Investiture of the Gods

BASED on the war between the tribal leader King Wu and the Shang Emperor Zhou, Investiture of the Gods is a work of fiction that weaves together snippets of historical facts with the wildest imagination.     

Battling the Chinese Language Gods

For those of us who have gathered the proper willpower to take that first step on the road to Chinese language fluency, a commonality is shared. We are a brotherhood. A sisterhood. A peoplehood of the abstractly motivated and outstandingly unusual. Learning Chinese is a boom and bust cycle of emotional victories and defeats, passion and depression. And it’s a road with no end.     

Lhasa on the Move

A historic moment occurred at 20:58 on July 3, 2006. Train T27 completed its 48-hour maiden journey from Beijing to Lhasa via the Beijing-Guangzhou, Lanzhou-Lianyungang, Lanzhou-Qinghai, and Qinghai-Tibet rail- ways. Chinese engineers had spent more than three decades planning, designing and constructing the 100-year-old brainchild of Dr. Sun Yat-sen – the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Since that momentous minute, the railway has increased the ? ow of people, materials and information into th…     

Lhasa Facelift

Project to conserve Tibetan capital’s ancient district improves infrastructure and protects cultural heritage In the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, there is a saying, "If you have not visited Barkhor, you have not really come to Lhasa." For centuries, pilgrims have walked along the circular path enveloping Jokhang Monastery, prostrating and spinning prayer wheels.     

Lhasa Transformed

THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Ten- pai Nyima and his parents are relaxing on the doorstep of Jokhang Monastery, morethan 2,800 kilometers from their hometown in Sichuan Province.     

社会性别叙事视野下的《稽神录》

由唐至宋,社会性别观念经历了一个由较为自由开放进而渐趋严格化、周密化的社会化过程,《稽神录》体现了这一转折在志怪小说中的叙事影响。等级观念的制度基石、因果观念的叙事逻辑、志怪叙事的传统影响等因素的共同作用,最终导致了《稽神录》社会性别叙事面貌的形成。     

西方传教士眼中的羌族神灵信仰

19世纪晚期到20世纪初期,基督教在羌族中的传播可谓基督教在华传播事业中的一颗流星。它留给人们的思考是多方面的。其中,基督福音的“圣灵”与羌族原始宗教的“神灵”相遇。于是,福音传播者捧着福音书,按照各自的宗教文化价值取向和经验认知,对羌族原始宗教的神灵信仰做出不同的阐释。     

略论东巴教的本土神祗谱系

利用东巴经提供的新资料研究东巴教的一个本土神祗谱系,可以看出纳西族关于本土神祗的一些观念,纳西族东巴教中本土信仰的神灵观及其与纳西族的历史发展和社会生产生活之间的密切关系.这一谱系与东巴常常所称的另一个"大神谱系"有本质的不同.结合东巴教的仪式系统和东巴经,深入探究东巴教的神祗谱系和神灵结构,分析其来龙去脉、历史演变及其与纳西社会、民俗之间的关系,将会为深入探析东巴教的多元宗教体系提供更多有意义的线索.     

Railway Runs to Lhasa

“It is a magical road, tak-ing us to paradise onearth; dragon afterdragon climb ridgesand mountains, bring-ing prosperity to the snowy plateau ..."This is part of a song titled HeavenlyRoad eulogizing the Qinghai-TibetRailway.The Qinghai-Tibet Railway ru…     

The Maogusi Dance： Bridge Between Humans and Gods

A ceremony connecting humans and gods
For the Tujia people, the word Maogusi means ＂ancestor,＂ and the Maogusi is an importanit ccremony in dance form.     

Freedom of Religion As Seen in the Liuwu Village in Lhasa

The 14th Dalai Lama fled the country in 1959, embarking on a criminal path of betray-ing the Chinese nation andseparating the motherland by turning to foreign forces for help to seek ＂Tibet independence.＂ Dalai Lama fabricated such fallacies as ＂the 17-article agree- ment was imposed on Tibet by force,＂ ＂5.7 million Hans have migrated to Tibet, reducing the Tibetans into the status of minorities,＂ ＂traditional Tibetan culture and arts are on peril,＂     

中国族源性女神母题的文化阐释

神话时代,各民族对于世界与人类起源命题的解答与诠释往往是融合在一起的,且常常成为特定民族对其族源历史进行认同的表达方式。中国众多民族的族源性女神母题大体表现为4个亚型即大地女神、救世女神、创世女神、先祖女神等,并多与洪水神话母题链接。这些女神母题所建构的故事化诠释体系,认定世界与人类的起源具有同质性,并全面确立起女神的人性特征等文化意义,证明了中华民族在文化传统上作为母性文化的整体性与一致性。     

Healing the Land

正As concerns grow over soil contamination in urban areas, soil remediation draws attention Despite having bought a new house in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province early in 2010, Zheng Hongyuan's family remains living in a rented house located elsewhere. Like many other frustrated people who bought property in the area, Zheng lives in fear of what lies in the ground below it.     

土地资源安全观视角下的土地价格问题分析

国土资源安全问题是非传统安全的重要内容之一,土地资源作为国土资源的基础,随着地价房价的高涨而备受社会关注,其安全问题也成为学界与政界的研究目标。本文通过分析土地价格的形成机制和影响因素,提出土地资源安全的四个方面内涵,进而构建了土地资源价格影响体系,并提出相关建议以保障我国土地资源的安全。     

从“熊猫烧香”病毒案谈互联网安全

网络病毒目前具有牟利性、传播速度快、形成产业链等特点.网络病毒案频发说明我国网络安全形势严峻,其原因在于网络协议的开放性导致网络漏洞增多,信息安全技术落后,对信息安全威胁来源判断不准确,安全架构设计的不适应性.我国应建立快速反应防控体系以遏制网络犯罪,创造条件让网络人才发挥一技之长,开展网络文化建设,营造健康、有序、文明的网络环境.     

全民节地建设节地型社会

土地资源是人类生存之本,社会经济发展之基。节约集约用地,不仅关系到当前经济社会发展,而且关系到国家的长远利益和民族生存根据。