supported by the Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)entitled by Research on the Characteristics and Evolution Mechanism of Settlement Landscape Based on Multidimensional Index in the Upper Minjiang River(No.52008342);the NSFC Regional Program entitled by Spatial Mechanism and Method for Optimizing Village Settlements in the Longitudinal Ridge and Valley Area from a Territorial Space Perspective(No.52168012)。
Through field investigation, field surveying and mapping, image analysis, and other methods, this paper discusses the spatial distribution and morphological characteristics of Tibetan settlements around Xiba Temple in...
Born in London,but brought up in vibrant Rio de Janeiro,Paty de L amare is an artist based in Shanghai who uses dot art and other techniques to compose intuitive art expressing her feelings.She is also one of the orga...
Born in London,but brought up in vibrant Rio de Janeiro,Paty de Lama re is an artist based in Shanghai who uses dot art and other techniques to compose intuitive art expressing her feelings.She is also one of the orga...
Current geopolitical strategies of countries or trading partners reflect a“New Great Game”in the wake of the Covid19 pandemic,especially across Eurasia.Strategies range from modification of China’s decade-long“Bel...
Acknowledsments We acknowledse the generous financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51308463 and No. 51578453) and the research funds provided by the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (No. 2014JY0231). We also thank LetPub for its linguistic assistance during the preparation of this manuscript.
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Yamantaka is the incarnation of Amitayus Buddha in wrathful form. He has a bull' s head and human body, and is sitting in the centre of the Mandala. He can protect the good and vanquish demons. He has nine heads, thi...
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