西藏铜币的科技分析

西藏铜币是指旧西藏地方政府发行的在藏区流通的铜质货币,是藏银币的辅币。西藏铜币始铸于公元1909年,1953年停铸。笔者有幸得到一批(共十一枚)品相较为精美的藏铜币,按发行年代分为1927年版“雪冈”、1936年版“新雪冈”和1949年版“雪阿”三个版别。为了解铜币的保存现状、成份组成和制造工艺,分别采用X射线衍射仪、X射线荧光光谱仪和金相显微镜作表面锈蚀产物、表面成分和显微金相分析。1实验部分:1·1样品介绍:样品分1927年版(五枚)“雪冈”、1936年版(五枚)的“新雪冈”和1949年版的“雪阿”(一枚)共三个版别。取四枚样品,记作ZB-1(1…     

中国人民银行西藏分行部队专用“定活两便定额存单”考述

近年来,随着钱币收藏与研究的不断扩大、深入,作为现金兑换券的银行存单、支票、汇票等被视为人民币系列收藏品,越来越受到广大收藏爱好者的青睐和重视,且不时也有一些珍品浮出水面。今年6月初,我在贵州觅得一套60年代初中国人民银行西藏分行“部队专用定活两便定额存单”,由于未曾见到相关报道,现结合史料对该套存单及有关情况谈谈个人的认识。一、存单的种类、形制该套存单共5枚,为5圆、10圆、20圆、50圆、100圆五种面额,均为竖式三色印刷,无水印。每种存单上的存单号和“部队专用”文字同为红色印刷;每张存单的颜色和大小都有差别:伍元券…     

Toast Songs Popular in Ngari

When guests came to visit Diya people in Ngari,the hosts would ask the young girl in the family to toast them with songs. Holding a wine cup, the girl would stand in front of the guests in turn, and after singing one song, would invite the guest to drink one cup of wine; each guest was serenaded with a different song, although all centered on blessing. From many different people, I have received details of the different songs that now fill my notebook. One song goes like this: In the azure a…     

Yadong Skirted by the Tea-horse Trade Route

PhariPhari Town stands at an elevation of 4, 360 met ers. Befo re Na gqu and Shiquanhe grew into towns, Phari was already known as the highest town in the world. Nowadays,it is the largest of its kind in Tibet. The houses of Tibetan residents, each wide and flat-roofed, are decorated with colorful vignettes. The town is surrounded by the towering peaks of the Himalayas. The most beautiful Chomolari Peak looks delicate and lovely in the sunshine. "It was busy with many businessmen from Bh…     

People Active in Border Area

In April, while Lhasa enjoyed sunshine, the border county of Cona, hundreds of km away saw heavy snow.Meidog?s Carding Machine About two years ago, Meidog, 47, came to the county seat. She carded wool into balls with carding machine bought at some 80,000 Yuan. Several years ago, she was a herdswoman. There are only four people in her family. Her husband worked as a projectionist, her son grazed the cattle and her daughter-in-law managed household chores. Therefore, they had to hire others …     

Nyingchi Airport：Maiden Flight Successful

The construction of the Nyingchi Airport started in October 2003. It received collective investmentof 780 million Yuan from the State Development Reform Commission and General Administration of Civil Aviation of China as one of the major projects in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. It is designed to handle 120,000 passengers a year as a feeder tourist airport. Nyingchi is located in southeast Tibet, neighboring India and Myanmar, and lies at an average altitude of 3,100 meters. The mount…     

DINQEN RABA DANCING IN EASTERN TIBET

Raba is one art type featuring bell and beat combined with dancing, intonation, drama, acrobatics and martial arts. Dinqen Raba is popular in the Dinqen area of Qamdo, and differs from other Raba forms in Tibetan-inhabited areas. Dinqen County is located in the northwest of Qamdo, which lies in the northeast of Tibet Autonomous Region. Dinqen stands on the upper stream of the Nujiang, one of the three famous rivers in China. Dinqen Raba originated from the grassroots' lifestyle. Before e…     

NEW BOOKS

Political History of Tibet： Recent Three Centuries; Tibet in Archives of Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission;Wang Furen and Tibetan Studies; Cultural Ties Between the Han and Tibetan in Ancient Time; Exploring the Roof of the World;     

Interview with Village Leaders （1）：Political,Legal and Public Services in Rural Tibet

The Tibetan Areas Development Study Group of the CAS, led by research fellow Wan Luolin （who is the head of the CAS Learning Advisory Committee and original administrative vice president） and research fellow Zhu Ling （deputy director of CAS Economic Research Institute）, developed the extensive research activities in the Tibetan-inhabited areas since 2000, While the study group completed the special subject policy report, it also published some learning achievements such as Choice of Roads to Development in Underdeveloped Areas-Case Study of the Tibetan-Inhabited Areas in Yunnan （published by the Economic Management Press in 2003）and Marketization and Grass-roots Public Serices-Case Study of Tibet （published by Nationality Press in 2005）.In July and August 2005, the study group developed a research program in Garze of Sichuan Province and the Qamdo area of Tibet along the Sichuan-Tibet highway.     

First Toranba Geshi Degree Issue

In October 2005, a total of 11 students of the China Tibetan Language Higher Institute of Buddhism completed their Buddhist studies for the Toranba Geshi title and a grand award ceremony was held. This marks the fresh progress that Tibetan Buddhism is making in Buddhist studies.