An interview with Dvir Bar-Gal on August, 21, 2024 Expert for the Jewish History of Shanghai A Chance Find Leads To Two Decades Of Heritage Commitment “I came to Shanghai from Sri Lanka, where I used to work for Israeli television during the 1990s first as a cameraman and then as the director […]
Above photo: Ganden Monastery near Lhasa Summer is fast disappearing, and it’s time to think ahead and make your travel plans to see you through the winter. A more unusual winter vacation to tell your friends and family about back home is a trip to Lhasa to experience the Tibetan Lunar New Year celebrations, known […]
(Above photo: Pilgrims prostrating in front of Jokhang Temple) Travelers to China’s skyscraper cities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong may think they have seen and done all there is to do in China. Other travelers may even venture beyond to cities like Xi’an, Guilin, and Hangzhou. But those looking to escape the more […]
These are the bare facts: the Mogao cave complex is comprised of 492 caves, containing 450,000 square feet of murals dating from the fourth to the fourteenth centuries – a period which corresponds to an immense growth in international commerce along the nearby Silk Road. The caves were abandoned in the fourteenth century and lay […]
The impetus for the construction of a palace on Lhasa’s Red Hill came from King Songtsen Gampo (608-650) who commissioned it. This was smaller than its 5-square-mile (13-square-km) successor, which was named the Potala (“Pure Land,” or “High Heavenly Realm”), after Mount Potalaka in India, the abode of Tibet’s patron saint, the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara of […]
