vLet's play Tibetan Snooker -- Gyiren

vLet's play Tibetan Snooker -- Gyiren
Nov 3, 2009 22:16
LUCIFERB Points: Join Date: Nov 3, 2009 Status: offline	By Zhang Mingyu Photo shows Tibetan lads Soitse (L) and Dorje (R) playing the game "Gyiren" at a sweet butter-tea house in the Barkhor Street, downtown Lhasa. (Photo Source: chinatibetnews.com) Photo Gallery>>> BEIJING, Oct. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- At a sweet butter-tea house in the Barkhor Street, downtown Lhasa, Tibetan lads Dorje and Soitse, sitting leg-crossed by a square table, were flipping wooden oblate chessmen while sipping fragrant butter tea. Each time when a chessman was knocked into a hole of the wooden plate, a murmur of admiration would burst out from the audience aside. Such a game is called "Gyiren," a traditional Tibetan sport event also known as "the Tibetan Snooker" or billiards without ball arms. Gyiren, originating from India, is reportedly introduced into Tibet by Kashmirians living in Lhasa. At the beginning of its introduction, it was regarded as a game for Tibet's upper class only, such as senior officials, noble lords and business families. Lying at each corner of the tabletop is a hole in 3.3-cm diameter, beneath which is a pocket for holding the chessmen knocked into the hold. (Photo Source: chinatibetnews.com) Photo Gallery>>> At the annual summer banquet for officials in old Tibet's local government, proficient of the game like Abdulla of the Hui ethnic group would be invited to vie with Tibetan noble officials. Since the 1940s, the game has been becoming popular in ordinary Tibetan families and butter-tea houses in Lhasa and has developed into a Tibetanized game

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Photo shows Tibetan lads Soitse (L) and Dorje (R) playing the game "Gyiren" at a sweet butter-tea house in the Barkhor Street, downtown Lhasa. (Photo Source: chinatibetnews.com)
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BEIJING, Oct. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- At a sweet butter-tea house in the Barkhor Street, downtown Lhasa, Tibetan lads Dorje and Soitse, sitting leg-crossed by a square table, were flipping wooden oblate chessmen while sipping fragrant butter tea.

Each time when a chessman was knocked into a hole of the wooden plate, a murmur of admiration would burst out from the audience aside.

Such a game is called "Gyiren," a traditional Tibetan sport event also known as "the Tibetan Snooker" or billiards without ball arms.

Gyiren, originating from India, is reportedly introduced into Tibet by Kashmirians living in Lhasa. At the beginning of its introduction, it was regarded as a game for Tibet's upper class only, such as senior officials, noble lords and business families.

Lying at each corner of the tabletop is a hole in 3.3-cm diameter, beneath which is a pocket for holding the chessmen knocked into the hold. (Photo Source: chinatibetnews.com)
Photo Gallery>>>

At the annual summer banquet for officials in old Tibet's local government, proficient of the game like Abdulla of the Hui ethnic group would be invited to vie with Tibetan noble officials.

Since the 1940s, the game has been becoming popular in ordinary Tibetan families and butter-tea houses in Lhasa and has developed into a Tibetanized game

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