20th Century China Series: 2 Qing-Tibet relation དུས་རབས་ཉི་ཤུའི་རྒྱ་ནག་ལོ་རྒྱུས། ༢ བོད་དང་མན་ཇུ་དབར་གྱི་འབྲེལ་བ།

About this episode

This episode explores the historical relations between Qing China and Tibet in the context of 20th-century history.

A short series on the history of 20th-century China. Intro/Outro theme: Karachal - Alash Ensemble (freemusicarchive.org/music/Alash_Ensemble/) Image: Anonymous. The Qianlong Emperor as an Emanation of the Bodhisattva Manjusri. Thangka, ink, and colors on silk. Palace Museum, Beijing. Presented entirely in keeping with Tibetan Buddhist iconography, this religious painting and others like it reinforced Qianlong's claim to rule as a righteous "wheel-turning king," or chakravartin. © Palace Museum, Beijing.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jamyang, Ugyan

Topics covered

• 20th century China
• Qing-Tibet relations
• Tibetan Buddhism
• historical analysis
• cultural iconography

Keywords

• Qing
• Tibet
• 20th century
• history
• Buddhism
• Qianlong Emperor
• cultural relations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Palace Museum

Books & works: The Qianlong Emperor as an Emanation of the Bodhisattva Manjusri

Places: Beijing

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