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Building Characteristics and Categories in the Old City of Lhasa

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Buildings in the Old City area fell into the following categories: civilian residences, monasteries, shops, government administration buildings, and public service ones.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Gai (2013).

  2. 2.

    For information about Tibetan and Lhasa Region’s Building Colour Theme, one should read Chang (2009).

  3. 3.

    Wang (2005b, pp. 83–86), Li (2012) and Zhang (2004).

  4. 4.

    Larsen and Sinding-Larsen (2005, p. 65).

  5. 5.

    Huc (2006).

  6. 6.

    Tsybikov (1993).

  7. 7.

    Su (1999).

  8. 8.

    Grunfeld (1990).

  9. 9.

    The State Council Information Office of the PRC’s Modernization of Tibet, November, 2001.

  10. 10.

    According to Luciano Petech’s categorization, Tibetan Aristocrats have three ranks. The first is Yabshi: since the seventh Dalai Lama, there have been six Yabshi Families, the second is Diben, by the time of the Peaceful Liberation, there were five; the third is the average one. By the time of Peaceful Liberation, there were around 200. However, the majority were never politically active (2008, pp. 36–38).

  11. 11.

    Yangdzom (2005).

  12. 12.

    Petech (2008, p. 15).

  13. 13.

    Petech (2008).

  14. 14.

    Local Chronicles Compilation Committee of Tibet Autonomous Region and Local Chronicles Compilation Committee of Chengguan District, Lhasa, Tibet (2010).

  15. 15.

    Liu (2012).

  16. 16.

    Liu et al. (2009a).

  17. 17.

    Liu et al. (2009).

  18. 18.

    Liu and Liu (2011).

  19. 19.

    Wang (2005a, pp. 49–50).

  20. 20.

    Local Chronicles Compilation Committee of Tibet Autonomous Region and Local Chronicles Compilation Committee of Chengguan District, Lhasa, Tibet (2010).

  21. 21.

    Wang (2005b, pp. 34–38).

  22. 22.

    Li (2012).

  23. 23.

    Li (2012).

  24. 24.

    Munyag Chokyi Gyentsen (2009, pp. 120–122).

  25. 25.

    Wang (2005a, p. 56) and Munyag Chikyi Gyentsen (2009, p. 122).

  26. 26.

    Wang (2005a, p. 55).

  27. 27.

    Huc (2006).

  28. 28.

    Tada (1987, p. 77).

  29. 29.

    Tada (1987, pp. 76–77).

  30. 30.

    Tada (1987, p. 77).

  31. 31.

    Tada (1987, pp. 77–78).

  32. 32.

    Tada (1987, p. 78).

  33. 33.

    Tada (1987, p. 77).

  34. 34.

    Chapman (2006, pp. 114–115).

  35. 35.

    Yangdzom (2005).

  36. 36.

    Liao (2008, pp. 307–308).

  37. 37.

    Liao (2008, p. 298).

  38. 38.

    Jun and Liu (1989).

  39. 39.

    Larsen and Sinding-Larsen (2005, p. 145).

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Li, Q. (2018). Building Characteristics and Categories in the Old City of Lhasa. In: The Evolution and Preservation of the Old City of Lhasa. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6735-8_4

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