THE HAPPY LIFE OF BLACKSMITH SONAM WANGDU

<正>Farmers and herdsmen,after a busy year bringing in the harvest, turn their attention to domestic issues such as maintenance and the rebuilding and redecoration of their houses...in other words,they just want to make their homes comfortable as they prepare to face winter. To blacksmith Sonam Wangdu,this is his busiest season.Almost everyday he leaves home at sunrise and returns at dusk. White clouds wander across the sky while the trees are rustling in the breeze. They seem to be chatting with Sonam Wangdu,sharing his happiness in the substantial changes in the status of blacksmiths since the peaceful liberation of Tibet.In any case,his is a special trade in Tibet.     

BRINGING THE WISHES OF PEOPLE IN TIBET TO BEIJING——Record on Members of National Committee of CPPCC from TAR in the 5th Session of 12th CPPCC National Committee

<正>Spring has come once again,and as the flowers begin to bud,Beijing welcomes members of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC)from the Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR)to participate in the 5th session of 12th CPPCC National Committee.These CPPCC members bring the proposals they have worked out based on their comprehensive investigations collected before their arrival in Beijing.The proposals are a compilation of the wishes and voices from the various different sectors of Tibet,and they aim to propel the initiative to develop the Tibet Autonomous     

Unfolding A PICTURE BOOK

In my capacity as a guide for readers of China's Tibet,I will show you wonders unique to the Tibet Plateau.In the remote mountainous areas in east Tibet, professional sorcerers are still working in response to the requestof those needing help. They are powerful enough to invitethe advent of wind, disperse hailstorms, and unlock alocked door without touching it. Believe it or not? Justread Divination Practices Unique to the Bon Religion andRelated Rituals.Through decades of efforts, farme…     

Travel in the GRANARY OF TIBRT

Shigaste, in the interior of Tibet, is well known as the ＂Tibetan granary＂. In August, the winter wheat of this area is being harvested and people everywhere are busy at the threshing floor. The yellow wheat seeds and straw fragments are clouding the sky and falling separately to the flooragain. Looking inside the cluster of greenhouses, a variety of fruits and vegetables has become mature. Others, just sprouting, appear very fresh. In harvest season, walking across the fields, the interior of Tibet is teeming with life.     

COMFORTABLE HOUSING AND HAPPY LIVES OF TIBETAN FARMERS AND HERDERS

In 2006, a hot topic arose in regard to Tibetan economic development. This was the“ comfortable housing project”. A range of new houses and enumerable new villages are rising above the ground at accessible sights such as the sides of roads and grasslands close to villages. Beaming smiles are fixed on the faces of farmers and herders while they are moving into new houses. Since the beginning of 2006, Tibet has launched a comfortable housing project to settle herders, transferring living places for the sak...     

A Brief Description of Tibetan Residential Architecture

The Tibet Autonomous Region covers an area of1.2 million square kilometers.It stretches 2000 kilo-meters from east to west,and 1000 kilometers fromnorth to south.With such a vast area,Tibet has uniquetopographies and landforms,as well as a complex eco-logical environment.The northwest of the TibetanPlateau has a cold climate because of its high altitude,and it is mainly pastoral.With a lower altitude,a mildclimate and plenty of rain,the southeast is suitable forplanting crops,so is mainly agricultural and agricul-tural-pastoral.In addition,the middle and lowerreaches of the Yarlung Zangbo (Yar-Klung gtsang-po)River and the Valleys of Three Rivers consist of vastareas with dense primeval forests.Inhabitants fromvarious ethnic groups,with Tibetans as the majority,are scattered in agricultural,pastoral,and forested     

VILLAGE-BASED LITTLE CHAPELS IN TIBET

<正>In the vast rural areas of Tibet there are many simple religious shrines.Though these sites are not as splendid and their Buddha statues are not as elaborate...     

Further Understanding of the Local Official Post System of Tibet in the Period of the Republic of China

In the period of the Republic of China, Tibet was in a special historical period of development. The reforms in establishing a Tibetan system for appointment of official positions went through different stages. In the system of the fusion of political and religious affairs, mild reforms were carried out so as to adapt themselves to different social changes and help maintain the situation of Tibet,     

The First Election in Khesum Manou of Lhoka - A Selection of ＂Ling Tian＇s Diary＂

Ling Tian, a senior reporter, went to Tibet from 1950 to 1956 reporting on events. In the spring of 1959, he entered Tibet once more and visited Lhoka. His diary, with one hundred thousand characters about this journey, has accurately recorded the genuine process of democratic reform occurring in Khesum Manor of Lhoka. In this journal, we are publishing some parts of his diary as follows.     

STORIES FROM CHAMDO

正In June 2018, China's Tibet organized a group of journalists to travel to several counties within Chamdo,including such places as the city of Chamdo itself and the counties of Jomda, Gonjo, and Markham, and it was in these places that they were to conduct interviews with the local people.Despite advanced technology and convenient transportation becoming introduced to the region, Tibet is still an unknown land of mystery to many around the world.The geography of Tibet certainly does a lot to     

Aquatic Bird Winter In Lhunzhub County （Ⅱ）

EDITOR＇S NOTE The water birds wintering in Lhunzhub are peculiar to the many wetlands subject to special protection in Tibet. With a view to preventing overspending and destroying the hilly areas and the grasslands, the State has been working hard to seek protection of the wetlands, and the Forestry Bureau of Lhunzhub County seeks to control soil erosion by planting trees and gross. The problem is that the lacul.farmers are still ploughing the.fields deeper and deeper so as to increase their grain output, which endangers the living conditians of those water birds that survive by hunting for leftover grain in the fields, and the black-necked cranes especially are now on the verge of extinction.     

THE STORY BEHIND AGYA AND HIS ALBUM THE SOUND OF HEART

<正>In Tibet,people often give alms to the pilgrims who get down and give a kowtow every three steps,by which they place their will to pay pilgrimage to them so as to comfort their own sense of loss that they cannot make by themselves.Getting the alms,no matter more or less,the pilgrims usually do nothing but give a smile     

A LOOK INTO THE LIVES OF “ANGELS IN WHITE”

<正>Dovetail caps and white coats are representations of holiness and purity of nurses.They silently do their work to safeguard the lives of the people and look after every individual patient.This is why they are given the name"angels in white".In March of 2017,when coming to the People's Hospital of the Tibet Autonomous Region,     

要闻

Xi Replies to Letter from Medical Students of Tibet University Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged medical students of Tibet University to develop strong skills and serve the people at the primary level ahead of the Tibetan New Year in 2020.Xi made the remarks when answering a letter from 17 students who are interning at Peking University Shougang Hospital in Beijing.He also extended festive greetings and best wishes to the students as well as the people of all ethnic groups living in Tibet and the Tibetaninhabited areas.     

THE RELIGION—the Gthen Way of Exessian of the Human,Ghast and Dininity

In the outer circle of the Barkor Street,Lhasa City of Tibet,a gallery named as＂Art Gallery of Traditional Handcrafts＂is located,specializing by making clay sculptures and masks. Surprisingly,two artisans have the same name as Penpa who are working for this gallery.For the sake of easily identifying them, people are used to calling the elder one as senior Penpa,and the young one as junior Penpa.Their common perspective might be that they both have already worked for making masks for 12 years.They,by     

A Storm of Changes Sweep over Tibetan Farmers and Herdsmen Led by the Qinghai-Tibetan Railway

From the opening traffic of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway,a major restriction on transportation to and from Tibet was finally removed. Such a change has had a massive impact on the economy of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as a whole and,in particular,on the rural Tibetans.In other words,the railway became a leading force in the re- structure and advancement of the Tibetan economy.     

A Storm of Changes Sweep over Tibetan Farmers and Herdsmen Led by the Qinghai-Tibetan Railway

From the opening traffic of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway,a major restriction on transportation to and from Tibet was finally removed. Such a change has had a massive impact on the economy of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as a whole and,in particular,on the rural Tibetans.In other words,the railway became a leading force in the re- structure and advancement of the Tibetan economy.     

The Chang Tang Plateau: new evidence of historic migration

1.Introduction This paper will primarily focus on historical migrations to and within the Chang Tang (byang-thang) region of Tibet.Traditionally,‘Chang Tang’ refers to the enormous northern plateau of Tibet that covers more than 2.5 million km2 of land mass,more renowned globally for its wildlife than human settlements.In this article however,Chang Tang is geographically defined as Ngari (mngav-ris) and Western Nakchu (nagchu) Prefectures of Tibet.In popular imagination in the Asian region,including China,Chang Tang is conceived of as a wilderness with a sparse and recent human population.     

NOTES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION IN TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION

正Children are the future of our country.The development of preschool education significantly marks the advancement of social civilization.Since the 12th Five-Year(2011-2015)Plan was implemented,bilingual education in Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR)nursery schools has realized remarkable improvement.Up to the end of 2015,2.39 billion yuan have been allocated to build a total of 882 nursery schools and conduct their enrollment,as     

THE DEVELOPMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN TIBET

In the past, a letter sent from Tibet to inland China often took almost half a year to arrive. In Tibet, people had to walk a long way, and then waited in a long queue for access to a fixed phone. Because of the poor state of telecommunications in Tibet in those early days, people in Tibet heard and saw little of the wonderful world outside. This in turn created an even greater apparent distance between Tibet and that outside world.