The
management of Dege Sutra-Printing House used to comply with the Regulations
for the Management of Dege Sutra-Printing House formulated by Chokyi
Tenpa Tsering and Situ Chokyi Jungne before 1949. Its management organ
was composed of the dean, the house-keeper and secretary, the candidates
of which were lamas both excellent in behavior and capable of management
recommended by khen po
the abbot of the Gengqing Temple and nominated by the headman, Their
term of service was three years. In 1979 the Relics Management Institute
of Dege County was established and in 1985 it was renamed the Relics
Management Institute of Dege Sutra-Printing House responsible for the
management and protection of the ancient building and relics of the
House and for carrying out appropriate business of printing and selling
cultural documents and travel service.
In the past 100 years Dege Sutra-Printing House with its vast collection
of ancient books and documents and its unique Tibetan block-printing
has attracted both Chinese and foreign scholars and specialists and
tourists from home and abroad. In as early as the time of the Chinese
Republic famous Chinese scholars Li Anzhai, Ren Naiqiang, Gao Jin gmin
and YangZhifu inspected Dege personally and wrote articles to introduce
Dege Sutra-Printing House. After 1949 many Tibetologists and social
inspection teams sent by Central Nationality University and Southwest
Nationslity College made special investigations to Dege Sutra-Printing
House. After 1980s well-known Chinese and foreign personnel and scholars
who came to visit and inspect Dege Sutra-Printing House were increasing.
For example, Muya Gonpo, well-known scholar from Beijing National Cultural
Palace, Tuden Nyima, well-known scholar from Sichuan Provincial Commission
of Nationalities and Dr. Gele from Chinese Centre of Tibetan Studies
put forward valuable suggestions
for the management and printing work of the ancient classics of Dege
Sutra-Printing House. And the well-known Living buddha BabangSitu of
the Kagyupas, a Tibetan living abroad, showed much concern for the preservation
and repair of Dege Sutra-Printing House and its ancient classics when
he returned to Dege in 1984 and 1991 respectively. In September 1998,
the Ganzi Prefectural Government worked out the nature and target for
the sorting and management of ancient classics, which stressed on the
classical editions of Dege Sutra-Printing House. This will certainly
add further glories to Dege Sutra-Printing House in the cultural treasury
of the world.
 
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