Chinese Tibet
August 18th, 2011
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Chinese Tibet
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Journey to the West Himalayan Bronze Teapot From the most mysterious and mystical place in the world, own a piece of history! The ultimate conversation piece for your home or office. The classic story of the Journey to the West was based on real events. In real life, Xuanzang (born 602 - 664) was a monk at Jingtu Temple in late-Sui Dynasty & early-Tang Dynasty Chang'an. Motivated by the poor quality of Chinese translations of Buddhist scr... |
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Chip & Dale Wood Chopsticks Drinking Stirs 2pcs $42.70 ·Set of 2 pairs of chopsticks ·Can also serve as drinking stir or hair stick ·Made of durable wood ·Chip Dale patterns printed on upper part of the chopsticks, very adorable ·Add fun for your dining and daily life... |
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Chopstick Set -10 pairs crafted from Yak bone $29.95 This set of ten pairs of chopsticks is made of yak bone and is crafted in Yunnan China. Yak is the workhorse of the Himalayas and Yunnan is nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas. Many cultures of this mountainous region utilize yak for everything from pack animal, to food to currency. Nothing about the animal is wasted. These elegant chopsticks are carved from yak bone and represent an unbroke... |
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Songs for Tibet - The Art of Peace (2 CD Set) $4.99 Two CD set. Songs for Tibet - The Art of Peace Music Project. Proceeds that the Art Of Peace Foundation receives goes to peace related projects. As a show of solidarity with the Dalai Lama and Tibet, 20 artists have come together to release this historic double album on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. These recordings - some original for the project and some acoustically driven recordings of pre... |
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Kundun: Music From The Original Soundtrack $8.87 For the second of 1997's dueling Buddhist epics (the other being Seven Days in Tibet, scored by John Williams), director Martin Scorsese made a wise--if commercially challenging--choice in tapping noted minimalist composer Philip Glass to score Kundun. Glass (who's previously scored the avant garde documentary Koyaanisqatsi trilogy, Mishima, and the strange Candyman horror series), is the perfe... |
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The Jasmine Flower $8.20 To get a sense of just how authentic a listening experience you're in for when spinning Jasmine Flower, flip through the liner notes first. Four pages in you'll find nothing but characters, and the second half is so pocked with bungled possessives and punctuation you wonder whether it was penned by the menu writer at your favorite hole-in-the-wall kung pao place. Sung in dialects from a jigsaw of ... |
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The Heart of the Dragon: A Rare Portrait of How Life Is Lived in China Today [Episodes 1-6: Remembering, Caring, Eating, Believing, Correcting, Working] $240.00 This series presents a rare portrait of how life is lived in China today, exploring the contrasts and contradictions of the oldest continuous civilization on earth as it comes to terms with the modern world. Each episode focuses on a universal activity and profiles the Chinese people themselves, from peasants to factory workers, from Community Party leaders to artists, scientists and millionaires.... |
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Kid from Tibet [VHS] $2.94 ... |
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Kundun $9.99 It would be a mistake to call Kundun a disappointment, or a film that director Martin Scorsese was not equipped to create. Both statements may be true to some viewers, but they ignore the higher purpose of Scorsese's artistic intention and take away from a film that is by any definition unique. In chronicling the life of the 14th Dalai Lama, Kundun defies conventional narrative in favor of an epis... |
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Blessings: Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet $11.98 Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet tells the story of 3000 nuns living in the remote nomadic region of Nangchen in Eastern Tibet who practice an ancient yogic tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Despite near extinction during the destruction of the Cultural Revolution, these remarkable spiritual practitioners have emerged to rebuild their monasteries by hand - stone by stone. Now, their trad... |
