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January 9, 2021 By Pamela Logan

Lithang Monastery: Cycles of Destruction and Renewal

Introductory Note This blogpost is the first of an occasional series I plan to write about historic sites in Kham from the perspective of their architecture and secular history.  My main objective is to draw from the writings of explorers and others whose accounts covered a lot of ground … [Read more...] about Lithang Monastery: Cycles of Destruction and Renewal

Filed Under: history Tagged With: history, kham, letang, litang, Lithang, monastery, tibet

November 26, 2020 By Pamela Logan

How Communism Came to Amdo: Benno Weiner’s new book

Talking to Tibetans in Kham using the Chinese language, one often hears the phrase wenhua dageming.  It translates to “Great Cultural Revolution,” which was a violent and extreme political movement in China, engineered by Mao, that started in 1966 and ended with Mao’s death in 1976.  I often heard … [Read more...] about How Communism Came to Amdo: Benno Weiner’s new book

Filed Under: history Tagged With: Amdo, benno weiner, Communism, cultural revolution, tibet

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