A: The government has conducted systematic surveys, collection, collation, publication
and research into Tibet's cultural heritage. The Tibet Ancient Tibetan Books Publishing
House has collected over 200 precious ancient Tibetan books, some of which it
has collated and published. The Tibet People's Publishing House has concentrated
on the collation and publication of classic masterpieces and historic literature.
For hundreds of years, these ancient books could only be found in hand-written
and woodblock print copies. Now for the first time, they appear in print, beautifully
designed and bound.
Since the 1980s, organizations engaged in ethnic cultural
heritage restoration, collation and research have been established in various
parts of Tibet. They have launched an unprecedented campaign aimed at the restoration,
collection, collation, research, compilation and publication of works of ethnic
and folk literature and art. The regional government has sent out investigation
groups to all corners of Tibet, including cities, towns, villages and monasteries,
on an overall investigation and collection mission. As a result, over 20 Tibetan
folk literary works have been published. King Gesar, the world's longest epic
created by the Tibetan people, has been orally handed down through generations.
Retrieval, collation and research into this epic have been listed by the state
as a key social science research subject, for which a special organization has
been established. So far, more than 3,000 audio tapes have been recorded, and
62 volumes have been published in Tibetan, totaling three million copies. Some
have been translated into English, Japanese and French. The compilation of the
600,000-character The Annals of Chinese Dramas: Tibetan Operas has also been completed,
filling a huge gap in the theoretical study of the Tibetan theater, and work is
in progress on the survey, collection, and collation of Tibetan dance, ballads,
music, songs, tales and proverbs. |
