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Title: The Skor lam and the Long March: Chinese Modernity and the Loss of Tibetan Ritual Territory in A mdo Shar khog
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Toni Huber
One Sentence Summary: This case study of developments up to 1995 at the mountain known as “Eastern Conch Mountain” (Shar dung ri) in A mdo Shar khog deals with an example of non-revival and strategic withdrawal from one regionally and locally important Tibetan ritual territory.

Description: Creator’s Description: Following Chinese occupation, all types of ritual territories recognized by Tibetans across the Tibetan plateau either became defunct, or went into abeyance and then revived -- often spectacularly -- in modified forms. This study deals with an example of non-revival and strategic withdrawal from one regionally and locally important Tibetan ritual territory. It provides a case study of developments up to 1995 at the mountain known as “Eastern Conch Mountain” (Shar dung ri) in A mdo Shar khog. The study documents why all major pilgrimage activities around the mountain were left in abeyance in spite of the real possibilities Tibetans had for reviving them once again. Important factors in this process are identified in the dynamics of the local post-1980 revival of Tibetan religion in Shar khog, changing attitudes towards demanding ritual practices, and the regime of modern developments that have been vigorously promoted around Eastern Conch Mountain by the Chinese state, including the banishment of lepers, tourism, mountaineering, nature conservation, and efforts to inscribe seminal aspects of modern Chinese nationalism, such as the Long March, upon an older Tibetan cultural landscape.

Publisher: Tibetan and Himalayan Library
Normalized publisher place: Charlottesville, VA
Publisher country: United States
Publisher URL: http://www.thlib.org/
Published Date: 2006-08
URL: http://www.thlib.org/collections/texts/jiats/#jiats=/02/huber/
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- THL-Hosted Online Journals -- JIATS -- Issue 2 (August 2006)
Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Tibet -- JIATS -- Issue 2 (August 2006)
Cultural Coverage: China
Tibet
Temporal coverage: 20th century CE
Language: English
Source URL: http://www.jiats.org/
Source: Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies
Source Editor: David Germano
Source Type: Journal
Source Number: 2
ISBN/ISSN: 1550-6363

Means of availability: online

Access rights: public domain
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Date Of Record Creation: 2006-08-03 16:08:41
Date Record Checked: 2005-09-20
Date Last Modified: 2008-11-20 19:11:52
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