Photos: Zongshan Castle in China's Tibet

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A tourist (R) looks from the Zongshan Castle at the city proper of Gyangze County in Shigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 14, 2014. Gyangze's Zongshan Castle, a mountaintop fortress, was among the main battlefields during the British invasion of Tibet between December 1903 and September 1904. About 5,000 defending soldiers stationed in the castle fought for three days against the British troops but failed to withstand the attack, which began on July 6, 1906. Unwilling to surrender, the remaining soldiers chose to jump off the Zongshan mountain. Today, the Zongshan Castle has been turned into a tourist resort. Visitors can climb up to the mountaintop and have their photographs taken infront of cannons and the castle's crumbling walls. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

Photo taken on Aug. 14, 2014 shows a stone monument set up in memory of the soldiers who jumped off the Zongshan Castle after fighting the British invaders in Gyangze County in Shigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Gyangze's Zongshan Castle, a mountaintop fortress, was among the main battlefields during the British invasion of Tibet between December 1903 and September 1904. About 5,000 defending soldiers stationed in the castle fought for three days against the British troops but failed to withstand the attack, which began on July 6, 1906. Unwilling to surrender, the remaining soldiers chose to jump off the Zongshan mountain. Today, the Zongshan Castle has been turned into a tourist resort. Visitors can climb up to the mountaintop and have their photographs taken infront of cannons and the castle's crumbling walls. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

This photo taken on Aug. 14, 2014 from the Zongshan Castle shows the city proper of Gyangze County in Shigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Gyangze's Zongshan Castle, a mountaintop fortress, was among the main battlefields during the British invasion of Tibet between December 1903 and September 1904. About 5,000 defending soldiers stationed in the castle fought for three days against the British troops but failed to withstand the attack, which began on July 6, 1906. Unwilling to surrender, the remaining soldiers chose to jump off the Zongshan mountain. Today, the Zongshan Castle has been turned into a tourist resort. Visitors can climb up to the mountaintop and have their photographs taken infront of cannons and the castle's crumbling walls. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

This photo taken on Aug. 14, 2014 from the Zongshan Castle shows the city proper of Gyangze County in Shigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Gyangze's Zongshan Castle, a mountaintop fortress, was among the main battlefields during the British invasion of Tibet between December 1903 and September 1904. About 5,000 defending soldiers stationed in the castle fought for three days against the British troops but failed to withstand the attack, which began on July 6, 1906. Unwilling to surrender, the remaining soldiers chose to jump off the Zongshan mountain. Today, the Zongshan Castle has been turned into a tourist resort. Visitors can climb up to the mountaintop and have their photographs taken infront of cannons and the castle's crumbling walls. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

This photo taken on Aug. 14, 2014 shows a cannon fort of the Zongshan Castle in Gyangze County in Shigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Gyangze's Zongshan Castle, a mountaintop fortress, was among the main battlefields during the British invasion of Tibet between December 1903 and September 1904. About 5,000 defending soldiers stationed in the castle fought for three days against the British troops but failed to withstand the attack, which began on July 6, 1906. Unwilling to surrender, the remaining soldiers chose to jump off the Zongshan mountain. Today, the Zongshan Castle has been turned into a tourist resort. Visitors can climb up to the mountaintop and have their photographs taken infront of cannons and the castle's crumbling walls. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

 

[zain8500]

It is showing the old culture of China.

 

[Europa]

It is showing the old culture of China.

it is showing late nineteenth and early twentieth century history of china. the british raj was at its peak in that period and as it was not satisfied with colonizing south asia, the british raj looked north and east while extending the colonial frontier further. the himalayan temperate zone appeared to them favorable due to their familiarity with european temperate zone, for example, they built a new europe on the southern foothills of the himayalan mountains and called it shimla, which was declared summer capital of british india in 1864.

just after one year, in 1865, they renamed the highest peak mt qomolungma as mt everest in order to europeanize the chinese landscape. mt chomolungma / mt qomolungma to identify the peak in native chinese language had long been in existence just like kanchenjunga and other native words. french geographer's danville's map of 1733 had used the name mt qomolungma but the british raj wanted ti erase the native chinese history by renaming the peak after some colonial surveyor's name.

india is in process of dropping all the european names with indian names and so china must do the same to wipe off all the names imposed by the british raj. british raj is gone and with them, all the colonial cartography and its legacy should be gone.

 

[dlclong]

The world should remember that the British did. History can not just let them any dress, many of the disputes in the world are associated with them, Until today, And they still kept manufacturing unrest