CRAFTSMANSHIP PUTS ARCHERY ON TARGET

正While most of the shops in Tibet's tourism hot spot of Nyingchi city sell local tourism products,one store in the city attracts customers by selling archery supplies.The owner of the shop is called Baluk,a Tibetan from the city's Mainling County,and the main product of his shop is arrowhead for the local whistling archery sports.The sport is widely practiced in the city's rural and     

A TRIP TO DEJUNG HOT SPRI NG WITH MY DAD

To take my aged father to Dejung hot spring for several days in summer or fall had long been a wish of mine since I started working. Now 77 years old, my father＇s rheumatic arthritis had worsened a lot since he was 70. A rugged and proud man, he had some tough times in his youth. He used to silently swallow all the pain without any complaint, afraid of causing trouble for his children.     

A SAFE HARBOR

<正>Raised in Europe,an ethnic Tibetan orphan returns to her roots to provide a home for the young and homeless.Operating an orphanage is a duty or mission for some,but for Gyalzur Tendol,it is a matter of repaying love and pursuing true happiness."Economic needs are not our main focus;instead,we focus on ensuring the children feel at home with parental love,trust,and unity,"says     

THE LIVING FOSSIL OF SHANGSHUNG CIVILIZATION： TSEDRUP DIVINE DANCE

Tibet, the most magical snow-land plateau on the planet, has given birth to the most mysterious and ancient civilization in human history： Shangshung. ＂Yung-drung Bon Religion＂ （＂Bon＂ for short） originated in the ancient Gangdise Mountains of the Shangshung area （now the Ngari area of Tibet） and is the oldest religion in Tibet with thousands of years of history.     

ASCENDING IS A NEW FORM OF WORSHIP

正Most Tibetans regard high,snow-capped mountains as sacred,and they have a long tradition of honoring them by making religious offerings or circling the base on foot.Tsering Tandar climbs them instead.He regards the trek to the summit as a different form of worship."Climbing gives me the opportunity to feel those sacred mountains closely,and I regard it as a new way to pay my homage to them,"says Tsering,the 28-year-old     

Chairman Jiang Zemin Encouraged Me to Cultivate More Land

After the peaceful liberation of Tibet（in particular the opening up）,Nyima Ngodrup,by maintaining his genuinely diligent and honest disposition,immediately played a significant role in local grain production and his family became one of the biggest grain-growing households.He was even cited as the national labor model.In 1990,when Chairman Jiang Zemin visited Shigatse,he met Nyima Ngodrup and encouraged him to cultivate more land.Up to this time the former serf who could never previously dare to look his master of the Shika in the face,was for the first time experiencing the feeling of ownership before the State leader.     

GROWING TOGETHER

<正>The sky stretched out clear and bright above our heads as we approached the remote village nestled among the willows and fields high in the mountains.There was the laughter of children and the smell of butter tea as we arrived at the school we had arranged to visit,which was easy to spot with"Braille Without Borders"written conspicuously on a wall in three languages.