Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region has filled an online "treasure house" with priceless ancient books for lovers of Tibetan culture worldwide. In 2009, Tibet launched its largest ever survey of ...

The Potala Palace management authority has announced significant achievements in preserving and utilizing its extensive collection of ancient books and documents, thanks to a special project. This was ...

Yang Liqun(front) restores an ancient manuscript as his apprentices observe. Photo: Courtesy of Yunnan Provincial Library After hundreds of years of being gnawed by insects, covered in mold or burned ...

A set of books reproducing ancient works on Tibetan medicine went on sale on Friday as part of the government's efforts to boost the traditional industry. Researchers with the Tibet College of Tibetan ...

SAN ANTONIO -- When the Dalai Lama and thousands of his spiritual followers fled Tibet after the Chinese occupation in the 1950s, they were not able to carry out many of their art treasures. During ...

Two sites in Lhasa are linked to the invention of the Tibetan writing system. Outside the east wall of the Jokhang, Songtsen used to meditate next to an auspicious boulder. Later he ordered the ...

When Mordy Levine, a longtime practitioner of Buddhist meditation, turned 60 five years ago, he found himself struggling with the inevitability of death. As he searched for a teacher to guide him on ...

A CONQUEST OF TIBET—Sven Hedin— Dutton ($5). Though world-travelers are now conducted in droves to many an outlandish spot. Tibet is not one of them. While it houses one of the most ancient of the ...

In 2009, Tibet launched its largest ever survey of ancient books. Over the past decade, the surveyors have traveled to every corner of the region that covers more than 1.2 million square km, with the ...