Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 720004587x
2002; Hardcover;787*1092; 186 pages
On the Qinghai –Tibet Plateau,there are many highland lakes which the local people call the HOLY Lakes. These lakes,originating from many glaciers and springs,lie still and calm,like a huge mirror reflecting the blue skies,the white clouds ,the snow-covered mountains,the forests and all the fine things it could include on earth.
This book ,The Clothing and Ornaments of China’s Tibetan Nationality is just like sucn a Holy Lake,which shows the attire and ornaments of theTibetans in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and provinces of Qinghai,Gansu,Sichuan,and Yunnan ,it geves us a splendid and colorful picture of how the Tibetans dress and decorate themselves.
This book is the first of its kind to highlight the clothing and ornaments of the local Tibetan gomenmentofficials in the past as an important component part of the Tibetan attire,thus giving us a comolete and over-all idea as to how the Tibetan nationality dress and decorate themselves.
This book is rich both in its content and in its academic values .It is beautifully designed,illustrated and maufactured. I sincerely hope that friends and scholars and other readers from all walks of life will enjoy reading it
Table of Contents
1.The Culture of the Attire & Garments of the Tibetans
2.The Clothing & Ornaments of Tibetan Natiionality in the Tibetan Autonomous Region
3.The Clothing & Ornaments of Tibetan Natiionality in Qinghai Province
4.The Clothing & Ornaments of Tibetan Natiionality in Gansu Province
5.The Clothing & Ornaments of Tibetan Nationality in Sichuan Province
6.The Clothing & Ornaments of Tibetan Natiionality in Yunan Province
7.Appendices
8.The Clothing of the Monks
9.The Clothing & Ornaments of the Former Tibetan Local Offical