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The entrance to the Jiunmei Tibetan Medicine for the Well-being of Body and Soul ('Jig med bod sman lus srog bde ster), a Tibetan medicine factory in the same complex as the Tibetan Medical Museum. Judging by 'DSCN1002.jpg' it appears as though the factory is a supplier of 'Qinghai Fearless Hospital' (mTsho ngon 'jigs med sman khang). I was not surprised to find an English translation in the name of the factory; amongst the many industries of Xining, Tibetan medicine has taken to the use of English with perhaps the greatest consistency.

Plaque accompanying the previous thangka in the museum's lobby. It is a representative sample of the style (and level) of English adorning many exhibitions throughout the museum. Similar plaques, spaced roughly five feet apart, run all along the record-holding thangka (not photographed) and give the names of each being or scene depicted. I could not detect any pattern in the curators' choices between giving a Sanskrit name or an awkward English equivalent. In all cases Tibetan (in Wylie transliteration) was also given.

Floormap of the museum's interior. I viewed all exhibitions but forewent the 'Pandita Tibetan Art Store.' Most of these are interspersed with English plaques alongside their Tibetan and Chinese counterparts. Unfortunately, many of the English translations are unintelligible in their reliance on 'google-style' direct translation. For those interested in the current relationship between Chinese politics and Tibetan medicine the 'Exhibition Hall of Tibetan Medicinal History' makes for an interesting study.

Another example of the Confucian imagery splashed upon doors all over Xining. Note how these two figures differ from those seen in 0408 - the latter are clearly protectors, while what we have here seem like prosperity gods (similar to DSCN0640).

Muslim restaurants opposite of Qinghai Nationalities University (East Campus).