Culture

Mahakala Dharma Assembly at Sagya Monastery

Mahakala Dharma Assembly at Sagya Monastery

Generally, from the 23rd day to the 29th day of the 11th month of the Tibetan calendar, Sakya Monastery would hold its annual Mahakala Dharma Assembly, which features a large scale and a majestic atmosphere.

Tibetan Opera Princess Jincheng Achieved Its Beijing Debut

Tibetan Opera Princess Jincheng Achieved Its Beijing Debut

Recently, Princess Jincheng, the large-scale Amdo Tibetan opera, composed by the Tibetan Opera Troupe of Qinghai Province, completed its Beijing debut at the Mei Lanfang Theatre. This marks the first time the play was performed outside its birthplace, Qinghai Province.

Pic story: inheritor of traditional Reba Dance in Xizang

Pic story: inheritor of traditional Reba Dance in Xizang

Ani, 60, is an inheritor of the traditional Reba Dance. Reba Dance is a form of drum dance, and a blend of performing arts, integrating storytelling, singing, dancing and acrobatics. In 2006, it was included in the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list.

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.