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The first volume was just published in April 2004 at White Lotus Press, Bangkok.
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Kham (Eastern Tibet)» erscheint in drei Bänden im
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General outline of:
The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces
Kham
ISBN 974-4800-49-6 (vol. 1) ***)
Kham in the Tibeto-Chinese borderlands is not - as many believe - just some bigger lamaseries along the old China-Lhasa trade routes, with Chamdo and some minor monasteries far from the heartland of Tibetan culture. This detailed survey of The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces quickly reveals that Tibetan culture is neither extinct in Tibet proper nor in the outer provinces of Amdo and Kham. Their inhabitants’ accomplishments in rebuilding monasteries, restructuring the economy and revitalizing the traditional way of life are among the most fascinating recent events in Asia. Thus the author of this work takes it as his expression of admiration and respect for what Tibetans have accomplished within the last decades.
Until now, east Tibet has not been thoroughly researched, not to speak of comprehensively documented or presented. Areas being part of what is called east Tibet, however, make up a major share of the Tibetan high plateau, accounting to some two thirds of its huge surface. So it was high time to work out a survey of Tibet’s cultural monuments and to elaborate the specific features of historical monuments of the eastern part of the Tibetan Plateau—with special reference to its culture, history, tribal and ethnic variety.
Andreas Gruschke has visited and thoroughly documented—often for the first time—many of the unknown sites in Amdo and Kham, among them highly active monastic establishments with hundreds or even thousands of monks, or hidden treasures of Tibet's living and revitalized Buddhist tradition. In presenting this study of the cultural monuments in northeastern and eastern Tibet, he covered a variety of historical, economic or religio-philosophical aspects in order to explain and evaluate the differences and the common features within the Tibetan cultural context. It includes detailed descriptions of the current situation of the sites and, to a lesser extent, of the society.
The wealth of materials has made it both necessary and
awarding to publish several volumes dealing with the historical monuments
of east Tibet - with three volumes presenting the fascinating world of
east Tibetans in Kham: vol. 1 on those parts administratively belonging
to the Tibet Autonomous Region (Xizang Zizhiqu) [already published], vol.
2 on the Qinghai Part [will be published in summer/autumn 2004] and vol.
3 on the Yunnan and Sichuan Parts of Kham [in preparation].
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The Cultural Monuments
of Tibet's Outer Provinces.
Kham. Volume 1. The
Xizang Part of Kham (TAR) is the first of three volumes presenting
the fascinating world of southeast Tibet's historical and cultural monuments.
The author's original studies
reveal that Tibetan culture is thriving. Tibetans have rebuilt their economy
and revitalized their traditional way of life. East Tibet has not until
now been thoroughly researched
although it comprises about two-thirds of the Tibetan Plateau. It is astounding,
therefore, that the West knows hardly anything about it.
This book provides interested
readers with comprehensive information about unknown sites in Kham, which
are fascinating and puzzling, as well as their role in history.
This first volume on Kham
starts with Chamdo and its famous Jampa Ling monastery. Next, the major
lamaseries Karma Dansa, home of the Karma-Kagyüpa sect, and Riwoche's
famous Tsuglhakhang are described with a historic outline of this part
of southeast Tibet, including economic or religio-philosophical aspects.
These can help explain and evaluate the features, which are different from,
or common to the Tibetan cultural context, thus providing a unique picture
of the ethnic and cultural mosaic of Kham.
Detailed descriptions of
the major historic sites will help understand their development, as well
as locating sites and understanding what can be seen there. One can
prepare a tour to this region
in advance by going through the presentation of the extraordinary cultural
monuments presented.
Even in far-off places one
can find highly active monastic establishments with hundreds or even a
thousand of monks, as well as hidden treasures of Tibet's living and revitalized
Buddhist, and Bön, tradition. This book presents the diversity
of a highland realm whose historic and cultural importance was long neglected.
Kham includes densely populated regions in the west of modern Sichuan province,
Yunnan's northwest and the realm of the former Nangchen kingdom to
which those parts of Kham presented here were all related in one manner
or the other. The fascinating Bön world in Hor Gyade, the present-day's
north of the TAR, the peasants and nomads there
and their religious realm
are also described.
318 pages, 45 maps and
sketches, 123 plates and 195 colour photos
White Lotus Press, Bangkok
2004 *)
Contents of:
An outline of the contents of the first volume:
The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces
Kham
Volume 1. The Xizang Part of Kham (TAR)__*)
(Tibet Autonomous Region)
List of Maps .........................................................................................................viii
List of Plates ..........................................................................................................ix
List of Colour Photos ..............................................................................................x
Foreword ............................................................................................................xvii
List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................xxii
Introductory Notes
Introduction to Tibet’s Outer Provinces in the east (Amdo and Kham)
Part 1. Eastern Tibet: settlement pattern and administrative division
Part 2. Kham
P 2.1. Historic Polities and traditional division of Kham
P 2.2. Derivation and meaning of the toponym ‘Kham’
P 2.3. A historical sketch of Tibet’s Kham region
The Xizang part of Kham
1. Chamdo district
1.1. Chamdo town |
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1.3. Riwoche Tsuglagkhang - a 'monastic jewel' in Kham |
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1.4. Other monasteries of the former Riwoche state2. The Bön regions of Nubhor and Khyungpo
1.4.1. Tagsham Gompa
1.4.2. Dzonglo Gön
1.4.3. Riwo Ritrö
1.4.4. Rabten Gompa
1.4.5. Chinkhar monastery
1.4.6. The arhat monastery Näten Chudrug
1.4.7. Näten Gompa
1.4.8. Gyume Gompa
1.4.9. Jamyang Thegchen Püntsholing
1.5. Lamaseries in Lhathog-Jomda Area
1.5.1 Khamgar Gön - head of the Kham Drugpas
1.5.2 Wara Gön, a Sakyapa centre of the old Dege Kingdom
1.5.3 Sibda Dzogchen Gompa
1.5.4. Threlso Gompa
1.5.5. Jopu Gompa
1.5.6. Denma Thubten Chökhor Ling
2. The Bön regions of Nubhor and Khyungpo
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2.1. Sog Tsanden Gompa3. Gyalam - along the old trade route to China
2.2. Biru and the Ngül Chu Valley
2.2.1. Monastic culture in Biru
2.2.2. Biru's unique sky burial grounds
2.3. The Bönpo order
2.3.1. The origin and development of the Bönpo order
2.3.2. Some notes on the Bönpo pantheon
2.4. Hor Bachen
2.4.1. Luphug lamasery
2.4.2. Batsang Gompa
2.5. Tengchen and Khyungpo Ri
2.5.1. Tengchen Gompa
2.5.2. Tengchen Ritrö
2.5.3. Kogyal Gompa
2.5.4. Khyungpori Tsedrug monastery
3.1. Lhari4. Dragyab and Gonjo
3.2. Pembar
3.2.1. Pembar monastery and its remaining murals
3.2.2. Lhatse Jampa Ling
3.3. Lhorong
3.3.1 Shopamdo monastery
3.3.2. Zitho monastery
3.3.3 The principal monastery of Old Lhorong
3.3.4. Marri Gedog Gompa
3.3.5. The Tara Temple of upper Pashö
4.1. The monastic state of Dragyab5. The southwestern fringe of Kham
4.1.1. Magön - Dragyab's 'mother monastery'
4.1.2. Bugön
4.1.3. Jorkhe Ritrö
4.1.4. Dagyab, a realm abounding in inconspicuous sites
4.1.5. Martsang Kagyüpa
4.2. Gonjo
4.2.1. Thangkya lamasery, Gonjo's main Sakyapa institution
4.2.2. Gyara Gompa, Gonjo’s largest Nyingmapa lamasery
4.2.3. Drondren Gön, Gonjo's single Gelugpa lamasery
4.2.4. Ranggo Gön, a Nyingmapa institution
4.2.5. Signs of Nyingmapa prevalence in Gonjo
4.2.6. Drugpas in despair
5.1. Pashö6. The deep south of Kham: Tshawarong and Markham
5.1.1. Sangngag Tegchen Ling
5.1.2. Nerab Gompa
5.1.3. Pashö monastery und the Jedrung Khutukhtus
5.2. Poyül and Pemakö
5.2.1. Poyül and the Pome Kingdom
5.2.2. The 'Hidden Valleys' of Pemakö
5.3. Dzayül
5.3.1. Sangngag Chö Dzong
5.3.2. Menkong district in east Dzayül
5.4. Excursus: The Himalayan frontier of Kham's far southwest
6.1. Tshawa Dzogang Dzong7. Early rock carvings in western Kham
6.1.1. Dzogang Gompa
6.1.2. Themthog Gompa
6.1.3. Thugchag Shedrub Jampa Ling
6.1.4. Uya Jampa Ling
6.1.5. Bönpo monasteries in Lower Tshawarong
6.2. Markham
6.2.1. Öser Gompa
6.2.2. Gönsar - Gartog's new monastery
6.2.3. The salt-wells of the Naxi
7.1. The rock images of Denma Drag8. Traces of early settlement in Kham
7.2. Drag Lhamo
8.1. The Karo Culture
8.2. Stone coffins and tombs in Gonjo
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index - mini gazetteer
318 pages, 45 maps and sketches, 123
plates and 195 colour photos *)
White Lotus Press, Bangkok
2004
*) Bitte beachten Sie, dass dieser Band als Folge von Lichteinfluss im Einband leichte Lichtschäden aufführt. Dies ist im Verlag in Bangkok geschehen, es gibt keine Exemplare ohne diese Lichtschäden. Um dies zu auszugleichen ist der Preis des Bandes trotz Teuerung nicht höher als bei den Amdo-Bänden festgesetzt worden.
*) Please note that the cover of the volume has slight change in coulour due to the influence of light - which happened at the publisher's when he moved and had stored the books where they were exposed to sunlight. This concerns all the volumes of Kham 1, we do not have other copies available. Due to this reason, the price of this volume – despite the rise of costs – was not fixed at a higher level than those of the Amdo volumes published three years earlier.
Rezensionen - reviews
| R 1-1 | Rezension von Dr. Michael
Buddeberg, München
Was ist Tibet? Ist es ein Teil Chinas mit einer einem Irrglauben anhängenden Minderheit? Ein sprirituelles Shangri-La mit friedvollen, tiefreligiösen Menschen? Ist es gar nur ein geographischer Begriff für das durch hohe und unwegsame Randgebirge begrenzte, höchste Plateau der Erde? Oder ist Tibet, wo Tibeter leben und wo tibetisch gesprochen wird, wo Menschen eine ganz besondere Art des Buddhismus praktizieren, den Mahayana, das „Große Fahrzeug“? Ist es vielleicht nur ein politischer Begriff, TAR, „Tibetan Autonomous Region“, der eine Provinz von anderen chinesischen Provinzen abgrenzt? Alles ist richtig und doch auch wider nicht. Je mehr man sich mit Tibet befaßt oder gar Tibet bereist, um so schwieriger wird die Antwort auf die eingangs gestellte Frage. Ein Blick auf die Geschichte und die aktuelle Politik macht die Antwort nicht leichter. Was Tibet ist, war ... ... Wer sich je auf die beschwerliche Reise in diesen Teil Khams aufmacht, für den ist das neue Buch Gruschkes schlicht unentbehrlich. Ja mehr noch als das: War ein Besuch dieser Regionen bislang eine schwer planbare Reise ins Ungewisse, so liegt nun ein Kunst- und Kulturführer vor, der zugleich Anregung und Begleiter für ein solches Vorhaben ist. Gegenüber den Amdo-Bänden ist hervorzuheben, daß zahlreiche Detailkarten, wenngleich nur in schwarz/weiß und in mäßiger Druckqualität, die mangels brauchbarer offizieller Karten bisher schwierige Orientierung vor Ort erheblich erleichtern. Schließlich und letztlich räumt Gruschke noch mit einem Vorurteil auf: Die Khampas sind durchaus nicht die Räuber, wilden Nomaden und geborenen Rebellen als die sie im Westen gelten. Sie sind Bauern, Viehzüchter, Händler und Handwerker, sie sind fröhlich, gastfreundlich und hilfsbereit wie alle Tibeter und sie sind in ihrem Herzen echte Tibeter geblieben. Es gilt, was Gruschke schon in seinen Amdo-Bänden feststellte: „Eine Zivilisation stirbt nicht, solange der Wille existiert, sie an künftige Generationen weiterzugeben.Michael Buddeberg, August
2004
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The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces
Kham
by Andreas Gruschke
The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces
Kham
Volume
1. The Xizang Part of Kham (TAR)
Volume
2. The Qinghai Part of Kham
Volume
3. The Sichuan and Yunnan Parts of Kham
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| WK 5 | Hi
thanks to your book part 1 of Kham, it made my husband decide (at last) to go to Kham. The front picture of Kyungpori made it and by the best chance, we were there for the first day of the festival, witch take place every 12 years.I made a lot of picture of the temples you describe in the book, and they are yours if you want them. You can use them if you put my name under. No copyright. yourbook was very precious and we are waiting for part 2 and 3. hope to hear from you sincerely Monique
Masse
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| WK 4 | Dear Andreas,
Congratulations on bringing
out another volume of the Cultural Monuments Series. I fear you will die
young if you keep working at this pace. I have obtained the latest volume
from Michael Henss. As far as its contents are concerned: I thought I knew
something about Tibet, but it turns out that my reading is more concentrated
on the frontier lands. Many things in your present volume were completely
new to me, not to mention the gorgeous photographs. Once again: Proficiat.
Wim
van Spengen
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| WK 3 | I'd like to receive a copy
of this book [Kham 2], part of the wonderful collection of books on Eastern
Tibet.
Best wishes Mika
Sillanpää
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| WK 2 | Lieber Herr Gruschke,
nachdem ich restlos begeistert
von den 3 vorhergehenden Bänden bin und unsere Reise damit schon eifrig
plane, bitte ich Sie mir auch Kham 2 zu schicken.
Adelheid
Zähle
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| WK 1 | Betr: Bücher
erhalten! Viel Freude!
Sie sind am Freitag gekommen.
So hatte ich glücklicherweise das ganze Wochenende Zeit, sie durchzulesen.
Von Freitag abend bis Sonntag habe ich im Geist Tibet nicht verlassen.
Vielen Dank für die ausführlichen Beschreibungen und die schönen
Photos. Es ist schwer, nicht neidisch zu sein, wenn man bedenkt, was Sie
alles gesehen und erlebt haben. Ich bin schon auf das nächste Buch
gespannt. Soll ja dieses Jahr kommen laut Ihrer Web-Seite.
Sylvie
Bier
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