Culture

Tibetan version of office software released in Tibet

Tibetan version of office software released in Tibet

The Tibetan version of WPS Office, a software suite similar to Microsoft Office, was unveiled Thursday in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, aiming to promote office informatization using the Tibetan language.

Grassroots athletes challenge to lift 150 kg sandbags in Qinghai

Grassroots athletes challenge to lift 150 kg sandbags in Qinghai

The sandbag lifting competition was held at the seventh Qinghai Traditional Ethnic Minorities Sports Games on Monday in Haidong, northwest China's Qinghai Province. The competition is divided into categories of 65 kg, 75 kg, 85 kg, 90 kg and more tha

Exhibition shows Tibet's steady march of progress

Exhibition shows Tibet's steady march of progress

In the runup to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, an exhibition reviewing the dramatic decades long changes and achievements of the Tibet autonomous region kicked off in Beijing on Tuesday.

Oil painting exhibition takes you to “traverse” and understand Tibet

Oil painting exhibition takes you to “traverse” and understand Tibet

On April 29, a Tibetan-style oil painting exhibition was held in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. The exhibition featured 60 oil paintings painted from 1976 to 1983. The works restore the customs and natural beauty of Tibet at that time and show the unique

Tibetan incense, a popular industry in Nyemo, Tibet

Tibetan incense, a popular industry in Nyemo, Tibet

Tibetan incense is a kind of incense with Tibetan characteristics. It is made from more than 30 kinds of precious natural medicinal materials, such as sandalwood, agarwood, saffron, and musk. Because of its pleasant aroma and its ability to prevent diseas

Archaeologist in Tibet unearth trove of artifacts

Archaeologist in Tibet unearth trove of artifacts

The Sangsdar Lungmgo gravesite discovered in the Tibet autonomous region is ranked as one of China's top 10 archaeological finds of 2020, according to media reports from a news conference on Tuesday in Beijing.

China's top 10 new archaeological discoveries in 2020

China's top 10 new archaeological discoveries in 2020

China's Top 10 New Archaeological Discoveries of 2020 were unveiled on Tuesday. Dubbed the "Oscars of Chinese archaeology", the annual awards have been bestowed since 1990, and are one of the most anticipated events promoting new archaeolog

Lhasa boasts 167 intangible cultural heritage projects above county level

Lhasa boasts 167 intangible cultural heritage projects above county level

According to official news of Lhasa Municipal Government in Tibet on March 30, since Lhasa started its intangible cultural protection efforts in 2005, it has gradually formed a national and district/city/county four-level intangible cultural heritage proj

Smell of happiness in Tibetan incense

Smell of happiness in Tibetan incense

In recent years, Tibet has spent efforts to support the establishment of professional cooperatives of farmers and herdsmen in planting, agriculture, livestock product processing, logistics and transportation, and ethnic handicraft industries in accordance

Ye Xingsheng and his innovative thangka “Colors of Mt. Qomolangma”

Ye Xingsheng and his innovative thangka “Colors of Mt. Qomolangma”

On December 19, 2020, “Celebrating the complete success of the height measurement of Mt. Qomolangma in 2020 and the announcement of the new height of 8848.86 meters”, the national first souvenir event of “Climbing the Peak” was held grandly in Lhasa, Tibe

People hang new prayer flags to pray for peace, prosperity in Tibet

People hang new prayer flags to pray for peace, prosperity in Tibet

Tibetan people hang prayer flags on top of a mountain in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2021. Friday marks the third day of the farmers' New Year celebrated in Xigaze according to the Tibetan lunar calendar. In tradi

Cultural heritage plays key role in rural tourism

Cultural heritage plays key role in rural tourism

Endowed with rich cultural and natural resources, many remote Chinese villages previously mired in poverty have shrugged off their backward images thanks to government support for the development of tourism with local characteristics.

Tibetan opera

Tibetan opera

Tibetan opera, the most popular traditional opera of minority ethnic groups in China, is a comprehensive art combining folk song, dance, storytelling, chant, acrobatics and religious performance. Most popular in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in western Chin

Hua’er

Hua’er

In Gansu and Qinghai provinces and throughout north-central China, people of nine different ethnic groups share a music tradition known as Hua’er.

Movie My Himalaya wins Golden Rooster Award

Movie My Himalaya wins Golden Rooster Award

On the evening of November 28, the 33rd Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award Ceremony was held in Xiamen. A total of 19 awards were announced, and the movie My Himalaya, which tells the story of sisters Drolgar and Yangzom and their father, won the award for

Wooden figurines unearthed in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau tombs

Wooden figurines unearthed in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau tombs

Wooden figurines discovered at an ancient tomb site on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau may provide evidence of early exchanges between Tibet and surrounding areas, according to researchers.

It felt the right thing to do for craftswoman weaving her way

It felt the right thing to do for craftswoman weaving her way

On one level, of course, she felt, in so many ways, that it was the right thing to do. This was a moment when an emotion and a material coincided. With a genuine love of felt, four years ago, jewelry designer Ni Lingling visited a village in Dali, Yunnan

Tibetan Opera troupe marks 60th anniversary

Tibetan Opera troupe marks 60th anniversary

A grand concert of Tibetan Opera was held in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, on Wednesday afternoon, to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the region's opera troupe.