China Cultural Chronicles December 22, 2012
- 1966 Hugh E Richardson and Wangchen Surkhang
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Hugh E. Richardson (1905–2000) was a British diplomat. and represented Britain in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, from 1936 to 1940 and again from 1946 to 1950, in the final years having become the diplomatic representative of the recently independent India. The two old friends met again in Seattle in 1966.
- Brahma riding on Hamsa, Char Bangla Temple, 1755, Baranagar, West Bengal
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Near Azimganj is the fascinating Baranagar temple complex built by Rani Bhabani (1714 – 1793). The brick-built temples are considered to be amongst the best examples of Bengal Terracotta art.
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- Triple murder Geshe Lobsang Gyatso
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Interpol alert against killers of Dalai Lama's aide
"The Interpol has issued a red corner notice against two Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in the killing of a close aide of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and two of his students in 1997 in a suspected fallout of sectarian dispute.
The red corner notice was issued against Lobsang Chodak and Tenzin Chozin for allegedly killing Lobsang Gyatso, Principal of Dharamshala-based Tibetan Dialectics Institute, and his two students in 1997, an incident that prompted security agencies to tighten the security around the Dalai Lama and monitor the monk traffic from Nepal and other areas.
The dead were the members of the inner circle of the Dalai Lama and brutally slain on the night of February 4,
1997 in a bedroom a few hundred yards from the Dalai Lama's exile residence in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh.
The body of 70-year-old Gyatso was found the next morning and the two young monks—Nagawang Lodoe and the
Dalai Lama's Chinese-language interpreter, Lobsang Nagwang—died within hours of the attack.
According to the Interpol red corner notice, the two alleged assailants, who are students of 'Dorje Shugden Devotees Charitable and Religious Society', arrived in Dharamshala on January 31 and stayed in a hotel. The Dorje Shugden cult, also known Gyalchen Shugden, indulges in the worship of a spirit called Dolgyal, a practice that has not been accepted by the Dalai Lama who has stated that the "inclination of this (Dolgyal) spirit is to harm, rather than benefit, the cause of Tibet".
This cult has offices in, among other places, Italy and Britain where it operates under the banner of the Shugden Supporters Community. Its Indian headquarters is in Delhi's Majnu-ka-Tilla area from where it coordinates the activities of its fundamentalist followers.
The CBI, armed with a non-bailable warrant against the two, had been pursuing with the Interpol for issuance of a red corner notice against the two since 2005. The Interpol finally issued the warrant a fortnight ago, an information which was conveyed to the CBI last week. The two, identified by the taxi driver who brought them from Delhi to Dharamshala, were booked on charges of criminal conspiracy and murder.
This murder had put top Intelligence Bureau officers and senior officials of External Affairs Ministry on high alert who came to this sanctuary in the foothills of the Himalayas to review security arrangements for the Dalai Lama."
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- She brings relics to life
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下载安装Flash播放器Hu Xiaorong shows a visitor from Beijing around the Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan province, where relics from the Jinsha Ruins were discovered in 2001. The ruins are among the top 10 archeological discoveries of China.
A one-time actress has found her calling as a museum guide in Chengdu. Huang Zhiling finds out more about her story.
To many, Hu Xiaorong is like a star. Taking a stroll in the street, she would be recognized by passers-by. Taking a taxi, she might meet a driver volunteering to give her a free ride. If she had a cold and a sore throat, she may find somebody had left medication for her at the reception counter near her office.
"An 80-year-old pensioner wrote a poem showing his admiration for me and did not sign his name. He just left it near my office," says the 59-year-old guide at the Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
"They appreciate my work in Jinsha," she says with a smile.
She often wears a ring, necklace and a pair of earrings with the sunbird motif, the symbol of the Jinsha Site Museum. Hu has worked here as a guide for 11 years, ever since the Jinsha Ruins were excavated in 2001 and the Jinsha Site Museum was set up.
"Unlike all the other guides who recite what they have memorized, Hu speaks of the relics of Jinsha with passion.
"She likes the relics so much and would get emotional and shed tears," says Diao Huade, a 62-year-old retired primary school teacher who lives near the park-like museum.
According to Zhu Zhangyi, the deputy curator, Hu has guided visitors through the museum for more than 5,000 times.
The Jinsha Ruins have yielded many important cultural relics, such as the 3,000-year-old gold foil in the shape of the sunbird that the State Administration of Cultural Heritage adopted as its symbol of cultural heritage in 2005. The excavation covers an area of 4 square kilometers, including sacrificial sites, houses of the nobility and commoners, and a graveyard.
- National libraries of China, New Zealand work together to preserve historic treasures
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下载安装Flash播放器Experts from the National Library of China could soon be helping to preserve treasures in New Zealand's National Library under an agreement signed by the two institutions, said a statement from the National Library of New Zealand on Thursday.
The two national libraries had signed a new five-year Arrangement on Cooperation, to share knowledge and information in some joint areas of interest, according to the statement.
The arrangement covered such areas as digital library activities, including digitization of materials, digital access to information and digital preservation, as well as the protection of ancient or rare books.
"The National Library of China has one of the world's largest collections of books and manuscripts, some of them dating back thousands of years," New Zealand national librarian Bill Macnaught said in the statement.
"Their experience could be invaluable in preserving items in our billion-dollar collections, including the Alexander Turnbull Library, and it's heartening that our own expertise, particularly in digital preservation, is being sought by China."
The announcement of the signing came two days before New Zealand and China celebrate the 40th Anniversary of diplomatic relations.
- Trika county landscape, Tibet 2012
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Trika county:
Trika is the traditional name for the region straddling the banks of the Ma chu རྨ་ཆུ་ ( Yellow River), west of Jentsa. The county capital, also known as Trika (Ch Guide). Within the county there are approximately 56 monasteries, of which 33 represent the Gelukpa school, 20 to the Nyingmapa, and 3 to the Bon tradition.
Area: 3.408 sq km.
www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr... - The essence of Shuhe Ancient Town in Yunnan
Just four kilometers northwest of the fully packed tourist town Lijiang in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Shuhe Ancient Town is a place where visitors seek the traditional way of local life. Once an essential stop along the ancient Tea Horse Road, Shuhe has displayed its commercial spirit by opening clusters of shops and bars catering to tourists.
- The savage beauty of Central China's Huangtu Plateau
Northwest China's Gansu Province, spreading some 1600 kilometers across the Huangtu Plateau (The Loess Plateau), used to be an important passage along the Ancient Tea Horse Road. Today, its rigid yet majestic landscape still attracts numerous visitors who come in search of its historical relics and natural vistas. These photos taken recently by a local photographer show the Gobi Desert and sand dunes on the plateau covered by a thin layer of snow.
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