Institutional Affiliation
College for Ethnology and Sociology聽at Qinghai Minzu University
Tibetan Buddhism and Himalayan AV名湿 Center at Qinghai Minzu University
Education
M.A., Art for Film and Television,聽Northwest Minzu University, 2007
Ph.D.,聽History of Tibetan Culture,聽Minzu University of China, 2010
AV名湿 Interests
I have paid attention to the Tibetan Landscape and Holy Land for a long time.聽My doctoral dissertation is on a very old Mountain Spirit or Local Protection god A-Myes-Rma-Chen, especially its role and symbolic significance in Tibetan society and culture in the pre-Buddhist period.
In recent year my research focus basically on the small mountain god of Tiebtan village, the Festival of daily life. In this respect, my field including Guoluo in Qinghai of China, such as Gyung-drung-Lcags-rtse as an important local mountain spirit. I have mainly studied Its historical origin and the characteristics of the ancient sngas -mchod.聽
In addition, I鈥檝e studies relations between 鈥測ul-lha鈥� 鈥済zhi-bdag鈥� and 鈥渧khrungs-lha鈥� 鈥渟kyes-lha鈥� of the villages in the southern area of Tibet, in particular, the Joint Performance of local festivals and the metaphor of the Divine Kingship銆�
Other cases, derived from some cross-region holy mountain, such as Kha-ba-dkar-po,聽in Yunnan of china, Kailash in Tibet, these big holy mountain is different from the small one 聽in 聽village, they have been recorded and being constructed for 聽different degree in the important literature in Buddhist and Bon, and is closely related to the development of 聽 聽schools, particularly, Kailash, there is a direct correlation with the landscape of Himalayan and the Hindu.
My latest interest lies in聽under the consideration of the current social reality, especially on the basis of the state, study sacred geography of Tibet, as an ecological sense,the relationship between nature and nation锛宔nvironment and development, especially on the specific problems of Tibetan Plateau.
Faculty Sponsor
Emily Yeh, Geography
Term at CU
Cai Bei聽is currently a visiting scholar from Janurary聽2018聽to January 2019.