文）

正It was not long ago that I took National Highways 318,212,and 317 to get to Nyingchi and Chamdo and conduct various interviews.The place is a mysterious land in the southeastern reaches of Tibet,and while I was there,I saw development and vitality everywhere as a result of the prosperity sweeping across the region.     

Gungthang Kingdom City in the Border of China and Nepal - A Series of Archeological Trips in Gyirong County

The high plateau enjoys clear, fresh air and the sunbeams down from the high blue sky to bathe the magnificent landscape in sunlight. It seems the mountains and the rivers of Gyirong are colored in strikingly vivid hues, enabling everything in the landscape, either living or inanimate, to appear bright and even brilliant. Standing in the downtown area of Gyirong County, facing the mountain valley to overlook Gyirong in the distance, I see a zigzagging road has been constructed on the southwest flank of the city to access Gyirong Valley.     

Mining Gold in Tibet──COMPILING THE “TIBETAN FOLKTALE”

fell in love with Tibetan folktales while at university. Iread many books, and became attached to that remoteregion.To my satisfsction, I was given a job in Tibet upon graduation. In the first eight years of my Stay, I worked for aTibetan art troupe. I learned to speak Tibetan and live in aTibetan style, gaining a better understanding of Tibetanhistory, religion, culture, folklore and arts, and made manyTibetan friends. During this period, I gathered manyTibetan folktales.COLLECTING …     

Tang Stele at the Snowy Foot of the Mountain - A Series of Archeological Trips in Gyirong County

At the northern flank of the downtown of Gyirong County, a mountain valley heads from south to north directly to Mt. Mala. Overlooking the valley to the north, the snowy mountain range pops into view. In the past the valley was the traffic artery for the Gyirong to communicate with the outside world. After the 1960s, Gyirong built its modern road. This valley was naturally erased from people＇s memory. On the way out of the valley two mountains, opposite to each other, are facing the extensive Gyirong basin. One of the mountain precipices features a small platform, known as ＂Ngawang Gyaye＂ （meaning ＂the name of the father＂）. Twenty years ago, it was at this point that I, with my fellow members of an archeological study, found the well-     

LETTERS SENT FAR AWAY

正I was 13 years old in 1985 when I was selected as one of the first students to go to school in mainland China.I passed my exams and was sent to a province in the northeast to finish my education,and a great number of vast mountain ranges and rivers separated me from my mother.     

A HISTORICAL MONUMENT ON HEAVEN'S ROAD

正Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Archaeological Survey along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway(Part One)"This Heaven's Road is miraculous,taking us to the holy land...."Every time I hear the song"Heaven's Road",it sends me back to days when the QinghaiTibet Railway was being built,when my colleagues and I worked hand-inhand on the snowy mountains and in the harsh wilderness.More than ten years     

Tibetan Houses And Environment

During two years of work inTibet, I once went upstreamalong the Yarlung ZangboRiver, in the process cross-ing the mouths of the Milha,Gyiacha and Karnu La mountains. At thefoot of the holy peak of Kangrenboqe andby the holy lake of Mapang Yumco, Iinspected 26 counties in the area knownhistorically as U-Tsang and Zhangzhung.My trip covered a total distance of 7,100km. I went deep into the mysterious king-doms of Bome, Lhagyili and Guge where1 visited farmers and herders.Wherever I went,…     

MY WITNESS OF YUSHU EARTHQUAKE

<正>APRIL 14TH At dawn I suddenly received a message asking me about the safety of my family members after the earthquake in my hometown,Yushu.On hearing this I was shocked and immediately called my parents' family in Yushu.There was nobody answering the phone in the house.I began to worry and made a call to my brother-     

Tsering Drolma:Every Painting Is My Child

正On the wall of her room,which is no bigger than twenty square meters,she has hung all her paintings that she has worked out while in a different spirit and state,most of them in a series of a few pictures.The paintings were finished in the past one or two years during her free time after lectures.Pointing at her paintings,she smiled and said,"Each painting is my soul work,to which I have devoted     

中国藏传佛教艺术研究的进展(英文)

In the last ten years Tibetan studies has made great strides in China.Many scholars have shifted their interests to Tibetan art and gradually realized that these artistic works,containing the ideal of wisdom and compassion,will give them the key to this mysterious     

A Thousand-Year-Old in Nyomo Town

On hearing several times that there is a thousand-year-old walnut tree in Nyamo Town in Shigatse, I was curious, as I had never heard of a thousand year old tree in my life, except for cypress and ginkgo in my hometown. I have not had a chance to have a look at it but heard lots of both legends and true stories about this tree. In awe and expectation, I paid a visit to see the thousand-year walnut tree. I remember in my hometown there is an old tree which people referred to as the ＂divine tree＂. Every time 1 visited this divine tree, my heart was always in awe. I even dared not to get too close and only watched it from a distance because I was afraid of giving any offense to the holy tree. People say every divine tree would change to another kind. But in my memory, since I was a child, I did not see any trees change species, which I actually found disappointing.     

阿热和她的藏餐厅

I still remember the first time I stepped into Are's Tibetan Restaurant back in 2011 when I had just come back from my first trip to Tibet.With memories reverberating in my mind,I started to explore Tibetanstyle restaurants in Chengdu in the hopes of finding some relief through enjoying a simple bowl of buttered tea while reminiscing about the sweet drink served in a warm tea house on the Barkor Street.For the past nine years,I have gone to Are's place with friends every now and again and can never shake the feeling that we are eating and talking in a nice restaurant in Lhasa.     

阿热和她的藏餐厅（英文）

正I still remember the first time I stepped into Are's Tibetan Restaurant back in 2011 when I had just come back from my first trip to Tibet.With memories reverberating in my mind,I started to explore Tibetanstyle restaurants in Chengdu in the hopes of finding some relief through enjoying a simple bowl of buttered tea while reminiscing about the sweet drink served in a warm tea house on the Barkor Street.For the past nine years,I have gone to Are's place with friends every now and again and can never shake the feeling that we are eating and talking in a nice restaurant in Lhasa.The