吐蕃的遗产,敦煌的缘分

Now let’s turn our attention to Dunhuang in the Hexi Corridor,the home of the Mogao Grottoes.What position does it hold in Tibetan history and culture?What does it reveal of the formation and development of the Chinese nation as a whole?The area around Dunhuang was called Sanwei in ancient times.     

THE ORCHARD

Behind the Village Committee,there is an orchard with an area of about 6,666 square meters.Though it mainly belongs to the family of Shigyal and Chojor Jinpa,(the Village Secretary),some of the trees in it are allocated to other families.It is only one of the many orchards in the village.Since the orchard lies next to the Village committee where we are stationed,it is like our backyard garden.In the morning,it is full of birds.Each orchard,fenced by walls and thorns,is a quiet and slightly forbidding place in the name of different families.     

清代珐琅彩瓷器赏鉴

The porcelain in cloisoon enamel is a precious kind produced in the three reigns of Kangxi, Yongzhen, and Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. Its technological process is very complicated. The production and development of it plays an important role in the Chinese porcelain history, which enriches the decoration ways and categories of over-glaze porcelain family.     

Dama People in Gyilung Gully

Winter in the hinterland of the Himalayan area is a desolate scene, yet it is also a land that remains full of boundless charm. As our jeep set out from Lhasa and bumped toward the highest peak in the world via the intoxicating Yangzhog Yumco and Peku Co Lakes, we were lost in affection for the     

Brashier,K.E.Public Memory in Early China

In his previous book, Ancestral Memory in Early China (2011), K.E.Brashier, a religious studies professor at Reed College, illuminated our understanding of early Chinese ancestral cults and established himself as an indisputable authority on the topic.To do so, he delineated how deceased ancestors were transformed into living memory in early China, covering roughly the early Zhou to the end of the Later Han dynasty.Brashier examined a wide variety of textual records relevant to rituals and customs surrounding ancestral worship and also analyzed their cognitive aspects.Adopting the performance theory framework, he showed the interactions between the living and the dead via the practice of rituals and the psychological manipulation of the ritual performers before and during ceremonies of ancestral sacrifice.This effort also advanced discussions of the concepts of afterworld and afterlife in early China.     

AYakDevelopmentTeamontheQinghai-TibetPlateau

As a primitive breed unique to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the yak is an important means of production and source of livelihood for the people living in the plateau area. In our country, there are about 14 million yaks, 92 percent of the total world population, distributed mainly over alpine grassland of about 157 million hectares on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Since the end of the 1950s, with Professor Cai Li as a representative, a group of scientists from the Southwest College for Nationalities have conducted scientific research on yaks. They also examined the scientific and technological development of yak production in the alpine pastoral area at more than 4000 meters above sea level. They have achieved important outcomes and won acclaim from all over the world. In 1987, The Southwest College for Nationalities was the first in the country to recruit post-graduates to study ＂yak genetic breeding＂ in order to produce new generations for our yak studies. After 20 years the students have already made outstanding contributions to the development of the breed.     

LOSING THE WAY IN THE CLAY FOREST

We lost our way while going to Zada County. Andwe lost our way in the Clay Forest in the middle of the night.It is not too far to go from Burang to Zada, where the Clay Forest is located. We moved along leisurely, taking pictures and enjoying the strange landscape. When we got to the foot of Gangrenboqe, it     

A Chance Encounter with Tenzin

It was a pure coincidence. On October 5th, 2013, we were on our way from Shigatse to Mt Qomolangma Base Camp for the spectacular view of the top of the world.Unfortunately, the weather was horrible： in early October, it was supposed to be clear and fair in the area around Mt. Qomolangma, but in that couple of days it was all stormy.     

藏香生产从家庭走向市场（英文）

正Incense Production,a Living Fossil of the Culture of Ancient Tibetan Crafts With the heavy ears of highland barley waving in the field and the cool,pure air filled with the fragrance of incense,this village renowned for its incense production emerged in the middle of a valley.The village is called Thonda,the river the Thonchu,and it is located in Thonpa Township,Nyemo County,within Tibet Autonomous Region.Thonda Village is known as the hometown of Thonmi Sambhota,an     

藏香生产从家庭走向市场

Incense Production,a Living Fossil of the Culture of Ancient Tibetan Crafts With the heavy ears of highland barley waving in the field and the cool,pure air filled with the fragrance of incense,this village renowned for its incense production emerged in the middle of a valley.The village is called Thonda,the river the Thonchu,and it is located in Thonpa Township,Nyemo County,within Tibet Autonomous Region.Thonda Village is known as the hometown of Thonmi Sambhota.     

古代灯具的收藏

The electric light is widely used nowadays. Can you image what our ancestors used for lighting and what they are like? Actually, the Chinese ancient lamp has a long and splendid history. The ancient lamp becomes more and more important with the continuous excavations of fine lamps and the popularity of collection. This article tells us the brief history of Chinese lamp and the categories and characteristics of each period.     

浅析西藏石刻文化(英文)

Throughout human history,our ancestors invari- ably chose stones as their primarily material to be pro- cessed and utilized as tools.Since the dawn of this his- tory when stone tools came into use,stone has been closely related to the development of mankind,the creation of human civilization and the constant progress of human society.A chipped scraper or a pol- ished stone axe can both relate and represent two dif-     

A Vigorous Woodblock Carving Artisan Tsepel

On a sunny morning in earlyAugust our group of reporters’ crew left the Tongpu section of State Highway 317, continued through the 10-kilometer Polo valley and traveled south along the Zangchu River.Our assignment was to go to Badron Village and document woodblock production that had been practiced there for over a thousand years. The river surface contrasted nieely with the adjoining mountains     

五千年前的人、鸟、兽玉组合器

The unity of man, bird and beast is a piece of jade in the early period of Liangzhu culture, the craftsmanship of which is fairly perfect. The shape has profound eannntations, that is, the unity of man, bird and beast stands for the jinn worship of heaven, earth and ancestors. Its appearance marks the end nf the preliminary religion and the coming of the systematic human religion.     

History,Culture, and Politics： On Historical Formation and Identity Dilemmas of ＂China＂

This lecture is concerned with some historical issues of ＂China,＂ ＂territory, culture＂ and ＂identity＂ that are placed against the background of politics, culture and scholarship in contemporary China. I want to draw attention to the question of how historians understand and interpret ＂China.＂ It addresses the following questions. First, where did the idea of ＂China＂ come from？ and how did it become a topic of scholarly research？ What kind of dilemmas does ＂China＂ confront in its current condition and historical interpretation？ Second, how do various new historical theories and methods in international academic circles enrich our understanding of ＂China＂？ Third, how does China＇s history and reality challenge the theories of ＂empire＂ and ＂nation-state＂？ Fourth, is it possible to write ＂East Asian history＂？ Does ＂national history＂ prove still effective in describing China or East Asia？     

A MOUNTAIN WEASEL SPOTTED IN LHASA

<正>Four of us went to a suburb in Lhasa for an autumn outing one day in the middle of October.We drove out of the downtown area heading east and reached our destination,Caigongtang Temple.Interestingly enough,it was a result of random selection based on Google maps that led us here since we neither knew     

Double-body pottery pot

The double-body pottery pot was unearthed in 1977 at the Karub ruins in Chamdo,Tibet,and has a history of more than 4,000 years.The shape of the vessel is made of two identical bag-shaped gallipots connected together,so it is named"double-body pot".According to the fibet Museum,the pot mouse has a diameter of 11.3cm,a bottom diameter of 8.4cm and a height of 19cm.Its texture is yellow pottery with sand.The mouth is horn shaped,straight neckt abdomen is con nected bag shaped double body,cervical shoulder has a pair of holes for tying rope.The surface of the pot is exquisitely decorated;with the use of carved lines and Cinnabar black painting decoration.The ware is full and beautiful in shape,ingenious in conception and skilled in craftsmanship,which represents the highest level of pottery production of Karub culture at that time and is known as the representative work of neolithic pottery in Tibet.     

REGARDING THE NAME OF THE MONTH ＇ITI EZEM A DARA4＇ IN UR III TEXTS

We begin our study of the city of Nippur in the neo-Surnerian period （ca. 2100- 2000 B. C.） with the publication of an unpublished text. This text belongs to the Okayama Orient Art Museum, Okayama-shi, Japan. Prof. Dr. Takashi Taniichi, the curator of the museum, generously permitted me to study and publish it.     

Sow One Seed, Gain One More Life

The meadow on the highland is as broad as an ocean, yet it is also as quiet as a painting, without the limitation of a frame. It seems more natural and lively than a painting. It is as simple as the clear eyes of a Tibetan sheep, reflecting the rippling green grass and the scent of the soil as carried by the breeze. This scent followed me all the way as I followed spring＇s progress across the highland and as we drove deeper into the wide prairie in the County of Hongyuan. A Tunnel Enclosure in Camouflaged Clothing On average, Hongyuan is more than 3600 meters above sea level and is mainly involved in animal husbandry. It is the only county largely inhabited by Tibetans in the Prefecture of Aba. There is a vast area （777,200 ha.） of lush native grassland, 91.8 percent of the whole county. ＂Tashi Delek, welcome my reporter＂ said Tsepudan, Chairman of the Karlama Village Committee in the Township Village of Achok in the County of Hongyuan. He greeted me with smiles. He looked tall and strong in his traditional Tibetan robe, with a large-screen cell phone at his waist. ＂What＇s the fence for＂ I asked in curiosity. Before me was a huge fenced paddock. ＂A tunnel enclosure, they helped us build it,＂ said Tsepudan, pointing towards our companions （Professor Li Jian, and Professor Tang Cheng from the Southwest University for Nationalities, as well as Mr. Liu Gang from the Sichuan Prairie Institute）. Made of steel, the tunnel enclosure is shaped in a hexagon, 10 meters long. At first sight, it seems to be without any technical content. Actually, it contains a certain delicacy in its awkwardness. It saves a lot of labor and time when it is used to give an injection or medicine, or shear sheep, weighs something, or transport yaks and sheep. The Southwest University for Nationalities, the Sichuan Prairie Institute and local herdsmen produced it together, including its design, site selection and construction. Eight national     

A Journey to THE HOME AREA OF The Moinbas

It happened 17 years ago. I wason horseback heading for Lechibo Gully, an area inhabited bypeople of the Moinba ethnicgroup. The way was not a road in thetrue sense, and, in addition, it was covered with ice.However the trip was very entertaining. In the forests, snow chickens,Tibetan pheasants, river deer and squirrels greeted us. Seeing us on our lonelywalk through the isolated environment,charming girls, in the shape of towering peaks topped by shining snow,beckoned us smilingly, and flow…