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.     

True Story of a Folk Tale About Haize Lake in Reshi Area

While working one time in Xiaojin County of Garze, the remotest Khanniu area, I heard of many strange stories. The following is a folk tale about the mysterious Haize lake in Reshi area. One day, I joined some colleagues in inspecting the project of planting grass and feeding livestock in Khanniu Township of the Khanniu area. Our destination was Zumo Village. There is a Tibetan village named Reshi within Zumo Village, and above the village there is a plateau lake named Haize Lake in Re…     

THE LITTLE NYINPA“PRINCESS”

<正>The village of Nyinpa is located in Lingka Township,Baxoi County,Chamdo Prefecture in Tibet.It is a small village,with a population of 1.50people,and is located deep in the mountains.Spring comes late in Nyinpa.It is not until the second half of April that     

From Tongbo Village to Widow Village—The Legacy of the Chinese Civil War

Located on Dongshan Island,off the coast of Fujian province,is a typical rural village called Tongbo.On May 10,1950,147 men were abducted by the KMT army on its way to Taiwan.Since a majority of the men were already married,overnight,their wives became "widows," and most would remain so for the rest of their lives.Consequently,Tongbo village became more widely known as Widow Village.The first objective of this paper is to document the tragic experiences of men and women in Tongbo village,focusing on these forced separations in 1950,the possibility of reunion after 1987,and the struggle to cope with the difficulties in between.The second objective of this paper is to argue that while heartbreaking,the experiences of this village are not extraordinary in the context of the Chinese Civil War.What made the men and women in Tongbo extraordinary is not their collective suffering,but how these villagers suffered less,not more,than in many other places,because of the actions of three key figures.     

FOUR GENERATIONS OF HOUSES IN THE TSUSUM VILLAGE: A MINIATURE OF THE GREAT CHANGES IN CHINA'S BORDER AREAS

正Tsusum, a border village some 2,000 kilometers east of Lhasa and 6,000 kilometers from Beijing, is in the Tsosisumkyi Township of Zanda County in Ngari Prefecture. The road to the village is both longer and tougher than even the well-known difficult road leading to the Metok County.Tsusum means"dried-up lake"in Tibetan. With an elevation of 4,000     

A COLLECTIVE APPROACH TO PRODUCTION LIFTS THE ECONOM＂ OF A SMALL VILLAGE IN NORTH TIBET

An improved income for a tiny village in a sparsely populated area of Northern Tibet, where about 90 households are living, is the result of taking a collective approach to production over a number of years. The people of the village are living in spacious and comfortable houses where they can access both radio and television programs.     

LOSANG

Losang is now 78 years old,one of the villagers who enjoy longevity.He is the former village head of Dangram Village,also a senior Party member.By right of his senior experience,he is really somebody of the village. It was Losang who sent us to Dangram in earlier times and provided horses and mules     

A COLLECTIVE APPROACH TO PRODUCTION LIFTS THE ECONOMY OF A SMALL VILLAGE IN NORTH TIBET

<正>An improved income for a tiny village in a sparsely populated area of Northern Tibet,where about 90 households are living,is the result of taking a collective approach to production over a number of years.The people of the village are living in spacious and comfortable houses where they can access both radio and television programs. One day in summer,we set off from the Tsonyi Special Zone and drove northward,passing towns and villages,to arrive at the legendary nomadic township of Gyatso.     

GYANTSE SPRING PLOUGHING CEREMONY

With a total of 765.6 hectares of plowed land,Kharmey Township is the principal place for grain production in Gyantse.Villagers, including both men and women,old or young and dressed in festival costumes,are crowding together at the edge of the field in the early morning;they place buttered tea, barley yeasted wine,sutra steamers, and incense burners for prayers for     

NYINPA BOYS RIDING ON THE CLIFF

<正>To the southeast of Nyinpa,a village sitting in a narrow valley,there is a halfhanging rock on the mountainside.That is the"signal rock"on which the whole village depends.Only on top of that rock can one get any cellphone signal.Bathed in the evening glow,I dialed the number of a Thangka painter,Trinley,on that very rock,and soon,his sonorous voice came through.A student of Lama Tsesha,Master of the Manthang Painting School     

珠海会同村建筑形成的特点和历史艺术价值

Built in the Qing dynasty and has survived most intact among all others in zhuhai city Huitong village is quite a good representation of characteristic buildings of Lingnan culture and a remarkable potpourri of chinese and westem elements that hammonize with nature the present village was rebuilt as a result of collaboration by villagers who went overseas to make their living and made themselves rich ultimately it also seryes as a delightful mix of western and chinese cultural elements,and a miniature of the commprador period.     

Folk Singing And Dances Attract Visitors

A dozen km west of Lhasa there lies a small village called Sangmo No.5 in Donggar Town. Sitting by the Lhasa River, it is screened on three sides by woods.With visitors to Tibet increasing in number with each passing day, the village turned to tourism, attracting visitors with singing and dancing.The Tibetans are a race good at singing and dancing. Rural folk villages have sprung up in the last few years but Sangmo is obviously is different from others. Its villagers created their own singing and dancing items.     

Qingke Barley Production In Kesi Village

There are 32 households, containing a total of 189 persons, living in Kesi village, Jiedexiu Town in Gunggar County,Shannan Prefecture.Qingke, a kind of barley, is the main grain plant for people living on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. With a long planting history, it is widespread in Tibet, accounting for more than half of Tibet's grain planting, and even 80 percent in some high altitude and cold areas.     

Home Visits

Once the work team had settled in, we started visiting the villagers in their homes to get the lay of the land. There are four unincorporated villages in Yerpa： Gogo and Yulo are downstream on the east bank of Nujiang River; Sengo, the one in the middle, is the seat of the village committee, and Dangran Village, a hour＇s walk from Sengo （upstream and to the west） is the smallest and most remote. Accordingto old statistics, there was a population of 489 in the 78 households in Yerpa Village. That made it a relatively big administrative village. It is also typical of the eastern river valley region of Tibet, with features such as deep valleys, steep mountains, a widely dispersed population over a wide area, the shortage of arable land, a dry climate and lack of transport facilities. Currently a road runs past the village but there is still no electricity, telecommunications, schools, medical services.., or safe drinking water. In the past people had to use a cable slide to cross the Nujiang River and then walk another 10 kilometers to get to Junyong Village in Dombang Township of Dzogong County. In order to continue on to the county seat of Dzogong there was another steep mountain to climb. On looking up from Yerpa Village, the highway was like a thread hanging from the clouds. The villagers used to climb Khekela on the other side of Nujiang River to reach Temtok Town of Dzogong County. Our legs almost gave way just from looking at that narrow trail. But the villagers had to rely on it to go to the nearest town for selling produce and shopping. Sometimes they would return on the same day. Our visit started from the village of Dangran. Since it was farthest from where we were, we decided to tackle the hard stuff first. Dangran Village had sent several horses and mules to us so we could use them to carry our gifts, plus a bottle of cooking oil bought in the county seat, for each family. On the gravel road that doubled as a water channel, the horses were fine but the mules liked to head for the thorn bushes by the roadside.     

TSOGO VILLAGE,A LASTING IMPRESSION OF KONGPO CULTURE

正Tsogo Village is situated at the head of the Basum Tso in Kongpo Gyamda County of Nyingchi City.Access to the lake is only possible by passing through this village, and about 40 kilometers to the north can one also find Xing Tso Lake, a place just begging for exploration.The village of Tsogo itself is quite popular among visitors, most notably due to its favorable geography, with nearby famous mountains making it possible for the entire area to be surrounded in lush forests in the middle of broad     

MIRACLES SHOWN BY MARRIAGE CUSTOMS IN SOPA FISHING VILLAGE

Sopa Village in Chushur County of Lhasa Municipality is the only village in Tibet with a fishing business.The unique culture of this village includes ancient traditional customs.One in particular is a strange marriage custom.     

Taking a Bath In Tibetan Medicinal Water

Lighting incense in a room and planting oneself into the environment scented by the smoke is one of the ways Tibetans keep fit. And they say they are taking a bath when doing so.According to the Tibetan medical code, the Tibetans had long produced many ways for "taking baths" to cleanse themselves, build up their physique and prolong life. Most popular ones include taking baths in     

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.     

ASPIRATIONS OF A VILLAGE TEACHER

<正>Dzari Township is situated at the southwest area of Lhozhag County.At an average 4,320 meters above sealevel,this is the highest township in this county with a serenely natural environment.The township consists of six administrative villages,26village teams and 57 natural villages.With a total of 1,243 households,the population in this township is4,855 people.There are one primary     

HISTORY ENGRAVED ON THE STONES-Tubo Stone Inscription in Lhodrak——The 2~(nd) Record of Archeological Studies in Lhodrak

<正>Lhodrak Town is a small town on the border of the Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR) in China.This is a peaceful and beautiful town stretching from east to west along the Lhodrak River between a mountain and the river.The Xungqu River of Lhodrak runs day and night from the town to the distant border.The end of the downtown of the county seems to be the end of the access.Nevertheless,a single road suddenly appears before you,zigzagging to the village and surrounded by rich forest.In the morning when the fog is still lying on the land,we have