周爱明编著的《藏族口传史诗格萨尔王唐卡（英文版）》讲述史诗《格萨尔王传》是藏族地区民间口头传说的一部文学巨著，讲的是藏族古代一个著名的英雄人物的故事。格萨尔是一个神通广大、法力无边的、和人民鱼水相依的英雄人物。《格萨尔王传》不仅是一部思想性和艺术性极高的民间文学巨著，而且是一部内容丰富的历史。史诗中，不仅写战争，而且由于战争的牵动，把当时社会的政治生活，战争双方的军事组织，以及涉及到的奴隶主之间的生产关系，都一一地展示出来，使我们清楚地了解吐蕃王朝的建立。这中间的四百年，藏族史书记载得很简单、很少，而《格萨尔王传》却从侧面帮助我们了解这一段西藏地区的政治、经济情况。

《藏族口传史诗格萨尔王唐卡（英文版）》由周爱明编著。

《藏族口传史诗格萨尔王唐卡（英文版）》内容简介：

King Gesar is an oral epic widely sung and performed today by the broad masses of Tibetans.It has been preserved, spread, and expanded, with an ever-growing length and ever-enriched contents because of the balladeers, or "Zongken" in Tibetan.A Zongthang is a Thangka of stories about the epic King Gesar. The folk ballad singers painted stories of King Gesar and pictures of characters to make their performances more striking and to attract a wider audience. During their performance, they would hang the pictures and explain the plots shown on the Thangka.

In the Tibetan inhabited areas of China, King Gesar is worshipped as the God of War, as well as the God of Wealth, by all nomadic people. The paintings and statues of King Gesar "are very popular in the Amdo and Kham Areas, and in the Dege Area, in particular, almost each of the families worships him as God". All of the books about the life and deeds of King Gesar, whether hand-copied or woodcut, are equally worshipped and treasured. In those areas,people believe that keeping at least one copy of King Gesar at home can bring in fortune and dispel disasters.  May this album good luck to the readers!

PREFACE

ILLUSTRATED MANUAL OF THE ORAL EPIC KING GESAR

Gods and Figures Described in the Oral Epic King Gesar

Illustrated Manual of the Oral Epic King Gesar

 The Birth of the Hero

 Ascending the Throne by Winning the Horse Race

 The Great War between Mot and Ling

 The Great War between Hot and Ling: the Invasion by Hot

 The Great War between Hor and Ling: the Conquest of Hot

 The Great War between Jiang and Ling

 The Great War between Moin and Ling

 The Conquest of Dashi and Obtaining Its Treasures

 The Conquest of Ngazha and Obtaining Its Agates

 The Conquest of Qeri and Obtaining Its Corals

 The Conquest of Kachi and Obtaining Its Jade

 The Conquest of Zhari and Obtaining Its Medicines

 The Great War between Thogru and Ling

 Triumph over Hell

THE ART OF THANGKA

 Drethang - Buddhist Thangka

 Manthang - Thangka on Medicine

 Zithang - Calendar Thangka

 Zongthang - Thangka of the Oral Epic King Gesar

 The Production of Zongthang

NEW DEVELOPMENTS OF ZONGTHANG

 Paintings on King Gesar by Ballad Singers

 Illustrations Project for the Selected Edition of King Gesar in Tibetan

 The Gesar Thangka Project of the Tibet Academy of Social Sciences

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