LABRANG MONASTERY: Living Buddhas And Buddhist Scriptures

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Tibetan Artists Round Off Visit to Switzerland

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Policy Changes With Regard to Tibetan Language(Ⅱ)

From the peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951 to 2000, Central Government policy for language development in Tibet has experienced many changes. But despite transformation through three stages, the basic points have never changed.(I) CREATION OF A TIBET LANGUAGE POLICY(1) In the 1950sThe 17-Article Agreement signed by the Central Government and the local government of Tibet in 1951 for the peaceful liberation of Tibet stipulated     

Policy Changes With Regard To Tibetan Language(Ⅰ)

Beginning after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, major towns and cities in Tibet moved toward a bilingual society while the farming and pastoral areas continue to follow the old linguistic tradition. Tibet's linguistic policies over the past 50 years, therefore, have been enacted to cope with the region's specific characteristics.     

Policy Changes With Regard To the Tibetan Language (Ⅳ)

From 1951, when Tibet won peaceful liberation, to 2000, policies for the Tibetan language experienced changes in three separate phases. Measures taken during these three periods were different, but the basic policy remained largely the same.     

A Patriotic Living Buddha——Story of the 5th Living Buddha Geda

Geda was born into a serf‘s family in Garze County, Sichuan Province in 1903. At the age of seven, however, when the 4th Living Buddha of the Baili Monastery passed away, he was chosen as his soul boy and thus became the 5th Living Buddha.     

Inheritance and Vicissitude of the Tibetan Diet——A Case of A Tibetan Rural Community

The dietary structure and customs of the Tibetans1 include both simple and complex elements.The transition from a diet composed mainly of tsampa and butter tea to the integration of alien and industrialized foodstuffs into the Tibetan dietary culture reflects,in a way,the processes of adaptation,integration and vicissitude of the Tibetan rural community during modernization.This article attempts to discuss the relationship between the traditional culture and modernization in Tibetan rural communities during the process of cultural interaction and modernization by studying the dietary structure and customs of Tibetan farmers in Nyang-re Township located in the north outskirts of Lhasa,Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).     

A Good Book for Studying Tibetan Fine Arts—Comments on ‘Outline of Traditional Tibetan Fine Arts' in Tibetan

WhentheOutlineofTraditionalTibetanFineArts,masterpieceoffamedDainzi,waspublished,itwonfirstprizeattheSecondNationalTibetanBooksFairin1995inBejing.Withgreatinterest,Ibrowsedthroughthebookandwassoonattractedbyitsrichcontent.GenqugDainziwasbornintoafarmingfa…     

Rural Management——The Way Out for Tibetan Rural Areas

Tibetan towns and villages are the remotest areas in China regional society. The remoteness is evident in two aspects： （i） the natural environment; located in the southwestern frontier of China, as the core of the ＂the Third Extreme＂, Tibet claims to be the farthest area in terms of space, altitude and distance -- and com- pared with towns, this is really true of the villages, （z） the social environment; with the rapid development of Tibet＇s tourist industry in recent years, people tend to focus more on Tibet, but mainly on such cities as Lhasa, Shigatse and Tsetang. Beyond people＇s attention, towns and villages stay far away not only from those socio-economically and culturally developed areas but also from the focus of intensive social development.     

Tibetan Independence:Disaster for the Tibetans──An Interview With Chang jiunnyih From taiwan

WhentheBeijingInternationalSeminaronTibetologywasheldinBeijingin1997,Imetamanwhospeakswithsouthernaccentbutinahumorousway.HeisDr.ChangJiunnyih,ssaidChengQingyingwiththeChinaNationalCenterforTibetanStudieswhichsponsoredtheseminar.Dr.ZhangwastheformerchiefoftheTaiwanCommissionforMongolianandTibetanAffairs.Twoyearslater,whentheCross-TaiwanStraitsSeminarsonTibetologywasheldinXi'an,IcameacrossDr.Changandhadachancetointerviewhim,andhemadethefollowingremarks:Iwasbornin1950inTaiwan,but…     

Standing In-Between Traditional and Modern Tibetan Cultur——Founding of the China Association for Protection and Development of Tibetan Culture

March 10, 2004 was an unusual day. A King Gesar singing party was being held in a packed hall. Inside, the balladeers were singing and King Gesar experts were making explanations, while, outside, many oth-ers, including foreign embassy officials,were waiting for a chance to enter.     

Face to Face Talk——Chinese and American Scholars Discuss Tibetan Issues

In early 2002,Zhu Xiaoming(Vice-President of the China World Ethnic Society),Huo Zhongquanand Hong Tao(both research fellows with the China Ethics Research Center)met with Americanexperts on China with the Research Office ot the US Congress and the US Think Tank,includingKerry B.Dumbaugh,Alfred D.Wilhelm Jr,David G.Brown and Thomas G.Lum.They held talkson issues of common concern.Following are excerps of their talk on the Tibetan issue.     

Beautiful Aspect of The Tibetan Race——Preface to Tibet Folk Art

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Chongqing Publishing House has published a set of eight books under the general title of Series Books on Folk Art in Tibet, covering clay molding art, mask art, garments, tangka painting, weaving, building and decoration, Mani stone carving, and sculpturing. They contain some 20,000 illustrations to enhance reader interest.     

TIBETAN GARMENTS:A Dazzling Variety——Comments on Tibetan Garments in China

To cope with the world-wide need for more knowledge about Tibet, the Beijing Publishing House and the Tibet People's Publishing House have jointly published China Tibetan Garments. It treats Tibetan garments in terms of different locations and different types.The picture album is packaged in a box produced in a traditional Tibetan way and has woven fabrics as its cover. An introductory article written by Lhaba Puncog, chief of the China Tibetology     

The Influence of Tibetan Buddhism on Contemporary Mongolian Eco-literature——Case Studies on Xue-boGuo's Novels

Tibetan Buddhism,one of the important sects of Buddhism,is believed by a lot of researchers to have disseminated into Tibet from India,Nepal and its adjacent Han nationality congregating areas in around 7th century.The subsequent spread of Buddhism in Tibet experienced two periods of fast diffusion,during which the original Buddhist doctrine merged with Tibetan traditional culture,and a new form of religion with typical Tibetan characteristics came into being.     

A Small Project In Tibet——Project for Strengthening Tibetan Traditional Medicine （PSTTM）

The Tibetan Red Cross has a branch in Tibet and in LhasaCity, whose members are openminded, non bureaucratic and sincerely dedicated to the improvement of poor people‘s standard of living and life conditions. So, at the end of the year 2000, they accepted a small project that they have been working with and supporting since with success. The cooperation of local authorities (Lhundrup and Medrogongkar)at every stage and level also contributed enormously to the achievements of the project, It must be underlined that although the sponsors are Europeans and there is one foreigner working with inPSTTM, the work and expertise are solely based on local Tibetan and Chinese knowledge. The reason is simple: there is enough local knowledge for everything needed for this project.     

BORDER TRADE BOOMS IN TIBET——An Interview With Director Benba

Benba,38,is Director ofthe BorderTrade Bureau of the TibetAutonomous Region.Born andbrought up in Xigaze,he talkedabout booming border trade in Tibet duringmy recent interview.     

Recording the Singing of Zhaba——An Interview With Lobsang Toindain

On August 1, 2002, a day that featured a clear sky and a gentle breeze, Prof. Ding Linghui and I paid a visit to Prof. Lobsang Toindain, Director of the Gesar Research Institute of Tibet University, at his home. He received us in his spacious sitting room, and served us buttered tea. Our interview lasted from 10:00 to 11:30 in the morning.     

Fourteen Years of Glory——An Interview With NPC Vice-Chairman Radi

Editor‘s Note: Radi, a Tibetan, was born in August 1938 in Biru County, Tibet. He is a vice-chairman of the NPC Standing Committee.A serf in old Tibet, he was a Tibetan leader from 1975 to 2003. We interviewed him at the end of 2003,and he talked about changes that have taken place in Tibet in the past 14 years.