Snowland Giant Gesar

Author: Jampel Gyaltsen
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: "King Gesar" is a great epic collectively created by the Tibetan people, renowned as the "King of Epics." "King Gesar" is the crystallization of Tibetan wisdom, representing the highest achievement of ancient Tibetan folk culture. "King Gesar" is a monumental work in the style of an encyclopedia, possessing extremely high literary, artistic, and aesthetic value. "King Gesar" has been published in more than 4 million Tibetan copies and has been translated into multiple languages, gradually gaining the love of people around the world. "King Gesar" enjoys a high international status, with some Western scholars calling it the "Odyssy of the East." "King Gesar" is comparable to the ancient Greek epics "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," and even more remarkable is that it remains "alive." The Tibetan people worship Gesar as their guardian deity, eliminating all obstacles and accomplishing virtuous practices. The Chinese government is now actively preparing to nominate "King Gesar" for UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage. This book is a simplified Chinese version of "King Gesar," offering you a glimpse of its immense literary and artistic achievements.