简介:Editor'sNote:DorjeZhaxiinGarzePrefecture,SichuanProvince,usedtobethelivingBuddhaoftheZuqenMonastery,numbertwomonasteryoftheNyingmaSect.Buthedidn'tresideinthemonastery,insteadspendinghistimeintheTagongGrasslandhelpinghiswelfareschoolandBuddhistinstitutes.Peoplecallhim“LivingBuddhaDorjeZhaxi”.
简介:DuringmyinterviewwithZholma,PartySecretaryoftheXigazePrefectureCommunicationsBureau,shetoldmethefollowinginterestingstory:Mymotheris85thisyear.Shehasthreechildrenwhoareallroadmaintenanceworkers.In1952,mothertookayoungersisterfromLhasatoNyingchi,whereshemetthePLAandjoinedaroadconstructionteam.TheroadwasbeingbuilttoLhasaandthentoXigaze.
简介:ItisthefactthatscholarsoutsideChinaplungedintostudyingKingGesarearlierthantheirChinesecounterparts,andBiographyofKingGesarinMongolianprintedusingwoodcarvingblocksappearedearlierthanthehand-copiedGesar.In1716,BeijingpublishedthefirstsevenchaptersofBiographyofKingGesserinMongolian,printedusingwoodcarvingblocks,whichsoonspreadoverseastothegreatinterestofscholarsinRussiaandGermany.ARussianscholarturnedtheBeijingeditionintoRussianin1936,andmadeananalysisoftheepic.In1883,G.N.Potanin,aRussianscholar,foundahand-copiedvolumeoftheepicinAmdo,andquotedpartofitinhistreatises,thusbeginningthehistoryoftheTibetanepicbeingintroducedtotheoutsideworld.In1900,A.H.Francke,amissionary,publishedhiseditionofKingGesarthatcontainedoriginalsjotted