Stories of Lhasa City

Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region,is a frontier city of China with a history of morethan 1,300 years. Entirely surrounded by moun tains, and dissected by the Lhasa River, the cityteems with historical relics and ancient buildings. Themost famous and best preserved are the Potala Palace andSuglakang Temple, which draw many visitors from otherparts of China and foreign countries each year.STORY I: LHASA CITYDissected by the middle and lower reaches of theLhasa River, a tri…     

City Sculptures in Lhasa

Some 1,300 years ago,the 32nd tsampo of the Tubo Kingdom unified whole TibetPlateau and founded the Tubo Kingdom Lhasa was made its capital. From then on,the city of Lhasa fell prey to scrambles between various generations of Tibetankings and Buddhist sects.     

New Life of Lhasa

smokewhirledupfromstovesfedwithholytreebranclies.Aroundrowsofwillowtrees,standsofferedarticlesfordailyuserangingfromsummerfashionstoneedlesandties.NeartheGermanbeerstand,GalsangWangduiandhisthreefriendsweresellingfriedpotatochipswhosetastyflavorattracteda…     

New Sights in Lhasa

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A New Outlook for Lhasa

Overthelast50years,Lhasahasexpandedinareafrom3squarekintosome50squarekm,andthepopulationhasincreasedfrom30,000to200,000.NEWSPAPERMARKETManynewspapersstandsnowmakearound1,000yuaneachpermonth."Inthepast,therewerethreenewspaperscentersinthecity,andmanyofthepapersavailablewerepublishedamonthorsoearlier,"saidWeidongoftheLhasaPostalandNewspaperCompany."NowthepeopleofLhasahaveaccesstosome5,000journalsandnewspapers.ThemostpopularjournalsareReaders,WomenandYouthDigest.Otherpopularjournalsinc…     

Fifty Years of Construction of Lhasa City

In 633, when Tubo bang SongtsanGambo moved his capital to what isnow Lhasa, he ordered constructionof monasteries, river dams androads. The Jokhang Monastery wasbuilt in 647. By 823, the area was namedLhasa, which means "the holy land"Lhasa has, since its formation 1,300years ago, been the economic, political andcultural center of Tibet. For many reasons,however, it covered only 3 square km andhad a population of only 30,000 in 1951when Tibet won Peaceful liberation. Urbanarchitecture cov…     

The “Floating Population” in Lhasa City

Lhasa,to some extent,is regarded as a holiday city.It is hard to meet people when they are in a rush. Whenever a pilgrimage procession passes by,you can always see the pilgrims holding their praying wheels, followed by dogs,while they walk peacefully along the path of the pilgrimage.On the edges of streets and laneways,tea bars are teeming with people playing cards or chatting.Once they sit down,they might easily let half a day slip by.     

Lhasa Rejuvinated

The Norbu Lingka Road running for two km between Norbu Lingka andthe Potala Palace was built in 2000 with investment of 20 million Yuan.It is lined with snow pine trees and its sidewalks are paved with galzed tileslike those used to pave the sidewalks of the Chang'an Boulevard in Beijing.     

Return to Lhasa

“Return to Lhasa, return to the Potala Palace. In the Yarlung Zangbo , River cleanse my heart, on top of snow mountains awake my soul...”     

Changes in Lhasa

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拉萨沐浴节

西藏的天然药浴,拉萨沐浴节沐浴节,诚如其名,是高原人民集体沐浴的节日在拉萨众多的节日之中,沐浴节绝对称得上是美妙而壮观的。据藏民间传说,沐浴节洗浴可以洗去疾病,男人强身健体活血化瘀,同时也能带来来年的吉祥和好运。所以,每年沐浴节来临之际,男女老少不约而同走进就近的天然浴场,进行一场身心的洗涤。     

Trees in Lhasa

Trees are flourishing in Lhasa wherever the history exists. There is such a man. He has already been through cus-toms after his annual trek to Lhasa, which he has been doing for over twenty years in succession to visit his tree.Although he has been making this journey for so long,it is neither to visit friends or family,nor is it his hometown.It is a tree that is tied so profoundly to his heart.When the wind blows fiercely on the bare tree and winter snow falls,he stands be-fore the tree with tears of jo...     

Window Shopping In Lhasa

DuringarecentvisittoLhasa,Iwentwindowshoppingforacoupleofdays,andwasverymuchimpressedbythewell-stockedmarketsthere.PURNITUREWORLD.Iwentintoafurni-turemarketontheBejingRoadEast.The300-metersectionoftheroadisflankedbyestablishmentsofferingmorethan300kindsofTibetan-stylefurniture,includingcabinets,teatablesanddesks.Alsoavailablearekardiancushionsembroideredwithflowerandbirdpatterns.Therearealsocushionsembroideredwithreli-giouspattemsintendedtodispeltheevilspirits.Weenjoybriskbusiness,s…     

Vegetable Production in Lhasa

Beforetheadventof1980s,TibetanswhowenttovisitChina'shinterlandreturnedloadedwithvegetabIesasgiftstofriendsandrelatives.Themid-1980ssawanincessantflowoffreshvegetablesfromSichuan.Buttheywerehorriblyexpensive.InMarch1986,thepeople'sgovernmentoftheTibetAuton…     

Mountains That Screen Lhasa

The ancient city of Lhasa sits in a basin screened by high mountains that, Ithink, are holy. When I mentioned what was on my mind to a senior Tibetan, he agreed with me, explaining that these mountains face the city with their peaks as a token of respect for Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism. The only exception, he added, is the Chagyia Garbo (Droppings of White Eagle) Mountain on the southern bank of the Lhasa River. As it faces the holy city with its back, a ritual is held on the 29th day of the second Tibetan month each year to bom-     

拉萨:味外之味

2019年11月25日,“冬游西藏·共享地球第三极”旅游推介活动在河北廊坊丝绸之路国际文化交流中心举行。巴桑次仁没有意识到,他的餐馆与剧场,应和了西藏旅游文旅产业融合发展路线,在为“冬游西藏”提供文化支撑。     

MY Feelings about Lhasa

<正>During breaks between meetings,I visited a dozen citizens in Lhasa in order to get to know about their lives.I was very impressed by their happy existence.     

The Day in Lhasa

Procession at Sunup As the sun rises,pilgrims,one after another,come from various directions and gradually form a procession around the Potala Palace.Undeniably,in the short term,this daily procession has been reduced due to the negative impact of the tragedy that occurred on March 14~(th) in Lhasa. Notwithstanding,today it seems everything has returned to normal.     

Gold Rush in Lhasa

Like their Han counterparts, Tibetan fanners have long been used to toiling in fields. Under the impact of the market economy, however, many have changed their thinking and turned to