英语听力：自然百科 古格：消失的西藏王朝—5（在线收听）

 This is his land, and these are his people. Tsering has brought John Bellezza here to learn about acient tales and fables from his tribe elders. Tsering has become a collector of stories from Guge's past with the help of these elders. Oral legends pass down from generation to generation provide one of the few sources historians like Tsering have to piece together this rise and fall of this lost kingdom. The tales are intriguing, the constant struggle for water in an arid inhospitable plateau, the encounter with strangers from the outside world.Tsering and John embarked on a quest to solve one of Tibet's the greatest mysteries. How did the might kingdom of Guge flourish in the middle of a harsh desert? And what later caused this dramatic collapse in the 17th century?