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Tibet Vernacular Paper
The Tibet Vernacular News (, ), also translated as The Tibetan Vernacular News, is the first newspaper to have been established in Tibet. Besides a Chinese title and some subscription information, the newspaper was written in Standard Tibetan, Tibetan () since its founding in April 1907 by amban Lianyu, Lian Yu 聯豫 (in office 1906–1912), and his deputy Zhang Yintang 張蔭堂 (in office 1906–1908), in the final years of the Qing dynasty. The first issue was lithographically printed, with a print-run fewer than 100 copies a day. It was disestablished in 1911. The mission of the newspaper was mainly educational,Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Representations of Religion in The Tibet Mirror, i''History and Material Culture in Asian Religions: Text, Image, Object'' eds. Benjamin Fleming, Richard Mann, p. 77. but also propagandistic. Nothing is known about how the paper was received by Tibetans. Goals Lian Yu and Zhang Yintang felt that publishing a newspaper in the vernacular langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xizang Baihua Bao
The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. It was overlayed on the traditional Tibetan regions of Ü-Tsang and Kham. It was formally established in 1965 to replace the Tibet Area (administrative division), Tibet Area, the former Administrative divisions of China, administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC) established after the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China, annexation of Tibet. The establishment was about five years after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the dismissal of the Kashag, and about 13 years after the original annexation. The current borders of the Tibet Autonomous Region were generally established in the 18th century and include about half of historic Tibet, or the Tibet, ethno-cultural Tibet. The Tibet Autonomous Region spans ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
