Tibetan Doctoral Graduates to change Tibet

At present,Tibetan PhD's are playing key roles in the advancement of Tibetan culture,medicine,science,technology,economy and society in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). According to survey results recently revealed by the Science and Technology Association of TAR,to date,over 60 Tibetan doctoral graduates are working at the frontier of production and research programs in TAR.The data reveals that an equal number of them are working in natural and social science.About one third of     

KARMA WANGDU AND HIS BRONZE STATUE COMPANY

正Tracing back along the Tsachu River from the city of Chamdo,a branch of the Lancangjiang River,you will find the well-known village of Onda Gang 70 kilometers away,where the villagers make a living forging all kinds of Buddhist statues with metal.The artisans in Onda Gang produce most of the Buddhist statues in the monasteries of Chamdo and Garze and     

＂The Excellences of the Republic＂ Produced on the Roof of the World

Since its peaceful liberation, Tibet, at the roof of the world, has been keeping abreast with the motherland to constantly renew its progress.     

当代藏族人的活佛观(英文)

<正>Introduction This article relies on a combination of questionnaires and interviews in an attempt to understand contemporary Tibetans' basic opinions of and attitudes towards incarnate lamas.     

FORESTATION PROJECT IN SHIGATSE PREFECTURE

Tlbetan legend has it that many years ago the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was originally an extensive ocean.One day,a vicious fiveheaded dragon entered this ocean and brought catastrophe to all local creatures.So Heaven sent five fairies to conquer the vicious dragon.Forming a long-term strategy to prevent any catastrophe which might be brought about by the vicious dragon,the five fairies forced the ocean to retreat and converted the eastern part of what was once the ocean to a primitive forest and the western...     

TSULTRIM LHAMO GAZING AT BUDDHA

In Lhasa,monasteries and nunneries,both large and small,dominate the landscape here.Today there are a total of 266 religious sites in Lhasa Municipality.Of these,there are 264 Buddhist monasteries and nunneries and two mosques.Amongst these Buddhist monasteries and nunneries, there are 263 belonging to four different religious sects(Gelug Sect,Kagyu Sect,Nyingma Sect and Sakya Sect) of Tibetan Buddhism.There is one belonging to the Bon Religion.At the end of 2007,the population of monks and nuns was over...     

Pole Acrobatics of sakya County

Originated from very early years in Tibet, pole acrobatics is a typical traditional folkloric acrobatics which pervades in Tibetan community, in particular was popularized during Tubo period. On the mural of Samye, paintings display tens of ways to practice such acrobatics. During the 17th century, the fifth Dalai Lama overthrew Tsangpa Khan＇s regime in Shigatse, with the support of Mongolia Chieftain, Gushri Khan. Soon, he found Geden Potrang Kingdom.