WINTER RELIGIOUS CONVENTION IN THE TSURPU MONASTERY

Forty kilometers to the west along the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, after setting off from Lhasa, there is a bridge crossing over the Todlung River. This is Lungpa Sangpa （Tibetan, meaning the hometown bridge）. Passing over the bridge and walking further into the mountain valley, you can reach the Gurong mountain area. On walking further, you will find a splendid ancient monastery standing on the green mountainside. This is the well-known Tsurpu Monastery situated beneath the snow-covered highlands.     

阿里牧民进城记

55-year-old Sonam Yeshe is vastly experienced in "moving houses".He lives in Montser Village in Gar County of Ngari Prefecture.His hometown is a typical pastoral village.Year after year,he and his family migrated regularly to wherever water and grass were available.     

The Day in Lhasa

Procession at Sunup As the sun rises,pilgrims,one after another,come from various directions and gradually form a procession around the Potala Palace.Undeniably,in the short term,this daily procession has been reduced due to the negative impact of the tragedy that occurred on March 14~(th) in Lhasa. Notwithstanding,today it seems everything has returned to normal.     

THE YUAN DYNASTY TIBETAN OFFICIAL ARCHIVES LISTED IN THE MOWCAP

In the Fifth plenary session of the MOWCAP(Asian and Pacific Region Division of UNESCO) which was held in Bangkok on May 16th,2012,the Yuan Dynasty Tibet Official Archives,was successfully listed in the Memory of World Catalog of the Asian and Pacific Region on the recommendation and votes of experts,and as proposed by the Archives Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region. This selection signifies another major step in preserving the cultural heritage of the Yuan Dynasty