In the western suburbs of Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province right at the foot of the Fengling Mountain lies the exquisite Labrang Monastery. A world renowned institution of higher learning for Tibetan Buddhism, it is one of six major monasteries of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism.
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In addition, because machines were not common, artisans had to cut the stones using hammers, a dirty and tiring job deemed unsuitable for women. However, the art of stone shadow carving, a sub-discipline of stone carving, requires no physical labor and relies on meticulous handiwork—a field in which women hold the advantage.
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Tibetan opera, the most popular traditional opera of minority ethnic groups in China, is a comprehensive art combining folk song, dance, storytelling, chant, acrobatics and religious performance. Most popular in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in western China, the performance begins with a prayer ceremony, including the cleansing of the stage by ...
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The Buddhist Academy of Tibet and the High-level Tibetan Buddhism College of China in Beijing are two leading incubators of high-ranking Tibetan Buddhist priests in China. Below them are the sutra-learning classes organized by 60-plus monasteries of different sects in Tibet, which offer traditional religious courses and evaluate and confer ...
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An artist creates a sand mandala at a gallery in Lhasa City, the capital of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Oct. 24, 2016. Mandala, an exquisite religious art of Tibetan Buddhism, has been well preserved since it was first introduced to Tibet from India.
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First Tibetan TED speaker held a story-sharing meeting in Lhasa; Over 1.1 mln folios of ancient texts archived at Tibet's Potala Palace; Thousand-year-old wild yak dance; cented tea planted in a village in Nagqu, Tibet; Major lakes in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau see significant water increase; Residents pick tea leaves in Medog County, China's Tibet
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Mani stones represent the beliefs of the Tibetan people. People read the six-lettered scriptures engraved on the stones and pray. Now, the Gyana Mani Stone Town has transformed from a cultural pilgrimage site to a world-famous tourist attraction, providing a witness to the preservation and inheritance of Yushu Tibetans' traditional …
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Tibetan Buddhism has a profound influence on the many festivals in the region. Many of the festivals have evolved into purely religious events due to the fact that Tibetan people, long faced with extremely harsh natural conditions, have continually yearned for the blessings and protection of Buddha. Great Prayer Festival
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Mani, is the short form for the "six magic prayer words" of the Buddhist scripture in Sanskrit. Its Chinese translation is "Om Ma-ni Pad-meHum". The Tibetan Buddhism holds that the "six magic words prayer"is the essentials of all Buddhist scriptures. Only through frequent recitation or chanting, can one get true comprehension.
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With a history of at least 600 years, Tibetan opera has been dubbed "the living fossil of traditional Tibetan culture." Having been inscribed on both the national intangible cultural heritage list of China and UN's intangible cultural heritage list, the ancient opera has gained many modern devotees.
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The traditional handicraft of wood carving is a particularly charming form of art produced by the Tibetan people during long-term production. It reflects the Tibetan people's intelligence and artistic temperament.
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In Tibet, it is believed that turning prayer wheels is the same as chanting sutra, which is the best way to repent past regrets, remove ill fortune, and accumulate merits and virtues. Various prayer wheels can be seen in parks and buses and on the roads. They are of different sizes.
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On the ice, they got sands and stones into shapes of Tibetan Buddhist mantras and eight auspicious symbols both of which are often engraved on stones to wish a good harvest and pray for world peace.
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Traces of human activities, including tombs, fireplaces, and ash pits, were found, along with pieces of stoneware and pottery, bone artifacts, and ornamental beads. The administration said the site is of great significance to prehistoric archaeological culture in Tibet and the research into human adaptation to the extreme environment of the ...
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A prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the northwestern province of Gansu has basically completed its first large-scale comprehensive protection and renovation, local authorities announced Tuesday.
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Tibetan Thangka Reaches out to the World Ten years ago, a 60-year-old Tibetan Thangka artist Shedar spent a whole year drawing a Tibetan Thangka painting "Yamantaka," a God of Tibetan Buddhism with blue skin and 34 arms.
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Baina Village is located in Dagzê County of Lhasa, Tibet. Villagers here came from Chamdo in east Tibet over 100 years ago and many live by making Buddha statues.
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Symbols in Tibetan Buddhism (III) ... Mani Stones: Refers to stones with sutra verses engraved on them. Can be found on the top of a mountain, on a mountain pass, on the side of the road, at a village entrance, on the …
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A cluster of Jiarong Tibetan folk houses built with stones sit on the foot of a green hill in Xisuo village, Zhuokeji town, Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on June 12, 2020.
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And so begins another day for the 36-year-old monk at the world's highest Tibetan Buddhist temple. ... The carving on the stones is seen as a highly devotional act, similar in nature to more recognizably doctrinal activities within the walls of …
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It is a ritual in Tibetan Buddhism. The Barkhor Street circling the temple, the most famous pilgrim circuit in Lhasa, is thronged with pilgrims from all over Tibet, walking clockwise with prayer wheels, Buddhist prayer beads or incense.
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Used in Tantric activities. Amulet: Comes in many forms. There are small Buddha figures, sutra scrolls, sacred medicine, and eminent monks' photos in them. Mantra: Put as an offering in front of an image of Buddha, symbolizing Mount Meru. It is decorated with a variety of metals and pearls and used in prayer meetings.
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Xin Xiangdong, director of the Golmud Ethnic and Religious Affairs Department, said that devout believers believed that Mani stones can bring to people good luck according to their wishes, but the crude yet exquisite Mani stones also reveal the easy going and open-minded personality of Tibetan people.
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Prayer wheel: carrier of faith. In Tibet, it is believed that turning prayer wheels is the same as chanting sutra, which is the best way to repent past regrets, remove ill fortune, and accumulate merits and virtues. Various prayer wheels can be seen in parks and buses and on the roads. They are of different sizes.
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According to tradition, Tibetan people would replace the colorful prayer flags hanging on roofs, mountain tops, lakes, and other places around the third day of the Tibetan New Year to pray for good luck and good harvests in the New Year. This year, the Tibetan New Year coincides with the Spring Festival.
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The rarely seen masterpiece Bunian Tu, also known as Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan Envoy, is on show at an ongoing exhibition in Beijing.
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Tuding Sangbao, the inheritor of Kagyu-style Tibetan calligraphy, showcasing his calligraphy works, a thumb character for "Tsinghua University" and calendars. Bading Tsering's medicinal clay masks and some animals. Tsering Kamdro's stone sculptures feature the sculpting of 30 Tibetan letters and four vowel letters onto …
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Tibetan Buddhism conjures up images of prayer wheels, mandalas and prostration, but there is one little-known, indispensable item: a calendar. Aside from some textbooks, the Tibetan Annual Almanac is the most widely circulated book in Tibet.
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Geshe Lharampa, which means "intellectual" in the Tibetan language, is the highest academic degree for the Gelugba School -- also known as the Yellow Sect -- of Tibetan Buddhism. The history of Geshe Lharampa goes back 400 years.
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Tibetan people hang prayer flags on top of a mountain in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2021. Friday marks the third day of the farmers' New Year celebrated in Xigaze according to the Tibetan lunar calendar.
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Photo shows stones used to grind raw materials to make Tibetan incense. (People's Daily Online/Tsering Norbu) A craftsman makes Tibetan incense in Nyemo county, Lhasa city, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
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