Jin ri Xizang

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Name: Zhong yang dian shi tai (Beijing, China) (Production company,Broadcaster); Tuttle, Gray (Former owner)
Title: Jin ri Xizang
Other Titles: 今日西藏; Title on container label: Bod = Tibet; Tibet today
Abstract: Television series introduces viewers to sites and culture in and around Lhasa: Potala Palace, with commentary by Luosang Tudeng (Director of the Research Institute of the Potala’s Culture and History), Tudeng Jiangba Lama (Potala Palace), Geranggexi Yixiwangju (Vice President of the Tibet Buddhist Association), Longdun Banjue (writer and grandnephew of the 13th Dalai Lama), and Qoyang (Director o f the Potala Renovation Office) on the 1989 renovation project on the Potala. Second episode introduces traditional food and drink. Third episode includes introduction to Vice Chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (Nga-phod Ngag-dbang-’jigs-med,) and the 17-Point Agreement. Gold and silver sculpture-making in Namling County, Shigatse, with interviews with coppersmith Zanbaduojie, goldsmith Bangong; briefly mentions other traditional arts and design. Viewers are also introduced to Sakya Monastery and the Sakya tradition. Includes commentary by Qoyang Luosansangbo, an incarnation of Sakya Monastery. Part 2 includes introduction to the Pha-lha Manor, the ancestral home of the aristocratic Pha-lha family, and commentary by local villagers who worked on the Pha-lha estate; Bsam-yas Monastery; the craft of translating and dubbing films and television into Tibetan; communications networks in Tibet Autonomous Region; interview with Penpa Dorje (of Shigatse), a musician and researcher of traditional Tibetan music, on music and new year traditions; carpet and other textile-making in Gyantse
Collection Name: Tibetan video recordings from Lhasa
Archival Context: Series 1: Local History and Description. Box no. 1, Folder no. 1
Subjects: Manners and customs; Arts; Religious life; Historic buildings; Tibet Autonomous Region (China); Lhasa (China : District); Ngapo Ngawang Jigmei; Sa-skya (Monastery : Tibet Autonomous Region, China); Potala (Lhasa, China)
Genre: Travelogues (Television programs)
Publication Information: Zhong yang dian shi tai (Beijing, China): Beijing (China). 1991-05

Date: 1991 May
Physical Description: 1 video file (96 minutes) : color, sound
Note: Original format: VHS; external service, China Central Television, May 1991," "Nan Hai Co., Inc., U.S.A. [...] Millbrae, CA"--cards at end; Appears only to include parts one and two of a "Six part series of reports on Tibet"; English, dubbed from Tibetan and Chinese
Note (Credits): Executive Producers: Xu Xiongxiong, Lu Bin ; Production Managers: Lu Yusheng, Zhao Zhongyi ; TV Directors: Li Xiaoshan, Xu Youning. Duan Jinchuan, Guan Wenguang. Guo Wuji ; Cameramen: Qian Tao, Duan Jinchuan, Zhang Jun, Gao Xiaoping ; Video recording: Wang Fengming, Su Fei, He Tao, Ma Linglei ; Sound recordist: Li Ning ; Music: Wang Wenhua ; Narrators: Chi Wenjie, Du Yanhua ; English editors: Ye Lulu ; Subtitle: Zhou Liying
Language: English
Contents: Part One of Six: Jin ri Xizang 今日西藏 [Tibet Today]. [Potala Palace] / [speakers]: Chogyal Drupug ; Dunka Luosang Chle, living Buddha, Professor of Tibet University ; Luosang Tudeng, Director of the Research, Institute of Potala's Culture and History ; Tudeng Jiangba Lama ; Geranggexi Yixiwangju, Vice-President of the Tibet Buddhist Association ; Longdun Banjue, writer and grandnephew of the 13th Dalai Lama ; Qoyang, Director of the Potala Renovation Office -- 21:05. Yi shi zhu xing 衣食住行 [Food, dress, housing, transportation] -- 21:13. Food in Tibet -- 29:18. Ming ren fang tan 名人訪談 = Interview with well-known personnel / [speaker]: Ngapoi Ngawang Jgme, Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee -- 34:34. Lu song shi 绿松石 [Turquoise]: The art and culture of Tibet: gold and silver sculptures / [speakers]: coppersmith Zanbaduoje ; goldsmith Bangong -- 40:40. Fa lun chang zhuan = Religious rituals lasting forever: Sagya [sic] Monastery / [speaker]: Qoyang Luosansangbo, living Buddha, Sangya Monastery -- Part Two of Six : The Phag-lha Manor -- 53:14. Jin ri Xizang 今日西藏 [Tibet Today] : A "Serf Village" called Dpal-vbyor Lhun-po / [speakers]: village head Lha-pa Lho-n[?] ; Wangmo ; Duojie and his wife -- The village meeting -- The village committee -- 1:07:14. Fa lun chang zhuan 法輪常轉 = Religious rituals lasting forever : Bsam-yas Monastery / [speaker]: Qingger Lama -- 1:12:26. Jian wen 见闻 [Knowledge] : Dub films and TV programmes -- 1:13:34. Jian Wen 见闻 : Post and Telecommunications -- 1:15:39. Gao yuan ren jia 高原人家 : The Family of Pad-rdo -- 1:27:00. The Art and culture of Tibet. Lu song shi 绿松石 : Tibetan Chongsi Textile
Library Location: C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
Copyright Status: In Copyright
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/k0rz-x007