简介：WhyisitthattheLiukengvillagehasbeenpreservedsowellafterfiveorsixdynasties?Whyisitthatasmallvillageproducedsomanysuccessfulimperialexaminationcandidates,provinciallevelsuccessfulexaminationcandidates,officialsandbusinesspeople?Whyisitthatthisfamilyclancanuniteasonewithoutdeclineforthousandyears?

简介：EthnicTibetansareoneofthe56ethnicgroupsinChinaandhavealonghistoryofrelationswithotherethnicgroups.Inrecentdecades,incombinationwithscholarsinthefieldsofhistory,ethnography,anthropology,archeology,philology,ethno-genetics,folkculture,andreligiousstudies,TibetanstudieshasbecomeamajordisciplinethatexplainsmuchabouttheancientpeoplesoftheTibetanPlateau.Inthis