西藏日土县丁穹拉康石窟群考古调查简报

丁穹拉康石窟群地处西藏最西北部的阿里地区日土县境内,调查发现共计4座石窟,1号窟为礼拜窟,2~4号窟为禅修窟,组合完整。1号窟壁画内容丰富,主要包括三组曼荼罗、一组地方护法神、两位护法金刚和尸林修行、地狱变、供养人物等。该石窟群时代为10~12世纪,是西藏西部后弘初期最重要的石窟群之一。     

中国古代银锭科学鉴定刍议

中国古代自唐以降银锭（铤）即进入货币领域,由于其价值大、器型多,几乎代代都有伪作。近年来,由于收藏品市场伪造风气盛行,银锭造假也渐猖獗,且仿真水平越来越高,给古代银锭的研究和收藏带来了许多困难,因此,有必要对古代银锭之真伪鉴定进行科学探讨。     

探究英国经济兴衰之道——王章辉著《英国经济史》评介

正英国是西方发达国家中最古老的国家之一,是世界上第一个进行工业革命和第一个建立起资本主义制度的国家。工业革命完成后直至19世纪下半叶,在经济上曾经长期执世界之牛耳,是世界第一工业强国,其工业生产总值几乎达到甚至超过当时世界工业生产总量的一半。直到19世纪末叶,才被后起的美、德等国家赶上并超过,而逐渐走向相对衰落。对英国经济的勃兴、发展和衰落的过程及其经验、教训进行探索、研究,不仅具有重大的历史学术价值,更具有极其可贵的现实意义。英国经济史在国内原本也是研究热门,新     

The Tibetan New Year

New Year in Tibetan calendar is a traditional grand festival for Tibetans. This year, the Wood-horseTibetan New Year of the 17th Rabjung, is on March 2nd, 2014. Traditionally, when it is Decemberaccording to the Tibetan calendar, Tibetans start to prepare for their big festival. Of course, one of themost important things to do is New Year＇s shopping. The New Year shopping market is actually an enhancedembodiment of Tibetan＇s daily lives.     

The Development of Tibetan Media in Dechen

If you examine historicalrecords from before thefounding of the People＇sRepublic of China, you willdiscover that there was neither aChinese-version nor a Tibetan-version of newspaper in DechenPrefeeture of Yunnan Provincebecause the distribution ofinformation relied on messengerspassing through post offices.The rise of New China broughtabout the founding of the DechenTibetan Autonomous Prefecture.On October 1st, 1988, the DechenDaily launched a pilot program.Accompanied by the gradualenforcement of a Tibetan newsmedia by the local governmentof Dechen Tibetan AutonomousPrefecture, newspaper in Tibetanwas published and Tibetan channelwas also broadcast gradually.On May 5th 2013, along withthe founding of the Shangri-LaWebsite in Tibetan, the social,political, economic and culturaldevelopment of Dechen Prefecturebegan to be widely spread aroundthe world.     

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.     

All the Way to Tibet简

<正>When something or someplace reverberates in one’s mind and lingers for a long time,then you know it must be something special-and so it was when I took my th...     

News in Brief

Tibet First Select Regional Art and Craft Masters
The government of TAR selected 25 art and craft masters on the regional level for the first time on April 18, 2014 to further promote the inheritance and development of traditional Tibetan arts and crafts. The 25 masters are as follow：     

The Joys and Sorrows of Cobbler Master Xiong

There is a small lane in thewestern part of the BarkorSouth Street. It is probablythe most bustling place in the area.In this lane, you can find variousstores related to daily life such asrestaurants, vegetable stalls, shoe-repair stores and other small shopsMany people are hurrying to thisstreet to buy a variety of dailynecessities. You can find a taste of lifehere.     

Mysterious Bone Ties in Changtang Tribes

In Changtang Prairie, thenomadic natures of wild, unrulyand doughty are always inpeople＇s blood vessels. However, withthe intrusion of modern civilization,the wildness and unruliness mostlystay in elder people＇s memories.Every single wrinkle on the foreheadof a weather-beaten old man is arecord of an unforgettable history.Every old man would speak proudlyto his offspring about the tribe hebelongs, the history of its ＂bonefamily＂ and great achievements ofhis tribe leaders. The elders still takedelight in talking about the legendsof their bone family ancestors.