Witness of Cultural Exchanges between China and Nepal:THE COMBINED STATUE OF RISONG GONGPO IN KYIRONG

正At the southwest border of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China, there is a famous ancient site known as Gungthang, which is situated in the territory of today's Kyirong County in Shigatse. This ancient city dates back to the period of the Tubo Kingdom, by which time it served as a key link between China and Nepal. From Mt. Mala situated at     

DORJE SHUGDEN PRACTITIONERS' SEGREGATION BY THE DALAI LAMA——A REPORT FROM ROME

<正>December 17,2014I,as a stonemason from Tibet,for the first time,am visiting the ancient city of Rome,Italy known for thousands of massive,impressive marble and granite stone structures.We saw the Vatican,the Basilica and then to the Coliseum and many others.The stone work and art here with     

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…     

WHEN THE TIBETAN GARUDA MEETS HARLEY-DAVIDSON

正When Tibetan Harley bikers are together, they are always confused whose phone is ringing, as all of them have the same ringtone:the revving of a motorcycle engine.Having a nice horse was and is a luxury and source of pride for a Tibetan nomad on the grassland, butin a city like Lhasa, some consider riding a Harley to be the new fashion.A mix of Harley and Tibetan culture,the Tibetan Harley team known as the"Garuda"is an eye-catching scene in the ancient streets of Lhasa.     

THE SUN THE LION： EARLIEST HYMN TO THE SUN FROM EBLA AND ABU-SALABIKH （2600- 2500）

A hymn that praises the Sun god belongs to the earliest literature work of Mesopotamian civilization and it expressed a hearty praise of the absolute being, the Sun, the god of brightness of the ancient Akkadian people of 3^rd millennium. It is one of the earliest religious and literature heritages written in Semitic language （2600-2500 B.C） by the Akkadian people, the Semitics in the early Mesopotamia, who began to borrow the Sumerian cuneiforms to write their own speeches. The two exemplars of the hymn were excavated from two distant places： one came during 1963-65 from Tell Abu-Salabikh, the ruin of an unknown ancient city, 12 miles from the northwest ofNippur. A photograph of the main but damaged text, OIP 99 - IAS, no 326, without a handwritten copy, and a hand copy of a fragment of the hymn, OIP 99 no 342, were published by American scholar R. Biggs in 1974I. The language of Abu-Salabikh is the earliest Semitic （c. 2500 B.C）, possibly related to the later Old Akkadian （2300-2100 B.C）. In 1974-1975, a generally complete text of this hymn but rewritten by the local Semitic scribes in Ebla dialect was discovered in the ancient city Ebla （Tell Mardikh）2 in Syria by an Italian archaeologist team. German scholar D. O. Edzard hand-copied the original text in 1984 as The Archiv Reali di Ebla Testi V, no 6 and did an initiative transliteration3. In 1989,     

Jamyon Yeshi and His Driving School

<正>Sitting on the upper reaches of Lancangjiang River,Chamdo is the principal prefecture-level city of eastern Tibet.Since ancient times,it has been an important economic hub for merchants from Sichuan,Yunnan,and Qinghai.Influenced by this strong commercial atmosphere,there is a long and well-established entrepreneu rial tradition among Tibetans of Chamdo.In the fi rst half of the 20th centu ry,the legenda ry business mogul,Pangdatsang,was always someone the     

熠熠生辉——金与金的艺术

Gold was the most valuable metal in the ancient times and also the combination of the most magnificent materials and of the most complicated techniques. A history of the gold and silver wares reflects the development of the ancient handicraft, culture and aesthetics. The history of the Chinese ancient gold and silver handicraft is colorful and each period has its own distinguished character. The simplicity of Shang and Zhou. the vividness of the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States. the boldness of the Han. the foreign style of Wei Jing and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the vigor of Dang, the elegance of Song and Yuan and the delicacy of Ming and Qing, all makes the audience clap their hands in admiration.     

重庆市万州区塘房坪遗址1998年发掘简报

Tangfangping site is situated at the north bank of Yangzi river, near Xiaozhou town in Wanzhou, Changqing city. From February to May in 1998, about 400m^2 was excavated.19 storage pits and many potteries, stonewares and bronzes have been found. This is a new culture type remain of Xia-Shang(夏商）Period, in southeastern Changqing and the Three Gorges. It is alsoa new clue to look for the source of the early Ba(巴）culture.     

说玦

Jue, is one of the important kinds of Chinese ancient jade.Iti-s production dates to the Qing dynasty.Judged from the shape,it is an ear pedant as earring, which reflects the simple aesthetic conception and traditional thought of ancient people.Jue of the early times is comparatively important and it is the forefather of ancient jade as far as we know and worthy of thorough research.     

丹巴古碉建筑文化综览(英文)

The upper reaches of the Three Rivers of western Sichuan~1 is one of the areas which boast ancient Tibetan and Qiang pillboxes. Danba county~2 was and is well known for the architectural culture of ancient pillboxes. The county was hence famed as "the country of a thousand pillboxes." According to the documents I have in hand and the fieldwork I made in the area, the pillboxes of Danba county are the most numerous, widest in distribution, most complete in function and type, and the clearest and longest in historical development among all counties. Danba is the most suitable place for studying ancient pillboxes and also for solving the mystery of the architectural culture of ancient pillboxes in the area of the Three Rivers.     

“The Destruction of Utopia”A moral study of The ones walk away from Omelas

Being called as the ＂queen of science-fiction＂ by the readers, Ursula K Le Guin contributes her world-known Earth- sea book series to the literary field. Influenced by Lao Tze＇s Taoism and ideas from anthropology, she frequently analyzes the conflict between individual morality and society construction. This short story, her early work winning the Hugo Award, depicts that an Utopian future city named Omelas in fact hardly exists because this city hides an evil secret about a poor child. The sharp contrast between prosperous Omelas and the feeble-mind- ed child illuminates an ancient controversial topic about the contradiction between utilitarianism and public morality： through it, the author dissects the conflict of individual morality and public maximum happiness pointing out that any society must conceal a dark side though it seems perfect as Utopia.     

HAVING A NICE TIME AT A YOGURT SHOP

<正>When the sun disperses its brilliant rays over the Potala Palace on a nice day,the whole city of Lhasa takes on an air of warmth and harmony.In their ancient Tibetan robes idly turning their Mani wheels,elderly people either go for a walk on the Barkor Street or have a rest at a sweet tea shop.Tourists coming in from all over the world often like to     

湖北襄阳岗心与八亩坡墓地发掘简报

Three ancient graveyards at Gangxin, Bamupo and Paomagang graveyard in Xiangyang city were excavated from May to July in 2000. The excavation was done to cooperate with the construction of Xiang-Jing Highway. Fifteen tombs dated from Song to Ming and Qing Dynasty were unearthed, including small-scale brick-chambered tombs with earth pits, pit tombs and relocated tombs. Asmall quantity of burial objects such as copper cash, copper and jade hairpins are unearthed too. These tombs bear some unique features in forms and burial customs. The excavation will be helpful to the research on historical archaeology of Hubei province.     

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-     

A SALUTE TO THE NORTHERN TIBET AN HIGHLAND RECORD OF THE QINGHAI-TIBET RAILWAY PATROL TEAM

Extending for 1,956 kilometers from Xi’ning of Qinghai in the east to the city of Lhasa in the west,the Qinghai-Tibet Railway traverses the broad highland as well as a deserted no-man’s land in the Northern Tibet.As the highest and the longest railway in the world,it employs multiple security measures,the most ancient of which is to maintain a watch by employing human overseers. This involves a unique group,the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Patrol Team that undertakes this special task.The team carries out a strict management with military discipline.Every day,the patrol team members work hard in this lonely and deserted place.Once you take the Qinghai-     

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.     

古格故城

The ancient Guge kingdom collapsed in the 1630s after lasting for 700 years in what is today’s Ngari of Tibet Autonomous Region.Its capital,without any king,now stands alone on the western part of the plateau.The empty city was left todecay at the mercy of the weather throughout the past three centuries.     

论乐平古戏台的艺术特征

It has been a popularity to build opera stages in the village of Le Ping in Jiangxi Province since the ancient time and a great number of the Ming and Qing Dynasties have been handed down to form a paramount of traditional art characterized with ancientness, abundance and beauty. The gorgeousness, the vigour and the elegance of the ancient stages are really rare in the Jiangxi Province even throghout China, which has already reached the peak of the building art of opera stage.     

The Dissemination and Transformation of Han Chinese-style Sudhana or Chinese-Style Children in Tibetan Buddhist Art during the Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty was one of the important periods of cultural exchange and amalgamation between Han Chinese and Tibetans.Along with the governance of Tibet and other Tibetan areas by the Central Government of the Ming Dynasty,Tibetan culture represented by Buddhism and its art was disseminated in the interior of China,primarily in Nanjing city and Beijing city,the capital of the Ming dynasty.At the same time,Chinese culture represented by Chinese Buddhism and its art was also introduced into Tibet and other Tibetan areas.     

THE LIVING FOSSIL OF SHANGSHUNG CIVILIZATION： TSEDRUP DIVINE DANCE

Tibet, the most magical snow-land plateau on the planet, has given birth to the most mysterious and ancient civilization in human history： Shangshung. ＂Yung-drung Bon Religion＂ （＂Bon＂ for short） originated in the ancient Gangdise Mountains of the Shangshung area （now the Ngari area of Tibet） and is the oldest religion in Tibet with thousands of years of history.