简介:KingGesarhasbeencirculatingamongTibetansforsome1,000yearsormore.Thelongestepicintheworld,passeddownthroughtheagesintheoralform,hasevendrawntheconcernoftheinternationalcommunity.UNESCOhasapprovedactivitiesinhonorofthemillenniumoftheepic.PublicopinionhailsthisasamajoreventimportantfortheprotectionoftraditionalTibetancultureandthepromotionofvariousethnicgroupsintheworld.Theepicisaconcentrationofancienttales,legends,sayings,andvariouskindsoffolkarts.Thusfar,150volumeshavebeenlocated;theycontainsome1.5milionlines.
简介:NewChinaiscelebratingits50thbirthdayatthedawnofanewmillennium,thethirdone.Thisprovidesanopportuneoccasiontoreflectonthenation’squestformodernization,ahalf-finishedsagaofupsanddowns,joysandsorrowsandtolookaheadtothecountry’sfuture.
简介:OnOct.17,2001,delegatesfrommorethan140countriesandregionsunanimouslyagreed,atthe31thUNESCOsession,thatthecommemorativeactivitiestocelebratethemillenniumoftheGesarEpicwouldbeenlistedintooneoftheUNprogramsfromJulyof2002toJulyof2003.ItshowsaninternationallyaffirmativerecognitionofthewisdomoftheTibetanethnicgroupofChina,anditisalsoaninternationallyaffirmativerecognitionofthosegreatachievementsmadeinthecollection,collationandacademicresearchofdocumentsoftheGesarEpicinChinasincethefoundingofNewChina,especiallysinceitsreformandopeningup.