Population Development and Reproduction Health Education in Tibet

MY ancestors have lived in Lhasa, Tibet, for generations. I have personally witnessed the great changes in modern Tibetan society. The total population of the region has doubled since 1951. The Fourth National Census in 1990 revealed that the human fertility rate in the Tibet Autonomous Region was 27.60 per thousand, the natural population growth rate 18.40 per thousand, and the total fertility rate of women at childbearing age 4.22.     

Women and Children's Health in Tibet

AS a doctor in the management of maternity and children's hygiene in the Tibet Autonomous Region for nearly 20 years, I would like to present a brief introduction of the situation of Tibetan women and children's health, as well as the related services. Prior the Liberation in Tibet, this region coveting over 1.2 million square kilometers, had few health care facilities for women and children. Such activities were carried out by three Tibetan medical institutions, a small number of folk doctors of Tibetan medicine, and a few private clinics. Under the feudal serf system in Tibet, women who gave birth were discriminated against because it was considered an obscene act. Women could not give birth in their tent homes, but were instead forced to seek shelter in cow stalls or sheepfolds no matter how severe the weather. Women and children at the time had no rights to health care. Countless women and children died of birthing complications or     

西藏民居

The traditional Tibetan residence boasts a unique style--in terms of structure,layout and decor ,There are several kinds of dwellings in the Tibet Autonomous Region,Such as diaofang houses ,in the valley area of southern Tibet,     

The Road Was Fifty Years Long

TIBET has always been a place of worldconcern. After the Democratic Reformin 1959, Tibet turned into a socialist societyfrom the former feudal serf system, whichwas an unprecedented historical step. Forforty years since then, the peace anddevelopment of Tibet have received specialattention and concern from the centralgovernment. Du Qiyuan, the president ofTibet Women's Federation who grew up andhas worked in Tibet for years told me about     

Degyi Dolkar,Vice Mayor of Lhasa

LHASA, the capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region, is the political, economic and cultural center of Tibet. Degyi Dolkar, of Tibetan nationality, is a vice mayor there. Degyi was born and brought up on the Tibetan Plateau, the nearest place to the sun, with its pure blue sky and beautiful clouds. She deeply loves her hometown and takes pride in it. Degyi Dolkar is kind and happy. She was one of the first group of people to be selected by the Tibetan government to go inland to study after the Tibetan democratic reforms of 1959. Then she studied to be a medical practitioner at the Tibet Institute of     

Dazzling Sixth Ethnic Games

WITH its first round in Lhasa, Tibet, the Beijing leg of the Sixth National Games for Traditional Sports of Minority Nationalities was China's largest sports ceremony at the end of this century. The reason for holding the games in two places for the first time is that the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 40th anniversary of democratic reform in the     

陈亚莲重彩水墨画(英文)

1.The gift of life2.Recalling the past3.Yak,the sacred source of transportationthrough snow4.Goddess of Bayankala Mountainhen Yalian, 29, is a graduate of the Art Department of Shandong Qufu Normal University and the Beijing Academy of Painting. She has spent 10 years living in Tibet, where she has studied the Tibetan culture that has greatly inspired her art. "To better reveal the people, landscapes and life of Tibet, one must study Tibetan people's religion and culture, and become fam…     

A Dancing Assistant Professor from Tibet

IN 1943, a baby girl was born in an adobe room in Lhasa, Tibet. The Living Buddha gave her a name— Tserin Sangmo. Tserin means longevity, Sangmo means kindhearted. One day in the spring of 1995, in the dancing classroom of Central University for Nationalities, Sangmo was standing among the students of minority nationalities, demonstrating for     

Singer Han Hong

HAN Hong had a happy childhood in the beautiful Xigaze City, Tibet. From the children's chorus, the military art troupe, the Prize Winning Competition on TV, up to the institute of art, she has never stopped singing. The difference to other singers her age is that she not only wishes to be a singer but a composer. Not satisfied with just singing the songs of others, she began expressing her happiness and sadness by writing her own. Finally she finished her first collection Rays in Tibet, which is the first report card in her musical life and also     

妇女组织(英文)

Women Cadres in Tibet Receive General Training全国妇联举办地县妇女干部西藏培训班The All-China Women's Federation(ACWF)held a training class for grassroots-level cadres,from local women's federations,in Nyingchi,Tibet,from August 21-25.The aim of the class was to improve the cadres'comprehensive quality and capability.Basang(who uses     

珠峰脚下的女兵

Shigatse, also called Xigatse, means ‘fertile land＇ in Tibetan, The frontier city is the second-largest city in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Livingconditions in the city are abominable, given that the city is more than 3,900 meters above sea level, which means the air lacks oxygen （the oxygen content is less than 50 percent of that of the inland）.     

What I Saw and Heard in the Qiang Village

The Qiang nationqlity has a population of 198,2,52 (according to the 1991 census statistics), who mainly inhabit Maowen, Wenchuan, Lixian and Beichuan counties in Aba Tibet and Qiang Nationalities Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. The Qiang is one of the oldest nationalities in China. It is said that the Qiang nationality was a main tribal race of the Xia Dynasty. The ancient Qiang nationality was an important part of the Huaxia nationality, the predecessor of the Han nationality. In a long historical process, they moved from areas in the northwest and the     

吐蕃王朝

The early seventh century was the beginning of a new phase in ancient China＇s history： Rulers of the Tang Dynasty （618-907） established a united regime, which concluded more than 300 years of separation and strife in Central China. Meanwhile, Srongtsen Gampo, based on the foundation set by his father, Namri Songtsen, built the first regime in Tibet -- the Tubo Empire.     

The Story of Princess Wencheng A Folk Tale of the Tibetan Nationality

THE King of Tibet, Songtsan Gambo, was wise and capable. In order to make Tibet prosperous, he planned to marry Princess Wencheng of the Imperial Palace, who was both beautiful and kindhearted. He sent the resourceful Gawa to the Emperor to propose. In order to choose a satisfactory son-in-law among such a great number of suitors, the Emperor asked messengers to take part in a wisdom competition. He first asked the messengers to match the mares with their foals in a large herd. Of all the messengers, Gawa was the only one who passed this test. First he separated the mares from their foals and locked them into two paddocks. After half a day, he released the foals and herded them in with the mares. The hungry foals immediately ran to their mothers to suckle their milk. In this way it was easy to see who belonged to whom. After this test of wit the Emperor gave the messengers two more puzzles. The first one was to ask them to eat an entire sheep in one day, tan its hide, drink a jug of alcohol and walk bac     

Cheering On Women Journalists

RECENTLY, a special seminar on Lu Xiaofei's news works was held at the People's Daily, the most authoritative newspaper in China. Lu is editor-in-chief of the page "Local News of the Nation" for the People's Daily. She is one of some 200 women journalists who has made a name for herself at the newspaper. Her work, Real Facts on the Issue of the Tibet Population, reflects the sensitivity and     

两纲之窗

西藏江孜县启动国家级妇女儿童发展纲要示范县工作 The government of Jiangzi County, in Southwest China＇s Tibet Autonomous Region, is promoting the implementation of the National Program for Women＇s Development （2011-2020） and the National Program for Children＇s Development （2011-2020） （two new NPAs）. The county was recently designated one of the experimental counties in which the programs will be implemented.     

Xiang Hongjia:Writing About Tibetan Culture

EVEN with no formal training in Tibetan studies, Xiang Hongjia works to bridge the gap between Tibet and the rest of the world. In 1978, when the national college entrance examination was restored and teachers were badly needed at the college     

从藏家牧女到“飞天仙女”

Flying a helicopter over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is extremely difficult.The first group of young Tibetans in a helicopter-pilot program obtained their commercial helicopter-pilot licenses after extensive training.Jianreyixi,a native of Damxung County,in Lhasa,capital of Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region,was one of the recipients.She liked to make and fly paper planes on the prairie when she was a child.She never thought,though,she would grow up to become a pilot.     

The Menba Women

Gama Qunzong, director of the women's federation of Lebu District, Cona County, Tibet; Menba nationality women usually wear a woolen gown with a cap and a string of colorful beads. A family enjoying home-made wine. The Menbas usually live in bamboo houses.