Preservation of Tibetan
Culture and Language
Preservation of Tibetan
Culture and Language
Yamdrok Lake (also known as Yamdrok Yumtso or Yamzho Yumco; Tibetan: ཡར་འབྲོག་གཡུ་མཚོ་, Wylie: yar-‘drog. G’yu-mtsho, ZYPY: Yamzhog Yumco; Chinese: 羊卓雍錯; pinyin: Yángzhuó Yōngcuò, Yángzhuō Yōngcuò) is a freshwater lake in Tibet. It is one of the three largest lakes in Tibet. It is over 72 km (45 mi) long. The lake is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains and is…
Tibetans (Tibetan: བོད་པ་, Wylie: bod pa, THL: bö pa) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 7.7 million. In addition to the majority living in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, significant numbers of Tibetans live in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan, as well as in Bhutan,…
(Debate in Tibetan Buddhism) The practice of debate (known in Tibetan as རྩོད་པ་, pronounced tsöpa) is a central and distinctive feature of Tibetan Buddhism, serving as both a method of study and a form of spiritual exercise. It is a…
“Everest”, “Sagarmatha”, and “Qomolangma” redirect here. For other uses, see Everest (disambiguation), Sagarmatha (disambiguation), and Qomolangma (disambiguation). The area surrounding Mount Everest, located in the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and Tibet, is home to several towering peaks that exceed 8,000 meters…
The Sho Dun Festival (Tibetan: ༄༅། ཞོ་སྟོན།; Chinese: 雪頓節; pinyin: Xuědùn Jié), commonly known as the Shoton[1] or Yogurt Festivalor Banquetsince “Sho” means Yogurt and “Dun” means Banquet, is an annual festival held at Norbulingka or “Jewel Park” palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. The festival is celebrated in the summer, from the 15th to the 24th of…
Located in Jiangzi County, Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, is the estate of the former Tibetan aristocratic Pala family. Pala Manor is now the only well-preserved Tibetan aristocratic estate. In the past, it was one of the twelve major…
The Palcho Monastery or Pelkor Chode Monastery or Shekar Gyantse is the main monastery in the Nyangchu river valley in Gyantse, Gyantse County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. The monastery precinct is a complex of structures which, apart from the Tsuklakhang Monastery, also includes its Kumbum, believed to be the largest such…