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Clothing culture week kicks off in Xizang

Clothing culture week kicks off in Xizang

his photo taken on Jan. 3, 2025 shows a costume show during the opening ceremony of a clothing culture week in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

Butter Lamp Festival held in China's Xizang

Butter Lamp Festival held in China's Xizang

A monk lights butter lamps at Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 25, 2024. People of the Tibetan ethnic group lit butter lamps and prayed through the night in the annual Butter Lamp Festival commemorating Tsong Khapa,

Visit Lijiang Ancient Road Tibetan Museum

Visit Lijiang Ancient Road Tibetan Museum

The Lijiang Ancient Road Tibetan Museum in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province is a unique museum integrating ethnic characteristics, folklore, regionalism, and intangible cultural heritage.

Fairy's Day celebrated in Xizang

Fairy's Day celebrated in Xizang

The Fairy's Day, known as the "Women's Festival" in modern Xizang, is celebrated on the 15th day of the 10th month in the Tibetan calendar.

Lhasa, Xizang: Fashion Show, a Visual Feast

Lhasa, Xizang: Fashion Show, a Visual Feast

On the evening of October 27, a fashion show was in Lhasa, Xizang Autonomous Region. With the theme of “Fashion Has No Boundary, You are the Focus”, it is a fashion feast integrating music dinner party, haute couture show, and fashion shopping, showing the charm and style of Lhasa.

Delicate thangka paintings in NW China's Qinghai

Delicate thangka paintings in NW China's Qinghai

n monasteries and villages along the Longwu River basin in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, Buddhist monks and folk artists of the Tibetan and Tu ethnic groups carry on the plastic arts of painting thangka and murals, crafting patchwork barbola and sculpting known collectively as the Regong arts.

Art injects impetus into ancient castle in NW China's Qinghai

Art injects impetus into ancient castle in NW China's Qinghai

Guomari ancient castle, located in Guomari village, Tongren city, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, is one of the oldest and best-preserved ancient castles in Qinghai. In 2006, it was listed as China's Famous Historic and Cultural Village.

Cham Dance Performed in Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xizang

Cham Dance Performed in Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xizang

Recently, cham dance activity was carried out in Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigaze, Xizang to drive out evil spirits, make efforts to avert calamity, and pray for contented people living in a country at peace and good weather for the crops.

Yang Gefei’s Painting Exhibition Held in Xizang

Yang Gefei’s Painting Exhibition Held in Xizang

On September 20, Walk on the Holy Land of the Snowy Plateau—Yang Gefei’s Special Exhibition of Chinese Landscape Painting with Xizang feel started at the Public Cultural Art Center of the Xizang Autonomous Region. In the exhibition, 75 masterpieces created by Yang Gefei showing the nature and culture of Xizang were exhibited.

Over 300 cultural relic sites newly found in China's Xizang

Over 300 cultural relic sites newly found in China's Xizang

More than 300 cultural relic sites have been uncovered in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region during an ongoing archaeological survey in areas 4,500 meters above the sea level, according to the regional cultural relics bureau.

Paired-up assistance credited for helping modernize Xizang

Paired-up assistance credited for helping modernize Xizang

After two failed attempts to apply for work in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, thousands of kilometers away from his hometown, Li Dong finally succeeded in 2022, following his father's footsteps in aiding the construction of the plateau region.