Author(s)

Lyu Li

Corresponding Author

Lyu Li

Abstract

Lhasa is the focus of cultural discovery. Before the 20th century, Lhasa was only recorded in some travel notes by some missionaries and was ignored, closed to the western world. Until the British expeditionary force invaded Tibet in 1904, Lhasa was completely exposed to the invaders, making it fall down from the shrine and become a secular place instead of a “fairyland” holy city, thus being forced to accept the scrutiny and comments of the western world

Keywords

Lhasa, Ignorance, Backwardness, Secular, Impression