Han Chinese Born in Tibetan
Han Chinese born in Tibetan areas may develop sympathy for Tibetans and their culture, as well as hostility toward government…
Jiméjiānzàn Welfare School
Jiméjiānzàn Welfare School is located at the border of Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai…
Pagsum Lake
Dragsum Tsho (Tibetan: བྲག་གསུམ་མཚོ་, Wylie: brag gsum mtsho, THL: Draksum Tso, Pagsum Co (simplified Chinese: 八松错, 巴松措; traditional Chinese: 八松錯; pinyin: Bāsōng Cuò), literally meaning “three rocks” in Tibetan, is a lake covering 28 square kilometres…
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery (Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་ལྷུན་པོ་) is an historically and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. Founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama, it…
Painting Thangka
A thangka (Nepali pronunciation: [ˈt̪ʰaŋka]; Tibetan: ཐང་ཀ་; Nepal Bhasa: पौभा) is a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, silk appliqué, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala. Thangkas are traditionally kept unframed and…
Kowtowing with the full body
Kowtowing with the full body (Tibetan: ཕྱག་འཚལ, meaning “prostration”) is a form of advancement in the pilgrimage of Tibetan Buddhism.“Kowtowing…
Young Lamas
In Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, many young lamas (child monks) receive religious education instead of attending secular schools. However, this does not mean…