The Sangmda Lungga tomb site in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region was included on the list of the top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2020 released by the National Cultural Heritage Administration.
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
An outdoor opera based on the life of a Tang Dynasty (618-907) princess kicked off its ninth-year performance on Saturday in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
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
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
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
Have you ever wondered why in recent years, more and more computers, tablets, mobile phones, and other electronic devices can support Tibetan input methods?
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
China has for the first time published photocopies of ancient Tibetan literature taken to France from the famed Mogao Grottoes a century ago.
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, 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
In Gansu and Qinghai provinces and throughout north-central China, people of nine different ethnic groups share a music tradition known as Hua’er.
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 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.
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
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.
Despite being a veteran performer of the traditional Xianzi dance, 58-year-old Tashi Wangdu had never until recently staged a performance in front of a big audience.
A traditional archery competition was held in Nyingchi on Thursday to celebrate the Gongbo New Year.
Villagers celebrate their special New Year, known as the Gongbo New Year in Baji Village of Bayi District in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Nov. 17, 2020.
Fourteen rare ancient books of the Tibet autonomous region have been included in the sixth tranche of Chinese national rare classics' list, according to a statement recently issued by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Tibetan embroidery from Guinan county in Qinghai province's Hainan Tibet autonomous prefecture, traditional hair-braid decorations and other ethnic elements featured in a recent show at Shanghai Fashion Week.
The traditional jiaxie dance has been performed by villagers in southwestern Tibet for about 1,000 years. The group performance is staged to mark grand events. It inspired Zheng Shanlu, a practitioner of classical Chinese ink paintings, to make a 60-meter
A masked Buddhist monk performs an annual Cham dance event to pray for good harvest and peaceful life at the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 22, 2020.
On the evening of Spet.21, the 2020 Chanang Pulu Cultural Festival opens in Chanang County, Shannan City, Tibet.
As one of the traditional Tibetan dresses, Zaza dress in Comai County, Lhoka city has a long history. It is said that the dress was made by emulating the dress of Princess Wencheng in the Tang Dynasty and has been passed down today.
