དགའ་ལྡན་ད་ཚང་ལྷུན་གྲུབ་གླིང ། 大 藏 隆 洲 林
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Introduction and overview
Ganden Datshang Lhundrup Ling, commonly known as Dhe-Tsang Monastery, is located next to Chunkou Village (春口村) in Datsang (Ch: Dazang) Township, Barkham (Ch: Ma’erkang) County, Ngawa (Aba) … [Read more...] about Built Heritage on the Eastern Tibetan plateau:
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Tibetan Nomads and the Permanent Camping Trip
By golly, I have pitched tents in some wild and wooly places. Once, while sneaking into forbidden Tibet Autonomous Region, I camped in a forest beside the Dri Chu river. Later that same year (1991), while biking the Karakorum Highway, I camped beside the yurts of Kirgiz herders. I’ve camped in … [Read more...] about Tibetan Nomads and the Permanent Camping Trip
Survival and Evolution of Sky Burial Practices
The Practice When I first saw a sky burial in 1997, what struck me most was how quickly it was all over: vultures devoured the man’s flesh in just thirteen minutes. The charnel ground (durtro or dursa) was set in a large fenced meadow with a few small temples and outbuildings, and a large circle … [Read more...] about Survival and Evolution of Sky Burial Practices
Lithang Monastery: Cycles of Destruction and Renewal (Part 2)
(See Part 1 here) The monastery in 1949 Lithang Monastery was preparing to enter the second half of the 20th century with its finances in good order, probably thanks to effective management of assets such as herds, a prosperous local community, and alliances with other Gelug monasteries that … [Read more...] about Lithang Monastery: Cycles of Destruction and Renewal (Part 2)
Lithang Monastery: Cycles of Destruction and Renewal (Part 1)
Note to Readers Lithang Monastery is formally known as Ganden Thubchen Choekhorling. The original Tibetan is བྱམས་ཆེན་ཆོས་སྐོར་གླིང་། which is “ga' ldan thub chen chos 'khor gling” in Wylie transcription and 长青春科尔寺 (Changqingchun Ke’er Si) in simplified Chinese. It is also sometimes called … [Read more...] about Lithang Monastery: Cycles of Destruction and Renewal (Part 1)