The Thousand-year-old Corridor Connecting China and Nepal——A Discussion on the Multicultural Factors of Ancient Architecture in Jilong Gully,Tibet
The towering Himalayas have become the natural boundary of southwest the country,and the five gullies on the mountains provide natural conditions for the country and South Asian countries (Nepal,India) to connect with each other. This study takes Jilong gully,the deepest of the five gullies,as the research object,conducts fieldwork on the current situation of multiple ancient buildings in Jilong gully,and combines the existing research results and archaeological findings to demonstrate the cultural communication information carried by the Jilong gully architecture in different types. Regarding the ancient information preserved by the building,this article attempts to explore the ancient material evidence that Jilong gully,as a natural terrain and early transportation node,embodies cultural exchanges with the East and the West.
HimalayasJilong GullyRemains of Ancient BuildingsChina-Nepal Cultural Route