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[edit]DescriptionImage from page 133 of "Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet - together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India" (1922).jpg |
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Title: Travels of a consular officer in eastern Tibet : together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India Year: 1922 (1920s) Authors: Teichman, Eric, Sir, 1884-1944 Subjects: Publisher: Cambridge, England : University Press Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: TIBETANS IN CAMP, UPPER YALUNG BASIN Text Appearing After Image: TIBETANS IN CAMP, UPPER YALUNG BASIN (MANNER OF WEARINGTHE HAIR USUAL AMONGST THE WOMEN OF KAM) II SHENSI MERCHANTS AND GOLOK NOMADS 77 addressed me in fluent Chinese. He turned out not to be aTibetan at all, but a Lao Shan (a local term designatingmerchants from Shensi province). These hardy and coura-geous traders have been established in this valley, which ispractically unknown to the ordinary Chinese, for many yearsfor the purpose of tapping the trade of the grass-countrynomads of the north, and of exchanging barley, tea andChinese wares for the wool, skins, furs, deers horns, musk,gold, and other Tibetan produce of the interior. They arecompletely Tibetanised in dress and customs, and the secondand third generations appear to become Tibetans altogether.The Lao Shan are to be found all over the Szechuan-Tibetfrontier carrying on the Sino-Tibetan trade in remote partswhere no Szechuanese dare go. They have their counter-part on the Kansu border in the Hsieh Chia, the Mahomedanmiddl Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |
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