For the past few days I've been reading a book called "My Land and My People". I already finished "Red Star Over Tibet" and that was a pretty good book. Both of these books are pretty much the same thing. "My Land and My People" is first person and "Red Star Over Tibet" is the same thing. Besides that the both of them take place in Asia and particularly "Tibet". Like I said before, my dad says that its around my age that kids start learning about their country. I agree with that for the most part. Anyway I want to summarize what the first two chapters of the book are about.
A boy (the book doesn't say the name for some reason) was born in a small village called "Takster". He was born on the Wood Hog year, May 5th, 1935. His group of people which live on the eastern part of Tibet were called "Khampas". There were so many crops and beautiful flowers blooming everywhere. The plates was surrounded by tress and thick bushes and grass. On the south side of "Takster" there was a mountain called "Ami-Churi" and the local people call it "The mountain that pierces the Sky". The lower part of it is covered with grass in all directions. However on the higher parts of the mountain the rocks were bare and a patch of snow on the top never melted.
The farming community of "Takster" had lots of surplus because of good harvest. The food consisted of buttered tea called "Chhang" to actual meat called "Tsampa". The Surplus was sued for stuff like tea and sugar to make more food and also metal utensils like forks and pans. The women of "Takster" loved their jewelry like every other girl in the world. The men weren't really into that stuff, they wore fur caps and belts that hung up to their waist. There were many monasteries and temples all over Tibet and they were for people who prayed or offered blessings. It was a place for monks and almost every type of family would use all their remaining money for religious duty. Ranging from the rich to the poor.
One day in the village of "Takster" two highly respected monks came to the boy's house. Before this the thirteenth Dalai Lama (Spiritual leader) died and everyone cried and paid their respects. He was very important and special to them. However as soon as he died a bunch of monks scattered all over Tibet to try and find his reincarnation (next life). Because there was no spiritual leader to lead them because they were searching a regent was appointed as the leader until they found the Dalai Lama's reincarnation. The regent had a vision and told all the monks where the Dalai Lama's reincarnation would be and it all leaded to "Takster".
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That was a summary of chapter 1 and 2. Hoped you like it. I'm on chapter 9 right now because I already finished my two chapters today. The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet and everyone wanted his blessings. Another fun fact. Tibetan people follow Buddhism and in Buddhism it is said to not kill animals or living things. However the human body needs meat in order to survive because of protein. Thats why there are certain people who kill animals just because of the meat, they are called butchers. the religion says that as long as you don't kill the animal you can eat it so they buy meat forms the butchers. Unfortunately for the butchers they are continuously called "sinners" just because they make the meat. Thats all for today and see you later.
A boy (the book doesn't say the name for some reason) was born in a small village called "Takster". He was born on the Wood Hog year, May 5th, 1935. His group of people which live on the eastern part of Tibet were called "Khampas". There were so many crops and beautiful flowers blooming everywhere. The plates was surrounded by tress and thick bushes and grass. On the south side of "Takster" there was a mountain called "Ami-Churi" and the local people call it "The mountain that pierces the Sky". The lower part of it is covered with grass in all directions. However on the higher parts of the mountain the rocks were bare and a patch of snow on the top never melted.
The farming community of "Takster" had lots of surplus because of good harvest. The food consisted of buttered tea called "Chhang" to actual meat called "Tsampa". The Surplus was sued for stuff like tea and sugar to make more food and also metal utensils like forks and pans. The women of "Takster" loved their jewelry like every other girl in the world. The men weren't really into that stuff, they wore fur caps and belts that hung up to their waist. There were many monasteries and temples all over Tibet and they were for people who prayed or offered blessings. It was a place for monks and almost every type of family would use all their remaining money for religious duty. Ranging from the rich to the poor.
One day in the village of "Takster" two highly respected monks came to the boy's house. Before this the thirteenth Dalai Lama (Spiritual leader) died and everyone cried and paid their respects. He was very important and special to them. However as soon as he died a bunch of monks scattered all over Tibet to try and find his reincarnation (next life). Because there was no spiritual leader to lead them because they were searching a regent was appointed as the leader until they found the Dalai Lama's reincarnation. The regent had a vision and told all the monks where the Dalai Lama's reincarnation would be and it all leaded to "Takster".
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That was a summary of chapter 1 and 2. Hoped you like it. I'm on chapter 9 right now because I already finished my two chapters today. The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet and everyone wanted his blessings. Another fun fact. Tibetan people follow Buddhism and in Buddhism it is said to not kill animals or living things. However the human body needs meat in order to survive because of protein. Thats why there are certain people who kill animals just because of the meat, they are called butchers. the religion says that as long as you don't kill the animal you can eat it so they buy meat forms the butchers. Unfortunately for the butchers they are continuously called "sinners" just because they make the meat. Thats all for today and see you later.
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