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Snapshot: Buying Thangkas in Tongren
Blog: To China... and Beyond! - 6 August 2010
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my trip last year to Tongren, in the far east of Qinghai Province. The city is home to two art-schools-cum-monasteries that are, collectively, the capital of Tibetan Buddhist art in China.
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Monk praying in Jyekundo (Yushu, Qinghai)
Blog: Tibetan Portraits - 22 April 2010
While doing kora around the mani stone pile in Jyekundo, I noticed this monk chanting prayers. I made a small offering to him and continued on my way. [Note: As a result of the earthquake in Jyekundo, more than 2000 have died and more than 12000 are injured. Tens of thousands are homeless. You can help [...]
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Earthquakes in Yushu, Qinghai
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 15 April 2010
News agencies are reporting a series of earthquakes just outside Yushu, Qinghai in China. You might remember that we passed through this region towards the beginning of our travels in late 2007. We hope our friends in Yushu, especially the amazing monks at the Princess Wangchen monastery, are all ok. Revisit our original posts on the [...]
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Jyeku Monastery in Yushu, Qinghai
Blog: Tibetan Portraits - 14 April 2010
Today (April 14, 2010) a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province. According to state-run media, about 400 people were killed and about 10,000 were injured. Many buildings in Jyekundo, the seat of Yushu, collapsed. As Yushu is remote and rugged, it will be difficult for supplies to reach the area. [...]
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Khampa woman in Jyekundo (Yushu, Qinghai)
Blog: Tibetan Portraits - 14 April 2010
This woman was bartering in the marketplace in Jyekundo, Kham. She is wearing a traditional Tibetan necklace made of a dzi bead and two balls of coral. [Originally published on February 28, 2010, I am republishing this picture in honor of the victims of the earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai on April 14, 2010. Reports are [...]
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Three Amdo nomads on a journey
Blog: Tibetan Portraits - 11 March 2010
While passing through Maduo on my way to Yushu, I met these three nomads. They were about to embark on a motorcycle journey somewhere. I imagine them riding through the grasslands to meet old friends, relatives, or do some trading.
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Yushu and Around
Blog: Yoyo's travel blog - 12 November 2009
Or: A gate to Tibet Yushu feels strange. it’s a city but it feells like a big village. most restaurants are run by Han Chinese, most people on the streets are Tibetan. and, there is absolutely no way to get money here without a Chinese card (even exchanging Dollars is impossible). the monastery inside the city [...]
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Xinning to Yushu, via Dawu
Blog: Yoyo's travel blog - 2 November 2009
“You play Yushu, I play Dawu” Bart said to me, in front of us the ticket saleswoman, behind us am angry queue of Tibetans. I won, we were going straight to Yushu, skipping a crazy de-tour through Dawu, which will cost us time and money and of which we know nothing about. ”Lets go through Dawu [...]
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Xinning and Around
Blog: Yoyo's travel blog - 2 November 2009
I arrived at Xinning by train at about 14:00 (after more than 24 hours coming from Urumqi, see post) and, being a cheap bastard as I am, started to walk my way to the cheapest accomodation in Lonely Planet, Lee Youth Hostel. That night, after being couped up in the train for too long, eating instant noodles [...]
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Rebkong, Amdo (Tongren, Qinghai)
Blog: Tibet Travel Blog - 16 October 2009
Rebkong is the center of Tibetan arts in Amdo. The hundreds of artists that live in Amdo paint thangka, sculpt religious statues, embroider religious motifs on wall hangings, and design stupas. At the edge of town is Rongwu monastery, which has been beautifully decorated by monk artisans. From Xining, there are a few buses that [...]
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Dancing Monks, Monasteries & Grasslands
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 14 October 2009
After physically ripping Lianna from her warm bed yesterday morning and grabbing a quick breakfast in the Everest cafe of French Toast we ran into Ben, our travel companion on the bus from Xining to Xiahe. Ben’s plans were similar to ours for the first half of the day, so at 9:30am the three of us headed off for a tour of Lobrang Monastery lead by an English speaking monk. Lobrang Monastery is one of the 6 main monasteries of the yellow hat sect of Buddhism on the Tibetan Plateau, ...
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Xiahe – A Land of Pilgrims
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 13 October 2009
It was up before the sun this morning as we had a bus to catch at 7:15 am for Xiahe, 6 hours from Xining. We knew from our fellow passengers that we were heading to an unusual place right from the start as many were Tibetan nomads dressed in sheep skin clothing and prayer beads. Our 6 hour journey was full of interesting scenery, starting out as red rock cliffs then to grassy meadows with a backdrop of snow covered mountains in the distance. After plenty of passes climbed and descended, ...
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Jyekundo, Kham (Yushu, Qinghai)
Blog: Tibet Travel Blog - 16 August 2008
Jyekundo, a major Tibetan town located in northern Kham, is one of the best places to see authentic Tibetan culture. In the Jyekundo market, Khampa businessmen barter with nomads for caterpillar fungus, a precious ingredient used in herbal medicines. High up on a mountain, monks blow ceremonial trumpets, the sounds echoing through the valley. Opened only [...]
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