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,…     

SANGZHUB:Master Balladeer Known to All

In 1984 when I went to Lhasafor the Gesar Singing Party, Icame across Sangzhub whoseperformance lied deeplyembedded in my mind. In 1985 whenhe went to Beijing for further trip toChifeng, Inner Mongolia, where hewould attend the Seminar on KingGesar, I showed him around in thecity. In the ensuing years, we hadfurther contacts.Sangzhub does not talk a lot.However, we found we had much toexchange whenever we met. He isvery humorous, and impressed me asa talkative old Tibetan man.LEARNIN…     

Taking Ritual Walks Around Nam Co in the Year of Sheep

I didn‘t realize the beauty of Tibet the first time I went there 30 years ago. But, while visiting Tibet in recent years, I was moved to tears as the marvelous plateau scenery unfolded before my eyes.     

Singing From the Heart of the Snowland——50th Anniversary of the singing Career of Cedain Zholma

A solo concert was held to mark the 50th singing career of Cedain Zholma on December 22,2003.The next day,she went to Hunan at the head of the Tibet Song and Dance Troupe where she sang in a concert held by Shaoshan and Xiantan, hometown of Mao Zedong. Upon invitation of Yunnan, she went to Yunnan for solo performance. On this basis, the TAR Federation for Literaturary and Art Circles published a pictorial titled Highland Soul： Cedain Zholma and a book entitled Music of Snowland： Biography of Cedain Zholma, which were first sold in Xiantan of Hunan Province on December 26.     

WILDLIFE GUARDIANS IN CHANGTANG RESERVE

<正>On Jan 19th,2011,without sunlight,the weather in Lhasa was bitterly cold.I went to the Forest Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region to present my application and...     

TIBET IS MY HOMETOWN RECALLING TIBETANS‘ STUDYING ABROAD

In autumn of 1946 Tsering Wangdo,then just 12 years old, went to India to study. That was 60 years ago when I interviewed him in 2006. Obviously,the young man has gone but the old     

Traveller＇s Tale From Forbidden City （I）——From Zooming Cars to Highrises, Lhasa is a Transformed City

Lhasa: No other land has been transformed so completely as that of Tibet, particularly after the Dalai Lama went into exile in 1959.     

Paris——City of Romance

<正>Believe it or not,a friend of mine's sister just went to France with her husband to cap-ture the magic and amour     

A BON RELIGION VILLAGE

Editor's Note: This writer went to Tibet in the summer of 1994, and visited Wenbu in Nyima County, a village dating back to ancient times.     

“我生活在香巴拉”——克松村一位农民眼中的西藏民主改革60年（英文）

<正>On July 13, 2018, ten members of the research group for the volume on "the people's livelihood" in the book series concerning the democratic reform in Tibet sponsored by the China Tibetology Research Center went to do research in the Khe gsum village in sNe dong county, Lho kha prefecture, TAR. On July 19, when our     

A Journey Into Siquanhe

Crossing the Sangsang Grasslands, Zongba Desert and high mountains, we reached the motherly lake of Mampang Yumco and went deep into the valley of Gangrenboqe. Six days after our stay in Xigaze, we finally got to Siquanhe Town, where the government of the Ngari Administrative Prefecture is located.It was dark when we arrived and we found our-     

The Bullfight Festival in Drenxia Town of Panam County

Having heard of the bullfight fes- tival to take place in the town of Drenxia in Panam County,I went to make an on-the-spot ob- servation during my trip.It was really a great and unique event! The history of mankind embarking on ani-     

Further Understanding of the Local Official Post System of Tibet in the Period of the Republic of China

In the period of the Republic of China, Tibet was in a special historical period of development. The reforms in establishing a Tibetan system for appointment of official positions went through different stages. In the system of the fusion of political and religious affairs, mild reforms were carried out so as to adapt themselves to different social changes and help maintain the situation of Tibet,     

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     

Gesar Stone Carvings in Moska

During the May Day of 2002, Li Xingxing, an associate research fellow of the Nationality Research Institute of Sichuan Province, a cameraman of the production team of a certain TV sta-tion of Sichuan, a number of teachers and students of Southwest Jiaotong University Architecture College and I, went to Dain-ba County for an inspection related to the application for world cultural relic status     

WILL TIBETAN ANTELOPES EVER BE FREE？

<正>This story is about the influence of pasture fences to the Tibetan antelope in Changtang,Tibet."Crossing wind,where are you from?I am young Droma,Can you hear my voice?Did you see my little Tibetan antelope?He went to the other side of that mountain but never came back.     

A STUDY OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE MORE EFFECTIVE GOVERNING OF TIBET

In 1791 or the 56th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong, the Korgas invaded Tibet for the second time. They did killing and looted the Tashilhungpo Monastery in Xigaze. Qing General Fukang'an was sent to drive the invaders out of Tibet. InAugust the next year, the Qing troops went deep into areas where the Korgas made home, forcing them to surrender.Based on this experience, the Qing general submitted a report to the Qing court. In 1793, the Qing court released the Ordinance for the …     

A Precious Piece of Cultural

In 1624,P. Antonio de Andrade, a Portuguese missionary with the Indi-an Agra Society of Jesus, reached Zhaburang, capital of the GugeKingdom in Ngari via northern India. Withthe support of the Guge king, he built achurch. In 1633, the upper-class monksrevolted in collaboration with the royalfamilies of Ladakh, and overthrew the ruleof the Guge king. Missionaries wereexpelled, and Zhaburang lost its impor-tance and went into terminal decline. From the 19th century, some Western-ers i…     

Centenary Memorial of Pighting Against British invaders by Tibetan People in 1904

One hundred years ago,Tibetan people,under theadministration of local Tibetan government led byTudan Gyatso (thub-bstan rgya-mtsho),the 13 DalaiLama,ignored the disapproval of the government ofQing Dynasty,and went through a war which shat-tered the earth and made the devil cry to fight againstthe British imperialist invasion.This war was a greatevent in the modern history.One hundred years after,massive progress accompanying the groundbreakingchanges around the world has been achieved in thecivilization of human communities.The world is     

Mandarin Duck Bowl of the Ming Dynasty in the Sagya Monastery

Sagya Monastery,built in 1073 in theZongqu River Valley, is a famousmonastery of the Sagya Sect ofTibetan Buddhism. Gonggar Gyancain (1182- 1251 ), the fourth forefather of the Sagya Sect, was held asthe Sagya Pandit (great scholar of theSagya Sect) as he was steeped in thePancavidya (Five Studies).On the invitation of the Mongolian Prince Gotan in 1244, he went topresent-day Wuwei to lecture onBuddhism. There, he reached agreement with the Mongolian prince forTibet to be part of the…