Piyang and Dungkar are two dtiny villages under Zada County’s jurisdiction.Both villages are situated in an eastto-west mountain valley,about 40 kilometers north of the county seat.The reason these two previously unf...Piyang and Dungkar are two dtiny villages under Zada County’s jurisdiction.Both villages are situated in an eastto-west mountain valley,about 40 kilometers north of the county seat.The reason these two previously unfamiliar villages became renowned to the public was due to the discovery of a large number of ancient grottos and caves adjacent to them.The relics inside added the location to the list of cultural heritage sites within the Tibet Autonomous Region in 1996,and in 2013,they became the subjects of state-level cultural preservation.They are known today as the PiyangDungkar Relics.展开更多
The Piyang-Donggar site ties at Donggar township of Zanda county in Ngari prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region, and consists of the Piyang sites at Piyang village and the Donggarsites at Donggar village. The whole si...The Piyang-Donggar site ties at Donggar township of Zanda county in Ngari prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region, and consists of the Piyang sites at Piyang village and the Donggarsites at Donggar village. The whole site comprises Buddhist grottoes, temp[es and pagodas, and tombs.The tombs in Area V of the Donggar sites and the Sasongtang and GeIintang cemeteries on the Piyangsite, al] discovered through the surveys here reported, form a group in the shape of the character “品”. inan area of about 200 sq m, excavation revea[ed 26 tombs, one horse hurial pit and an array of standingatones. Among the unearthed objects are pottery, bronzes, irons, stone artifacts and bamboo ware. Theygo back to the time corresponding to the Qin-Han period in the Central Plains.展开更多
文摘Piyang and Dungkar are two dtiny villages under Zada County’s jurisdiction.Both villages are situated in an eastto-west mountain valley,about 40 kilometers north of the county seat.The reason these two previously unfamiliar villages became renowned to the public was due to the discovery of a large number of ancient grottos and caves adjacent to them.The relics inside added the location to the list of cultural heritage sites within the Tibet Autonomous Region in 1996,and in 2013,they became the subjects of state-level cultural preservation.They are known today as the PiyangDungkar Relics.
文摘The Piyang-Donggar site ties at Donggar township of Zanda county in Ngari prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region, and consists of the Piyang sites at Piyang village and the Donggarsites at Donggar village. The whole site comprises Buddhist grottoes, temp[es and pagodas, and tombs.The tombs in Area V of the Donggar sites and the Sasongtang and GeIintang cemeteries on the Piyangsite, al] discovered through the surveys here reported, form a group in the shape of the character “品”. inan area of about 200 sq m, excavation revea[ed 26 tombs, one horse hurial pit and an array of standingatones. Among the unearthed objects are pottery, bronzes, irons, stone artifacts and bamboo ware. Theygo back to the time corresponding to the Qin-Han period in the Central Plains.
