简介:Editor'sNote:DalaiLamahasbeenchangedsopopulartheseyearsthatitseemshebecomesalogotosomeextent.ButwhoistheDalaiLama?Mostofpeoplearepuzzled.NotlongbeforeIreadacoupleofpapersandenjoyedthemverymuch.Maybeourread-ersarewillingtosharethemandinterestedthem.
简介:EconomicSupportforNewYearsDayWhenthe1998TibetanNewYearapproached,WevisitedLhasa.OnedaywhenwewalkedalongBarkorStreet,andcame...
简介:Oneoftherecurringsituationsinworldhistoryinvolvesthetensionbetweensettled,primarilyagriculturalpopulationsandthoseofthedesert,steppeorsemi-aridenvironmentsthatserveasahometomainlypastoralornomadicgroups.Sincemuchofrecordedwrittenhistorycomesfromtheregionofsettledsocieties,ourviewoftheseeventsisoftenone-sidedandmanytimesisseen(bythewritersoftheseannals,and,alas,toooftenbytheirreaders)asaconflictbetweencivilizationandbarbarism.
简介:SAGYAMONASTERY:Sorcerer'sDanceinWinterandSummerZHANGYINGBeginningwiththefirstdayofthe12thmonthofthenbetancalendar,Tibetansinw...
简介:WiththearchitecturalhistoryupontheQinghai-TibetPlateauspanningbackfourtofivethousandyears,theTibetanarchitecturehasgivenrisetothreebasicforms:palaces,monasteriesandcivilianresidences.