ZOU GUIFEN,AN INHERITOR OF TIBETAN FOLK CULTURE

Zou Guifen is a 46-year-old Tibetan lady. She lives in Meixing Town, Xiaojin County in Siehuan Province. For several decades, she has carried on the art of embroidery and knitting, and set her heart on preserving these handierafts. She has successfully taught manyfriends the technique. The embroidery and knitting works in her collection, including 50 insoles, 30 belts, and over 10 cross-stitch works, are all deemed classics of local folk culture.     

I CAN PLANT WHATEVER VEGETABLES TIBET CAN GROW

Chongdro is a farmer in Kangsa Village of Norgyan Town of Panam County of TAR. She is a typical Tibetan woman living in a rural area and that is apparent not only from her face and general appearance,but also from her modest behavior and hospitality.Her house is still very much the traditional home of a rural Tibetan family living with their animals i.e.the first floor is for the animals and the second floor for the humans.The surrounding wall of the courtyard is plastered and almost covered with cattle ...     

SUNF LOWER,A DANCING FAIRY FROM TIBET

＂Sunflower＂ is a Tibetan woman （real name Rinehen Drolma） who is a famous dancer and a national-level choreographer. She is now a choreographer in the Music and Dance Troupe of TibetAutonomous Region （TAR）. Since she engaged herself in the art of dance, Sunflower has won many first and second prizesin the dancing competitions of TAR. Her masterworks include Hormu Sisi, Tibetan Myth, Spring Maid, Spiritual Talk, Paean to the Holy Land, and Resama. She has given performances with her troupe in many countries and regions, including Austria, Germany, and Spain.     

传统女红艺术现代化的先行者——沈寿与她的《雪宦绣谱》

Shen Shou is living modern times setes up revolutionary art of girl modern times education. and self wards off the way. and is the first to do to pay attention to the west in the painting that glossy image is light and shade and the viewpoint that copyd in the realistic writing, the transformation is thawed embroidery in the centre of, smashs China copys in a few thousand the embroidery tradition, morcover by means of the combination against the modern times industry maneuver,the effect coming into being causes this traditional technology advance up the hitherto unknown fresh field of vision.     

GOD＇S PEOPLE AND BUDDHISTS OF NAXI IN TIBET

Today is Sunday. Anyi, a Tibetan woman, gets up early and gets dressed. She combs her hair and tries to make herself to look smart. She takes her daughter Nyina, together with some fellow villagers, to walk toward the ehureh situated at the entrance to the village. To most of these villagers in Tsakhalho Village, this is a normal Sunday activity.     

GOD'S PEOPLE AND BUDDHISTS OF NAXI IN TIBET

Today is Sunday.Anyi,a Tibetan woman,gets up early and gets dressed. She combs her hair and tries to make herself to look smart.She takes her daughter Nyina,together with some fellow villagers,to walk toward the church situated at the entrance to the village.To most of these villagers in Tsakhalho Village,this is a normal Sunday activity.     

A Study on the Themes of Emily Dickinson’s Poetries

In the brilliant American literature area, Emily Dickinson is a mysterious figure who attracts readers deeply. She was born in an upper class family in New England of American in the 19th century, which is never married. She was one of the most outstanding poets. Her poems have extensive subjects and deep thoughts, and renowned with plain but eternal language. In her poetry, Emily Dickinson explored the theme on death, eternity, love and na- ture. This paper is just an attempt to help the readers to under- stand her complex themes of her poetries. She praised the nature and holy love, describe the essence of death and eternity. Dickin- son’s poems are usually based on her experiences, her sorrows and joys.     

女红奇葩——民间绣荷包

The folk small articles are filled with the folk artist‘s intelligence and ingenuity,reflecting the artistic pursuit of the common people.These articles enrich the Chinese lives and embody their emotions. A small bag with embroidery is one of the popular accessories in ancient China. As time goes by,it gradually disappears; therefore,it is more worthy of studying by the folk professionals.     

Pamo,A Mailwoman in Nyima County of NAGQU PREFECTURE

正She is a 26-year-old girl with dusty hair and sun-cracked dry facial skin.She often backpacks with over ten kilograms in her bag,and walks in the wild grassland for about half a month.     

Left Alone But Returned With Horses

The author was born in December 1943 in the Qamdo Prefecture and died of illness in 2000. She was a writer and a member of the Tibet Branch of the Chinese Association of Writers. She used to be head of Nagqu Prefecture, Deputy Director of the Nagqu Prefectural Bureau of Animal Husbandry, Vice-Chairman of the Tibet Association of Literary and Art Circles, Chairman of the Tibet Association of Folk Literature Writers, President of the Tibet Society of Folk Culture and Chief Editor of Tibet Folklore. Her works include Changtang Grasslands and I. Here is a story she once wrote.     

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Tibetan Marriage
Dorje Drogya, the author, relates the stories of two women, Drogya and Hao Hao. The former one is a Tibetan who is living under the umbrella of polyandrous family. She is married to five husbands and acts as a bond to these five men in order to maintain family unity and power.     

Singing Soundly with Gratitude

Before seeing Asgen I had imagined a girl who has been on the stage of various parties on CCTV(China Central Television)many times for such a young age.She might have the air of a star but when I saw her the first time,my former suspicions all vanished right away.Before me,was a Tibetan girl who is so pretty,nice and easy going. When Asgen did the interview with me,the sunshine shone through the window and it was warm and peaceful in the room.As she spoke to me, her eyes were attentive and her voice seemed to penetrate one’s heart with enchantment.     

Enterprising Tibetan Medicine in the TAR

Editor＇s Notes： Ms Lei Jufang, the President of Qee Zheng Tibetan Medicine Group, isquite a normal but famous female in the Tibet Autonomous Region. She made the traditional Tibetan Medicine modernization and created a myth, Qee Zheng. Here is an interview with her by China＇s Tibet magazine＇s reporter.     

Wooden Bowls In Tibetan Families

In Tibetan families, there are always two wooden bowls, a big one and a small one, the former for the father and the latter for the mother. In well-to-do families, each wooden bowl has a silver lid, on which are carved patterns symbolizing good luck. In even wealthier families, every wooden bowl is inlaid with silver and carved with patterns, with only a finger-width part left in the middle of the bowl to show its wooden nature. Above it is the lid and under it is the tray, both made of silver. The lid is shaped like a tower and inlaid with silver and gold, on the top of which is a red agate forming a handle. The tray is especially unique. It is in the shape of eight petals of a lotus, with a pattern of good luck on each petal altogether making up the traditional eight propitious omens.     

Why I Organized the “Mutual Aid Team” amongst Our Poor People？

Tsering Lhamo,a Tibetan woman,was born in Luntse County of the Tibet Autonomous Region（TAR）.She joined the Communist Party of China in 1960,and was the on-going party secretary of a town in Nedong County.She led eleven households of Nangsan（serfs） in 1961 to form a mutual support team for agricultural production and achieved a rise in local production.Later,the labour committee of the Tibetan branch of the Communist Party cited her as the＂model for thousands of liberated serfs＂.In 1977,under her leadership and with the efforts exerted by local members of the commune,     

Wealthy Families in Nangka Township

Baima Chasi is a farmer-turned-taxi company manager. She lives in Nangka Township of Donggar Town in Deilungde-qen County in the suburbs of Lhasa. The way she carries herself, and herfacial expression belie her real age of littlover 40. The courtyard of her house is verylarge with a garage spacious enough topark three or four vehicles, in addition to cattle pen. Dried beef of a whole head of cattlehangs in a cool place outside her kitchen. In her sitting room are a lot of flowersSeei…     

Party Secretary Emerging From a Road Maintenance Family

During my interview with Zholma Party Secretary of the Xigaze Prefecture Communications Bureau, she told me the following interesting story: My mother is 85 this year. She has three children who are all road maintenance workers. In 1952, mother took a younger sister from Lhasa to Nyingchi, where she met the PLA and joined a road construction team. The road was being built to Lhasa and then to Xigaze.     

Kegyia Village of Ngari Today

After leaving the Burangcounty seat, we headed forKegyia Village, the lastcommunity that we investi-gated in Ngari. It is a Tibetanrural area with relatively concentrated pop-ulation and has a traditional cultural envi-ronment with a monastery as its center.Transport links are good so it is possiblereach the border with Nepal directly.Kegyia lies 11 km southeast of BurangCounty in the Ngari district with a popula-tion of 650 and is the site of the townshipgovernment is at Kegyia Village.K…     

MAKING TIBETAN CLOTHES MORE FASHIONABLE AND INDIVIDUALIZED

正Tashi Yongdro, who comes from the town of Geluotuo in Sichuan Province's Serthar County, designs Tibetan-style clothes. Her hometown is near the famous Mt. Leqiong, with beautiful grassland everywhere the eye can see, sprinkled here and there with colorful and bright Kampa costume.Her parents were well-known local tailors. When Tashi Yongdro was a child,her mother often used her own old clothes to make new ones for her. She     

VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR DEKYI WHO GRADUATED FROM UNIVERSITY

Dekyi is a Tibetan girl who always has a smile on her face.She came from Tibet to Beijing to receive her higher education and then she gave up the opportunity to work in city where she could have had a high income and comfortable life.Instead she decided to work in Sema Village of Nechung Town of Tohlung Dechen County,where she launched her new life by contributing to the rebuilding of a rural area in Tibet.She interpreted the rural policies issued by the government by applying her own knowledge.