简介:WalkingthroughtilecloselyknitcomplexoftemplesandbuildingsthatmakeupLabulengMonastery,onecanstronglyfeelitssilentandsolemnbeauty.ThetranquilityofLabulengMonasterypermeatesbothintothemindandsoul-thetranscendentqualitiesofreligionconveysphitualpropertiesthatareaccentuatedbythetranquilityandsolemnityofthemonastery.ThemagnificenceofLabulengmanifestsitselfthroughitsartandarchitecture...TibetanBuddhismandtileprofoundserenitygivethisplaceasublimeandsacredcharacter,
简介:Havinggraduatedfromuniversityin1976,TheauthorsetoutonhisjourneytoTibet.HetookthetrainfromQingdaoofShandongProvinceand,viaseveralotherplaces,toLiuyuaninGansuProvince.Changingtrain,hecrossedoverQinghai,passedthroughLhasaandthenreachedShigatse.Finally,hereachedhislaststop-KyirongCounty,theboundaryofChinaandNepal,andthenstayedthereforsixyears.
简介:Just20kilometersfromBayiTown,severaltallhouseswerescatteredsporadicallyacrossahill.ThecarturnedontothemountainpathandheadedtowardsTsangpaVillage,besetonallsidesbythelandscape.
简介:NyimameanssuninTibetan.InthenorthwestoftheNagquPrefecture,thereisacountynamedNyima.Astheaverageelevationofabout5000meters,thecountyiscalledtheplaceclosesttothesun.Photosinthiscolumnpresentthechangestakenplacethereduringaperiodabout30years.Locatedinthenearsouthofthe"noman’sland"inthenorthernTibet,theformerNyimaisverybarrenandpoverty.Butthisisleftinphotos
简介:DuringHuangtaiji's17-yearrule,significantchangesoccurredinShenyang.Thecitywasexpandedfromfourtoeightgates.Straightstreeswerebuiltandbelltowerswereconstructed.Afterthat,fourpagodasandtemples--theEastPagoda,YongguangTemple;SouthPagodas,GuangciTemple;WestPagodas,YanshouTemple;andNorthPagoda,FalunTemple-werecompleted.