I CAN PLANT WHATEVER VEGETABLES TIBET CAN GROW

Chongdro is a farmer in Kangsa Village of Norgyan Town of Panam County of TAR. She is a typical Tibetan woman living in a rural area and that is apparent not only from her face and general appearance,but also from her modest behavior and hospitality.Her house is still very much the traditional home of a rural Tibetan family living with their animals i.e.the first floor is for the animals and the second floor for the humans.The surrounding wall of the courtyard is plastered and almost covered with cattle ...     

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     

PEOPLE IN THE BARKOR STREET：PALBAR,AN OLD MANIN SHARSASUALLEY

According to local custom in Lhasa, people refer to the area around the Jokhang Temple as ＂Barkor Street＂. ＂Lhasa＂ is ＂the Buddha＇s land＂ in Tibetan. In the hearts of Tibetan people, the Jokhang Temple is one of the most holy places because a statue of the twelve-year-old Sakyamuni is enshrined and worshiped there. Every year, the temple attracts many Tibetan Buddhist monks and disciples come from far away and pay homage to the Buddha. As time passed, the area of Barkor Street around the Jokhang Temple has become the busiest district in Lhasa. Eight alleyways extend out from the Barkor Street. Here the old citizens of Lhasa reside, and this is where Lhasa＇s unique economy, national culture, traditional craftsmanship and local Tibetan customs and practices flourish.     

Academic Study and Development of Tibetan Medicinal Bathing

Tibetan medicinal bathing is an external clinicaltreatment in Tibetan medicine.The treatment is car-ried out according to the principles of Tibetanmedicine.It makes full use of local herbs and is di-rected at typical local,diseases,common diseases andendemic diseases.All clinical departments of Tibetanmedicine often use it to both prevent diseases and as-sist in recuperation.Its rich medical history,specialclinical benefits and prospects for wide applicationhave drawn attention from medical circles at home andabroad.The advantages of Tibetan medicinal bathingwill become more widely known in the global reformof medicine.This paper is devoted to a discussion ofthe academic study of Tibetan medicinal bathing.     

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.     

TIBETAN PIGS IN NYINGCHI BRING WEALTH TO VILLAGERS

<正>Nyingchi City situated at the southeast of Tibet is known for its Tibetan pigs,selling pork contributes a key part of the villagers'family income.The pork of the Tibetan pigs is more expensive than the common pork in the markets,because it is believed with better taste and good for health.In many Tibetan farming areas and especially in the eastern Nyingchi,normally,each family raises ten to fifteen Tibetan pigs.It is called the Tibetan pigs,because the pig breed was said to be domesticated from wild boar,according to local Tibetans.     

The Modern Face Of TIBETAN MEDICINE

In traditional Tibetan society, Tibetan medicine and pharmacy mainly existed in monasteries. Generally, a comparatively sizable monastery would often be equipped with a medical school. The Tibetan Medical College is one of the biggest schools for the study of Tibetan medicine and pharmacy in the monastery. Its curriculum consists of Tibetan medicine, pharmacy,     

The Modern Face Of TIBETAN MEDICINE AND PHARMACY

<正>In traditional Tibetan society,Tibetan medicine and pharmacy mainly existed in monasteries. Generally,a comparatively sizable monastery would often be equipped with a medical school. The Tibetan Medical College is one of the biggest schools for the study of Tibetan medicine and pharmacy in the monastery.Its curriculum consists of Tibetan medicine,pharmacy, disease diagnosis and treatment.Obviously,Tibetan medicine and pharmacy still holds an important position in Tibetan Buddhism.     

SALIENT FEATURES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW GESHI SYSTEM

The new system was introduced on the basis of the traditional way of studying the sutras of Tibetan Buddhism. It is a brand-new Geshi award system,which fully respects and carries forward the traditional system in terms of sutra studies and Geshi title promotion. In terms of content, the way to study them and the way the tests are given, the new system basically follows the traditional practice of various sects of Tibetan Buddhism. Hence it is well received among the eminent monks of Tibeta…     

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TIBETAN AND HAN OPERAS

Tibetan opera is an ethnic and unique theatrical genre in the system of Chinese operas. All the ethnic operas in China are directly or indirectly akin to Han operas, so is Tibetan opera. As a member of the big family, Tibetan opera necessarily absorbs some artistic nutrition from other Chinese operas. As a result, it acquires the common style and some common formal characteristics of Chinese national operas as a whole. The generality just lies on the level of cultural genre and overall flavor, however. As for the entity of the theatrical art itself, Tibetan opera is basically and independently derived from Tibetan culture and art except for some indirect influences from Han operas. During Emperor Qiaulong＇s reign, some leaders of the Qing troops stationed in Tibet used to organize soldiers from Shaanxi and Gansu to perform Shaanxi opera in the army In the period of the Republic of China, the office of Commission on Mongolian and Tibetan affairs in Lhasa promoted opera performance to celebrate victory in the Anti-Japanese War, New Year＇s celebrations,     

BOOKS

Calendaring in Tibet The book was authored by Huang Mingxin, whograduated from the Department of History ofTsinghua Uinversity in 1938 and studied Buddhismin the Labrang Monastery in the 1940s for eightyears. He is an expert in calenderingwhich is an important part of theTibetan culture. The forefathers ofthe Tibetans created calendaring inproduction and life. When com-pared with other ethnic groupsin the big family of the Chi-nese nation, Tibetan calen-daring is advanced. But what is its difference withthe lunar and Gregorian calenders invogue in inland China? How is theTibetan calendar created? And more. The large     

IN COMMEMORATION OF Mr.TSADRU NGAWANG LOBZANG

After more than a hundred years of modern Tibetan history, fighting against British invasion, maintaining national unity, opposing separation and retrogression and striving after social progress.., thousands of courageous and virtuous men and women from the Tibetan Plateau have fought relentlessly and written a heroicchapter in history. One representative of those heroes is Tsadru Ngawang Lobzang, a renowned scholar and patriotic poet who died after being attacked by the so-called ＂Crazy Lamas＂ in 1957 during a fierce patriotic struggle against imperialism.     

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).     

吐蕃第一窟－－拉萨市药王山札那路浦石窟的几个问题

In this article, through the studies on the statues of brag-lha-klu-phug in Lhasa, combining with Chinese and Tibetan documents, the author makes a further exploration into its date, artistic styly and the relations with the Buddhist art of the neighbourhood. Apart from the influence of the art of grottos in Hexi Area, the traditional cultural relations between Tubo and Nepal, India also should be considered. The styles of statues, the Grotto of Tubo dynasty is closer to that of the Buddhist art of Nepal.     

Tibetan Medicine Wins Global Attention

<正>On August 21,2016,over 300 experts from over 12 countries gathered in Lhasa to celebrate the l00-year anniversary of the founding of Lhasa Mentsekhang and also hold the second annual conference of Tibetan madicine committee of WFCMS academic forum for Tibetan traditional medicine and astrology.Tibetan Medicine Hospital got its name"Mentsekhang"when it was founded by Master Tsikhang Jica and Master Khenrab Norbu in Lhasa,with it also being known as the Tibetan Medicine and Astrology Institute in the past.From the very     

A Trip to Nam Co Lake

The meaning of Nam Co Lake in Tibetan language is ＂Heaven Lake＂, Ihe most important of three greal holy lakes in Tibet. It is 70 km long from east to west. 30 km wide from north to south, and covers an area of 1,920 square km. the largest lake in Tibetan Autonomous Region. among the top two sahwater lakes in China and the lake at the highest altitude in the world.     

Tendzin Phuntso＇s Chemistry of Salts

An examination of large quantities of Tibetan data for a project entitled “Alchemy and Alchemic Medicines of Tibet revealed that ancient Tibetan terminology for and classification of inorganic salts have much in common with modern chemistry. This is particularly true of research conducted by Tendzin Phuntso (born in 1672 in Gongjo Count, Chamdo, Tibet) and his representative work, “gso rig gcesb dus rin chen phreng ba bzugs so“. This work summarizes Tibetan recognition of inorganic salts in chemistry over the course of 1000 years or more, and is of great significance in the world history of science and technolgy.     

China Tibetan Culture Forum in Kathmandu

The Forum was held on December 19-20,2007 in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and a Photo Show of Picturesque Tibet opened at the same time. A group of Tibetologists from China and the Tribune University of Nepal jointly held a discussion meeting. The two sides believe that such event can promote friendship and mutual understanding between the people of China and Nepal.It also offers a rare opportunity for Nepalese people ofvarious circles to know more about the socio-economic progress and development in the past decades, and provides a wide range of information regarding the protection and development of brilliant and colourful traditional Tibetan culture.     

西藏藏医药产业现状及发展思路(英文)

The knowledge of Tibetan traditional medicine is one of the most important areas of Chinese traditional medicine,accumulated by Tibetan people on the pla- teau over thousands of years,and constructed by inte- grating the best of Chinese traditional medicine,In- dian medicine,and the medicine of other neighboring countries.Consequently,Tibetan traditional medicine     

THE ART OF STONE CARVINGS AT DOLHA RI KHROD IN MARKHAM COUNTY

Dolha in Tibetan refers to stone carvings,and Ri Khord is"the meditation place at the mountainside".In accordance with an introduction by staff from the Bureau of Ethnic Groups and Religious Affairs in Markham County,we know that Dolha Ri Khrod was built in 1566 and is currently a nunnery of the Nyima Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.