简介:MetogislocatedinthesoutheastcornerofTibet.Itcoversanareaof34,000squarekilometers.Inancienttimesitwasknownas"Padmagang",whichmeant"flowers"inTibetan.MountainssurroundMetogandthelandslopesfromnorthtosouth.ThelandisshapedlikealotusblossomandtheYarlungZangboRivercutsthroughthewholecounty.
简介:EDITOR’SNOTES:Mr.ChengWeidongisaseniorjournalistonanationalpictorialmagazine.HeenjoysaSpecialGovernmentAllowancefromtheStateCouncil.HewasamongthefirstgroupoftheStateEthnicAffairsCommission’s"OutstandingExpertofState"andnamedexcellentphotographerofthenationaldisasterreliefeffortin2010.Hehasmade
简介:AscendingtotheThroneAfterWinningtheHorseRace¥//Thegrandhorseracewasabouttobegin,andthebeautifulMalungGrasslandwasabuzzwithmer...
简介:OriginsTheDongxiangminoritygetsitsnamefromageographicallocation.ThetermDongxiangusedtorefertothevillageseastofHezhouCity(today’sLinxiainGansuProvince).ThereignofQingEmperorKangxisawthedivisionoffourtownshipscenteredonHezhouintoeast,north,westandnorth.respectively.TheeasternpartwasthusnamedDongxiang("easternvillages").Thequestionofthisminority’soriginswasoncethesubjectofgreatdisagreement,butovertheyears,thepredominant
简介:ThetabletunderdiscussionwasdiscoveredatUrandwaspublishedinUET6/ⅡasNo.398.ThetabletconsistsofafragmentofthemiddleportionofalateBabyloniantext,andpreservestheendportionofamythinwhichtheprincipleactorsarethegodsMardukandUras,andtoalesserextent,thegodEnlil.Thetextisinpoeticformwiththelinesfallingintocouplets,inwhichthesecondlineofeachcoupletusuallyformsaparallel,orasupplementtothefirstone.Thetext,hasbeenbrieflyoutlinedbyC.J.GaddinUET6/Ⅱ,buthasnotbeenotherwisepublishedtotheauthor'sknowledge,exceptforbriefcomments.
简介:1.IntroductionIntheinscriptionsofE-ana-tum,rulerofLagas,listinghisvictoriesovervariouscities,thereisafour-linelongpassagethatdescribesE-ana-tum’sdefeatoverthecitycalledArawa:2(1)su-nirURU×Aki-ka,ensi2-be23,saη-bamu-DU,aga3-kar2!(SE3)4be2-seg10Thetranslationsofthisgrammaticallydifficultpassagevarygreatly;thereseemstobenoagreementeitheraboutitsexactmeaningoraboutitsgrammaticalanalysis.
简介:ChinahastenYaoautonomouscountiesandfourautonomouscountiesofYaoandotherethnicgroups.YaopeoplearefoundmostlyinChina'ssouthernprovincesofHunan,Yunnan,Guangdong,GuizhouandJiangxiandinGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion.LivinginsmallcommunitiesinmanyareasconstitutestheuniquenessofYaopeople:youcannotfindamountaininsouthernChinawithoutYaopeople.