Tibet – Thangka Artist: Gam Pol
Gam Pol lives and works in Dêge. At the age of twelve, he began to learn thangka painting from his uncle Qumi Dorje. His uncle studied with the Lama of Dor Zhg Monastery. Gam Pol paints in the Garxue...
View ArticleTibet – Thangka Artist: Yundrung Loyul
Yundrung Loyul lives and works in the town of Drango (head of the rock). Drango sits on a mountain slope and in the valley at the confluence of the Zhe-chu and Nyi-chu rivers. Yundrung Loyul describes...
View ArticleTibet – Dzongsar Tashi Lhatsé Gonpa (Monastery), Shedra (Academy), and...
The Dzongsar Tashi Lhatsé Gonpa (Monastery), Shedra (Monastic College), and Tibetan Hospital complex is located on Lhatsé hill in the Menshö valley in south Dêge County near the Yangtze and Yellow...
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Tibet – Dzongsar Tashi Lhatsé Gonpa (Monastery), Shedra (Academy), and...
Shortly after being ordained as a monk at a Nyingma Monastery in 1841, twenty one year old Jamyang Khyentsé Wangpo (1820-1892) set off on the first, of at least two, arduous and remarkable journeys...
View ArticleTibet – Tibetan Knife Making: Tse Ring Dolga
Tse Ring Dolga is one of the best known knife makers in Pelyül County in the Kandzé Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture within Sichuan Province. Living in Gato Monastery Village, near Kathok Monastery, he...
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Tibet – Tibetan Knife Making Cultural Heritage: Artist Tse Ring Dolga
Located in the Hengduan Mountains, in close proximity to the Tibetan Autonomous Region, the villages surrounding Kathok Monastery are known for having a high concentration of artisans. With their...
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Tibet – Danba Stone Towers: Introduction
Located within the Danba Valley are hundreds of stone towers 30 – 70 meters (200 feet) tall. Some of these towers are estimated to date between 200 – 1600 AD. Towers are four cornered and others star...
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Tibet – Dege Parkhang: Introduction
Located within Degé is an internationally known printing house or “parkhang.” The Degé Parkhang, beginning in 1729 and continuing to today, is dedicated to printing Tibetan Buddhist sutras, thangka,...
View ArticleTibet – Bibliography
Cousens, D. (2002). The visionary lineages of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. In H. Blezer. (Ed.), Religion and secular culture in Tibet: Tibetan studies II, (129-142). Leiden: Brill. Dzongsar Monastery....
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