The picture shows the "Flowing Jiqu River" reading sharing meeting on the scene of Degitsom (middle) interviewing guests. Photo by Xie Mu
Lhasa, November 4 (Xinhua) -- "As a retired veteran cadre and veteran party member, I have the responsibility to first let my children and grandchildren around me, including many young people in society who like history, learn more about the historical knowledge and cultural traditions of Lhasa and the nation. Degitsom talked about his original intention of publishing the book in "Flowing Jiqu River" reading sharing.
On the afternoon of November 3rd, Ms. Degitsom's "Flowing Jiqu River" reading sharing meeting was held in Lhasa. The author Dergitsom shared the background of the book's creation with the audience, who followed the footsteps of history and felt the joy of reading along with Degitsom's narration.
In his seventies, Dergitsom felt that the heavy work in today's society gave young people little time to open the thick history books to understand the land under their feet, so Degitsom studied history by himself and told history in popular language in combination with the people and things that had been precipitated in memory for a long time.
The picture shows "Flowing Jiqu River" published by China Tibetology Publishing House. Photo by Xie Mu
From the Lhasa Qugong Cultural Site to the foundation of the ancestral civilization, to Songtsen Gampo to create the history of Tibet, to the liberation of millions of serfs to usher in a new life, the book combs out the historical context of Tibet's development with a strongly readable story. Despite being such a book about history, Degitsom said at a book-sharing session that he hopes his book will not be treated as a history book so that more people can read it and understand the history of Tibet.
At the sharing session, Dergysholm recounted his schooling experience and lamented the huge difference between life now and the past. "The vast majority of today's young people in Lhasa are of course the types of sunshine, health, hard work, fashion, entrepreneurship, and dream chasing, and are full of positive energy of modern civilized life. Their scientific and cultural knowledge is much richer than when we were younger, and their desire to innovate is much stronger." Degitsom writes this in the preface to The Flowing River.
It is understood that this reading sharing meeting activity is led by the Tibet Autonomous Region Women's Federation and the China Tibetology Research Center, and jointly organized by the Tibet Women's Intellectuals Federation and the Tibet Women's Development Association. (End)
Source: China News Network