Tibetan Historical and Cultural Dictionary

Author: Wang Yao
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Publishing Date: 1998-06-01
Features: Under the principle of maintaining national unity and promoting ethnic solidarity, this book summarizes and absorbs the significant achievements of Tibetan studies both at home and abroad, and promotes the prosperity and deepening of Tibetan studies in the 21st century. The entries in this book adhere to academic rigor. Geographically, it primarily focuses on the Tibet Autonomous Region, while also including relevant content from Tibetan areas in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, and Yunnan, as well as Beijing, Shanxi, Hebei, and Zhejiang, which are historically and culturally linked to Tibet. The book contains 790 entries and is accompanied by 144 valuable historical photographs. The entries are arranged by the alphabetical order of the Pinyin romanization of the Chinese characters in the headwords, and then further organized by the Pinyin order of the Chinese characters in the headwords. For the convenience of arranging the positions of the photographs, the order of some entries has been adjusted.