The power of wrathful deities is something to behold. It enabled the Mongol Empire to expand in a short time. The destruction of Mahakala shrines usually brought great calamities to the parties involved.
Once a death cult always a death cult.
Tibetan culture under Dalai lama:
Paintings made from the skin of a 16 year old girl, and drums made from skulls of slaves.
The only difference is Tangut tombs are octogonal-shaped, while kumbums, like most Buddhist stupas, are usually have mandala-shaped base. It could also had been decorated with roofs, like this beautiful octogonal pavilion in Xishuanbanna.
The Xia Imperial Tombs (commonly called the Western Xia Imperial Tombs or Xixia Imperial Tombs) are located on the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountains (贺兰山) in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China.
And after fall of Tangut kingdom(Western Xia), and influx of Tangut refugees into Tibet possibly led to the adoption of the Tangut’s Pehar deity into Tibetan Buddhism, known as Nechung Oracle. Nechung Oracle plays an important role in Tibetan Buddhism till this day.
#China: A small Sunward SA60L Aurora aircraft, reportedly registered B-12PP, crashed in Beijing's Chaoyang CBD after allegedly striking the China Zun (CITIC Tower), one of the city's tallest skyscrapers.
Images circulating online show the aircraft wreckage near the base of the building. Authorities have not yet released an official statement confirming the cause of the crash or the number of casualties.
The incident remains under investigation, and details may change as more information becomes available.
Not the weirdest thing. The abolition of the khanates and the creation of ethnostates (which didn't seem to take urban populations into account) created many anomalies. Khorezm and Ferghana are very different places, now they all belong the Uzbekistan.
the most weird shit in the region to me are karakalpaks. why do they exist. how do they exist. whats so different between them and kazakhs. did soviets specifically decided to include ALL karakalpaks in 🇺🇿 or it just happened none of them are in 🇰🇿