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Definition: Tibet |
TibetNoun1. An Asian country under the control of China; located in the Himalayas. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Tibet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1887. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Government of Tibet in Exile is a group which sees itself as the rightful and legitimate government of Tibet, which is currently under the control of the People's Republic of China.Although it is not recognized as a government by any other nation, it has received a large amount of sympathy in the West largely due to the leadership of Tenzin Gyatso, the latest Dalai Lama.
External link
- Official website of the Government of Tibet in Exile
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Government of Tibet in Exile."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Tibet (Thibet in older spelling; Pö and Wylie translition: Bod in Tibetan, Tübed in Mongolian) is a region of Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. In the People's Republic of China, the majority of Tibet is in Tibetan Autonomous Region (Xizang). See also Government of Tibet in Exile.
History
Main article: History of Tibet
Geography
Main article: Geography of TibetTibet consists of several regions:
(See also Provinces of China)
- Amdo (a mdo) in northeast → the provinces of Qinghai, part of Gansu and part of Sichuan
- Kham (khams) in east → part of Sichuan, northern Yunnan and part of Qinghai
- Western Kham → part of Tibetan Autonomous Region
- U (dbus) in center → part of Tibetan Autonomous Region
- Tsang (gtsang) in west → part of Tibetan Autonomous Region
In the wide sense, Tibet also includes Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh.
Several majors rivers have their source in Tibet, including:
- Chang Jiang
- Huang He
- Indus River
- Mekong
Transport
See Transportation in China.
Culture
The Tibetan people speak Tibetan language and a few Tibetans write the Tibetan written language.
Tibet is the traditional center of Vajrayana, a distinctive form of Buddhism. Before 1959, Tibet was a theocracy led by the Dalai Lama, who now lives in exile and is internationally seen by many people as being a spokesman for the Tibetan people.
Tibet is also home for spiritual tradition called Bön (alternative spelling: Bon).
External links
- http://www.tibet.com/ The Government of Tibet in exile
http://www.tibet.com/glance.html Tibet at a glance http://neverland.net/bati/tibet/ A drawing for Tibet (en fr)http://www.tibet-info.org/ Chain for change in Tibet (fr nl en)
Further Reading
Editing tools:
- Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-La from the Himalayas to Hollywood, Orville Schell, Henry Holt, 2000, hardcover, 340 pages, ISBN 0805043810
- The 1911 Encyclopaedia: Info on geography, climate, flora, people, language, literature, writing, and history. (Scroll down pass TIBESTI)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tibet."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Tibetan Autonomous Region (Xizang Zizhiqu 西藏自治区) is an administrative subdivision of the People's Republic of China.
Within the People's Republic the region is used synonymously with the term Tibet, although many exile groups including the Government of Tibet in Exile consider the term "Tibet" to include regions with large Tibetan populations outside of the TAR.
西藏自治区
Xizang ZizhiquProvince Abbreviation(s): 藏 zang4 Capital Lhasa Area
- Total
- % waterRanked 2nd
1,200,000 km²
xx%
Population
- Total (Year)
- DensityRanked 32nd
2,630,000
2.2/km²Administration Type Autonomous Region
History
Main article: History of TibetThe position of the Chinese government is that Tibet has been an integral, although autonomous, part of China for several hundred years. The position of the Government of Tibet in Exile and the Free Tibet movement is that it was formerly an independent nation and was conquered by China in 1951.
Geography
Neighboring Nations: India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma.
Neighboring Provinces: Xinjiang, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan.
The Tibetan Plateau is a large, elevated area, sometimes referred to as the "roof of the world", formed by the collision of the Indian and Asian tectonic plates. Most of the Himalaya mountain range lies within Tibet; Mount Everest is on the Tibet-Nepal border. Tibet also borders on Bhutan, Sikkim, India, and Pakistan.
Economy
Demographics
Tibet has the lowest population density among all of the province-level administrative regions, mainly due to its mountainous and harsh geographical features.
More than 90% of the people living in Tibet are ethnic Tibetan. Other ethnic groups include Han, Menba, Lhoba and Hui.
Culture
Tibet is the traditional center of Vajrayana, a distinctive form of Buddhism. Before 1959, Tibet was a theocracy led by the Dalai Lama, who now lives in exile and is internationally seen by many people as being a spokesman for the Tibetan people.
Tibet is also home for spiritual tradition called Bön (alternative spelling: Bon).
Tibetan language
Tourism
- Potala Palace (World Heritage Site)
- Mount Everest
Miscellaneous topics
- Évariste Régis Huc (Abbé Huc) visited Tibet in 1845-1846, and wrote his observations in Souvenirs d'un voyage dans la Tartarie, le Thibet, et la Chine pendant les années 1844—1846
- Tibet was explored by Francis Younghusband in 1902.
- Alexandra David-Neel visited Lhasa in 1924, and wrote several books about the country and its culture.
External link
- dmoz search : Tibet
- Tibet Travel
- Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region
- Photos from Tibet
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tibetan Autonomous Region."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Tibetan Buddhism, also called Lamaism (for a religious master is called a lama), is the body of religious Buddist doctrine and institutions the characteristic of Tibet, technically known as Vajrayanalardneo or Tantrayana. Tibetan Buddhism includes elements of Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana.Buddhism came from India into Tibet in 173 AD during the reign of Lha Thothori Nyantsen. However, Buddhism did not take a strong foothold until the 9th century.
Introduced to Tibet in the 7th century, it married to both the Shamanistic Bön Religion (see Shamanism), and Tantric elements. The original Bön was a religion of magical and exorcist practices, which made the Lamaism dependent on the use of mantras, elaborate ritual, and the worship of guardian deities and the new idea of living incarnations of Buddha. Buddhism is often used in context with religion.
Schools
Tibetan Buddhism has five main schools:An one minor one:
- Nyingma
- Kadam: presumed extinct, efforts to revitalize it are present in the Buddhist community
- Kagyu
- Sakya
- Geluk: though the most influential, it is the latest, hence not a part of "The Four Great Schools" traditionally.
There is also an ecumenical movement known as Rime (alternative spelling: Rimed).
- Jonang: presumed extinct, survived in Eastern Tibet.
Famous and popular teachings of Tibetan Buddhism are mahamudra, 6 yogas of Naropa, dzogchen.
See also: prayer wheel, Dalai Lama, dorje
External links
- From the Office of Tibet, the official agency of the Dalai Lama in London (The Government of Tibet in Exile): http://www.tibet.com/Buddhism/
- The Jonangpa Order
- Tibeten Buddhism
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tibetan Buddhism."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| TIB | English | Tibet | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TibetSynonyms: Sitsang (n), Thibet (n), Xizang (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Do you think someday people will get Tibet on their movie screens and wonder what happened to us (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston) Free Tibet! (Just Shoot Me!; writing credit: David Renwick) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Storm Over Tibet (1952) Geheimnis Tibet (1941) Pavarotti & Friends for Cambodia and Tibet (2000) Jenseits von Tibet - Eine Liebe zwischen den Welten (2000) Die Salzmänner von Tibet (1997) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title | ||
Books |
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Periodicals |
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Theater & Movies | |||
Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Southeast Tibet mountains. Credit: NASA. |  | Geshe Wangyal, a Buddhist lama from Tibet, walking down the steps of Low Memorial Library at Columbia University. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Tibet 5" by Lily Rosen Commentary: "The best conditions to take photos , the light was perfect! in Tibet." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In remote areas, such as rural Tibet, there are no effective limits at all. (references) | |
Tibet also benefits from a wide variety of favorable economic and tax policies. (references) | ||
Buddhist monasteries and pro-independence activism are closely associated in Tibet. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | China | This has a disproportionate effect in such minority-inhabited areas as Xinjiang and Tibet. (references) |
Hong Kong | In May, the PRC-owned newspaper Wen Wei Po criticized RTHK for suggesting that Tibet was a country. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Newspapers publish a wide variety of opinions, including opinions on Taiwan, Tibet, PRC leadership dynamics, Communist Party corruption, and human rights. (references) | |
Economic History | Nepal | The Nepalese are descendants of three major migrations from India, Tibet, and Central Asia. (references) |
Nepal | Chinese manufactures, mainly consumer goods such as appliances, shoes, and textiles, find a ready market and are imported via Tibet. (references) | |
India | Relations between India and China are on the mend, and the two sides handled the move from Tibet to India of the Karmapa Lama in January 2000 with delicacy and tact. (references) | |
Minorities | China | Racial discrimination is the source of deep resentment on the part of minorities in some areas, such as Xinjiang and Tibet. (references) |
Political Economy | China | Particularly serious human rights abuses persisted in Tibet and in Xinjiang, where security tightened. (references) |
China | However, the enforcement of tight restrictions imposed on Tibetan Buddhists in the Tibet Autonomous Region in 2000 eased during the year. (references) | |
Trade | Nepal | Duty reductions of five or ten percent have been given to imports from the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, member countries of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and designated most favored nations. (references) |
Travel | Nepal | U.S. citizens planning to travel to Tibet from Nepal may contact the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu for current information on the status of border crossing points. (references) |
Worker Rights | China | Most prostitutes in Tibet are ethnic Han women, mainly from Sichuan. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tibet" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 46.67% of the time. "Tibet" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 46.67% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 20% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (common) | 5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 60 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Tibet": capital of Tibet. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Tibet": Pradesh-tibet. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tibet | 1,250 | news tibet | 11 |
tibet tour | 211 | tibet buddhism | 11 |
travel to tibet | 159 | lhasa tibet | 11 |
tibet map | 77 | student for a free tibet | 10 |
free tibet | 73 | tibet terrier | 10 |
seven years in tibet | 55 | language tibet | 9 |
tibet hotel | 26 | minnesota restaurant tibet | 9 |
history of tibet | 26 | mountain of tibet | 8 |
tibet picture | 26 | free tibet t shirt | 8 |
tibet china | 18 | symbol tibet | 8 |
tibet river | 17 | tibet trekking | 8 |
tibet photo | 15 | save tibet | 8 |
tibet art | 15 | tibet jewelry | 7 |
flag of tibet | 15 | tibet voice | 7 |
house tibet | 14 | nepal and tibet | 7 |
tibet dalai lama | 13 | tibet rug | 6 |
capital tibet | 13 | royal tibet velvet | 5 |
7 years in tibet | 12 | tibet religion | 5 |
campaign international tibet | 12 | tibet trek | 5 |
tibet monk | 12 | tibet book | 5 |
china map tibet | 5 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Tibet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 西藏 (Xizang, Xizang autonomous region). (various references) | |
Dutch | Tibet. (various references) | |
Esperanto | Tibeto. (various references) | |
Finnish | Tiibet. (various references) | |
French | Tibet. (various references) | |
German | tibet. (various references) | |
Greek | θιβέτ (thibet). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tibet. (various references) | |
Irish | An Tibéid. (various references) | |
Italian | tibet. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | チフス菌 (a channel, chaff, chalk, Chalmers, champion, champion flag, championship belt, chance, channel, channelling, chapel, chapter, charge, charity, Charleston, charm, charm point, charming, chart, chart file, charter, chat, chattering, child, child seat, chime, China, Chinese, Chinese collar, chunk, church, key-bounce, Mandarin collar, most attractive feature, opportunity, pennant, self-challenge, Tchaikovsky, trying hard to do something, typhoid bacillus, zipper). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | チベット . (various references) | |
Korean | 티벳. (various references) | |
Manx | Tibet. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ibettay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tibete. (various references) | |
Russian | тибет. (various references) | |
Spanish | tíbet. (various references) | |
Tagalog | Tibet. (various references) | |
Thai | ประเทศธิเบต, ธิเบต. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тибет. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Tibet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kibet, Sibbet, tabet, Tabito, Tebbitt, tibbet, Tibbets, tibit, tiget, timbet, Tirbutt, Tobutt, Torbett, Tsiba, Tsibu, tubet, Tybalt, Vibetti. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-t-t" | |
-1 letter: bite, bitt. | |
-2 letters: bet, bit, tet, tie. | |
-3 letters: be, bi, et, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-t-t" | |
+1 letter: bitted, bitten, bitter. | |
+2 letters: batiste, battier, betting, betwixt, biotite, biretta, bistate, bittern, bitters, bittier, brittle, butties, tabetic, tribute. | |
+3 letters: abetting, bathetic, batistes, batterie, battiest, befitted, belittle, biotites, birettas, birretta, bittered, bitterer, bitterly, bitterns, bittiest, blithest, blottier, brattice, brattier, brittled, brittler, brittles, bustiest, embitter, fittable, imbitter, intubate, libretti, libretto, stibnite, stilbite, subtitle, tabetics, tiltable, tithable, titrable, tributes, tubbiest, unbitted, unbitten, unbitter, ytterbia, ytterbic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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