What is Tibet?
{{Cleanup|Tibet and Tibet Autonomous Region are distinct, although this page is written mainly for (and interwiki linked to) TAR|date=January 2020}} [[File:Tibet-claims.jpg|thumb|300px|<center>Map of Tibet (in yellow)</center>]] '''Tibet''' (བོད, Böd), also called the '''Tibet Autonomous Region''' or the '''Xizang Autonomous Region''', is a province-level [[Autonomy|autonomous]] region of [[People's Republic of China|China]] (PRC) located on the outer edges of [[East Asia]]. Its capital is [[Lhasa]]. The region is commonly referred to as Tibet, but Tibet can also mean any place where the Tibetan culture is local to; Which includes [[Bhutan]], [[Ladakh]], [[Baltiyul]] and parts of [[Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wang|first=Yiyan|date=2013|title=The Politics of Representing Tibet: Alai's Tibetan Native-Place Stories|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42940463|journal=Modern Chinese Literature and Culture|volume=25|issue=1|pages=96–130|issn=1520-9857}}</ref> == Religion == Tibet's main [[religion]] is [[Buddhism]], while many also follows [[Islam]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Siddiqui|first=Ataullah|date=1991|title=Muslims of Tibet|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43300417|journal=The Tibet Journal|volume=16|issue=4|pages=71–85|issn=0970-5368}}</ref> Their traditions make it a place of interest to many people. The local [[monk]]s are sometimes said to have special, [[superhuman]] abilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/OrientalMullen.htm|title=Journal of Religion and Film|publisher=|access-date=2008-04-21|archive-date=2007-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126170743/http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/OrientalMullen.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The writings of Tibetan monks are sometimes shared with outsiders, and are known for their [[:wikt:insight|insight]]. The ''[[Tibetan Book of the Dead]]'' contains [[ritual]]s for the dead and dying, somewhat similar to the [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] last rites.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05716a.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPED