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Social relationships mean different things to dif-ferent people.Any observation of social life has to in-clude recognition of the existence of“the family”.“Fa-mily”is not only a biological group created by a sexualunion,but also a social organization establishedthrough relative social networks.In any social systemor in any nationality,the“family”serves as the foun-dation and mainstay of social life.Therefore,the“fa-mily”attracts attention from anthropologists,sociolo-gists and historians at the outset of their investigations.As a region inhabited by Tibetans,“family”in Tibetnot only refers to one household inhabited and inher-
Social relationships mean different things to dif-ferent people. An observation of social life has to in-clude recognition of the existence of “the family.” “Fa-mily” is not only a biological group created by a sexualunion, but also a social organization establishedthrough relative social networks.In any social systemor in any nationality, the “family” serves as the foun-dation and mainstay of social life.Therefore, the “fa-mily” attracts attention from anthropologists, sociolo-gists and historians at the outset of their investigations. As a region inhabited by Tibetans, “family” in Tibetnot only refers to one household inhabited and inher-