The 1980s, after the collapse of the Cultural Revolution, was a period of relative tolerance by the Chinese in Tibet in part to make amends for past wrongs. Tibetans were allowed to reopen Buddhist shrines and monasteries.
Monasteries destroyed in the Cultural Revolution were rebuilt. The Tibetan language was reintroduced in schools. Rural communes were dismantled and land was returned to private farmers who were allowed to grow whatever they wanted and sell it on the open market.
The Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping said all issues cold be discussed, except independence.
These fascinating Photos were taken by John Mawer during a journey through Tibet in 1987.
(Photo © John Mawer)
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| Tibet in 1987 |
Monasteries destroyed in the Cultural Revolution were rebuilt. The Tibetan language was reintroduced in schools. Rural communes were dismantled and land was returned to private farmers who were allowed to grow whatever they wanted and sell it on the open market.
The Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping said all issues cold be discussed, except independence.
These fascinating Photos were taken by John Mawer during a journey through Tibet in 1987.
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| A celebration |
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| Abandoned machinery from 'modernisation' era |
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| Carrying fodder for storage |
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| Children |
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| Churning yak milk to make butter |
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| Commute to work |
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| Desperate poverty in Tibet |
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| Empty cart at harvest time |
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| Family portrait |
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| Fellow passenger on boat |
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| Gathering straw after harvesting |
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| Gathering straw |
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| Girl gathering fodder |
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| Group of young people |
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| Hanging out around the prayer wheels |
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| Horseman |
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| Industrial scale making tea |
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| Kid outside monastery |
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| Lhasa street scenes |
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| Lhasa. Chanting prayers on the street |
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| Lhasa. In the market |
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| Lhasa. Juniper Hearth at the Jokhang |
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| Lhasa. Juniper Hearth at the Jokhang |
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| Lhasa. Meat market |
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| Lhasa. One of a group of women who would daily sit in the Jokhan courtyard with prayer wheel and beads |
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| Lhasa. Pilgrims, the Jokhang |
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| Lhasa. Pilgrims |
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| Lhasa. Reading prayers on the street |
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| Lhasa. Selling meat |
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| Lhasa. The Jokhang |
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| Lhasa. Woman with prater wheel at Courtyard of the Jokhang |
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| Lhasa |
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| Monastery kitchen |
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| Monks at Shigatse |
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| Mountain pass |
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| Nomad encampment |
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| Paintings on the rocks |
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| People of a small town |
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| Renovation work |
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| Returning from the fields at harvest |
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| Selling meat on the street |
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| Shigatse street scenes |
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| Shigatse |
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| Spinning wool |
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| Street dentist |
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| Threshing |
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| Town of Shigatse on way from Nepal border to Lhasa |
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| Truck of straw |
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| Turning the barley to dry |
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| Village en route to Nepalese border |
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| Village street after rain |
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| Wedding celebration |
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| Winnowing barley |
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| Woman in village |
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| Women chatting on the street |
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| Yellow cap monks |
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| Young girl |
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| Young man and his decorated yaks |
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| Young monks |
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| Young nuns |
(Photo © John Mawer)
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