Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Photographs in Sichuan

The blade that cuts the paper. Men smoothing the edges of texts. The vise that holds the texts to be cut. A stack of blank wood blocks and bowls used in making ink. A worker making ink. A worker making ink.  A worker making ink. A worker making ink.
Workers curing wood blocks used in making traditional Tibetan texts. A view of the building from a second floor window. Shelves of wood blocks used in making traditional Tibetan texts. Workers making prints from wood blocks on pages dyed yellow. A worker printing pages from a wood block. A worker printing pages from a wood block. Wood blocks used to print prayer flags. Workers printing pages from a wood block.
A wood block used to print images of Shakyamuni Buddha. Close up of a wood block for a page from �The Collected Texts of the Ancients.� A roller used for pressing pages onto inked wood blocks. A tray holding recently inked pages. A rack of wood blocks about to be inked to make a text. A statue of ? in Derge Monastery's Assembly Hall. Horses near the Derge Publishing House. Juniper incense burner across from the Derge Publishing House.
Traditional Tibetan houses near the Derge Publishing House. Front of the Derge Publishing House. Back wall of the Derge Publishing House. Houses with painted stripes characteristic of the Sakya sect religious affiliation. Close-up of prayer stone along the side wall of the Derge Publishing House. Close-up of prayer stone along the side wall of the Derge Publishing House. Prayer stones along the side wall of the Derge Publishing House. Lion statue at the entrance of the Derge Publishing House.

Sichuan in Places


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