House at Thukje Chenpo

Pilgrimage!

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May 29th 2007
I’d been meaning to make the trip to Dartsedo all year. Some of the texts I’m hoping to translate were said to be there, so I knew I’d go eventually. Rather than make the trip over three long bus days, I decided to break it up by taking a small pilgrimage along the way, stopping in various ancient kingdoms throughout the Gyarong Gorges (Chinese: Jiarong). A note about Gyarong - it is the m ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more