这是本全英文读物。介绍了中国西藏的许多城市及其自然、社会环境。内容通俗，图文并茂，语言易懂。既适合作为外国友人了解中国西藏的读本，也可作为中国读者的英语阅读本。

It is easy to have a quick look at China's past and present, but ittakes time to gain a panoramic knowledge of China. The "PanoramicChina" series is meant to assist readers, especially those overseas, inthis respect. Each volume in the series focuses on a province,municipality or autonomous region, describing, with illustrations, theoutstanding characteristics of each area from different perspectives.Through this series, the reader will acquire knowledge of the real andvivid daily life of the local people, the colorful society and the developingeconomy, assisted by relevant information.

Highland Platean in the West /1

Land of Snow Mountains /2

Auspicious katags /12

Yak Skull on the Mani Pile /16

Flowers of Civilization on the Musk Road /21

How Monkeys Became Men /22

Life Full of Deities /24

Heroic Epic /30

Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng /34

Dreams on an Ancient Road /38

Lhasa-the Capital City of Tibet /46

The Holy City /48

Heavenly Palace /54

Road of Pilgrimage /64

The Three Great Monasteries /74

The Tibet Museum/80

Spring Breeze over the Lhasa River /84

Lingkas in Summer /86

Festival Activities /90

The Bathing Festival /98

AVisit to Tsang /101

Tashilhunpo Monastery--Seat of Panchen Lamas /102

Sakya Monastery--Housing the Largest Collection of Scriptures /108

Pelkor Chode--One Hundred Thousand Pagodas /114

The Bloody History of Mount Zongshan /118

The Mysterious Veil of "the Third Goddess" /122

The Khari La Glacier /124

Wonders of the Yarlung Valley /126

Yarlung Culture /128

The Yumbulagang---Tibet's First Palace /134

Trandruk--One of Tibet's ]Earliest Temples /136

Samye Monastery--the First Buddhist Monastery Built in Tibet /138

Tombs of the Ancient Kings /142

Idyllic Nyingchimthe "Jiangnan"of Tibet //145

In Search of Shangri-La /146

Crossing the Mon La Pass /154

Bayi--New City in the Forest /160

The World's Biggest Canyon /162

Namjagbarwa--the Highest Peak in Eastern Tibet /176

Metog--Land of Lotus Flowers /182

Chamdo---Gateway to Eastern Tibet /188

Story of a Small City /190

The Khampas /192

Undisturbed Wilderness /196

Karub Archaeological Site /198

Kelsang Flowers on the Grasslands /200

Northern Tibet--the "Plateau on the Plateau" /205

The Bare Expanses of Changtang /206

Horsemanship on the Vast Grasslands /212

Holy Mountain and Sacred Lake /220

The Ruins of Ancient Guge/224

Giant Dragon Overleaping the Danggula /230

Appendix /236