Rare Tibetan classics go digital
More than 50 volumes of ancient books in the Tibet autonomous region have been converted into e-books for public reading through the efforts of the Library of Tibet, Xinhua News agency reported.
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Tibet launches rare ancient books cloud reading platform
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region launched a rare ancient books cloud reading platform Saturday.
Tibetan artist promotes art, harmony in community
A Tibetan Thangka artist has been promoting the painting art as well as unity and harmony in a community in Southwest China's Sichuan province.
Tibet digitizes nearly 6TB of ancient documents
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has established a 5.94-TB database of ancient Tibetan documents and literature, with nearly 6,000 ancient books surveyed and registered in 2019, local authorities said.
Tibetan medicine joins fight against coronavirus in China's Qinghai
Tibetan medicine has played an active role in the treatment, said an official with Qinghai's health commission.
Qinghai ethnic culture shines in Japan
A show featuring the Tibetan arts and culture of Northwest China’s Qinghai province was held in Niigata, Japan on Jan 16, kicking off the 2020 Chinese New Year celebrations in the country.
Movie on Tibetan opera released in China
The movie, titled Tibetan Opera of King Gesar, tells the story of 11-year-old Zadeh, who, fascinated by the epic of King Gesar, pursues his dream of becoming an opera singer.
China's first Tibetan medicine int'l cooperation base inaugurated in Qinghai
China's first international cooperation base of Tibetan medicine was inaugurated Wednesday in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
Tibetan Opera sings through the ages
Tibetan Opera was showcased at the recent China Theater Festival in Fuzhou, Fujian province. The art form was inscribed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage 10 years ago.
Qinghai on the fingertips: ancient “Qinghai embroidery” shows charm
On November 1, the “Beautiful Qinghai: Development Achievements in Qinghai Ethnic Autonomous Regions since the Founding of New China” exhibition opened in Beijing, and the embroidery culture of Qinghai was exhibited.
Exhibition on development achievements in Qinghai ethnic autonomous regions opens
The grand opening of “Beautiful Qinghai: Development Achievements in Qinghai Ethnic Autonomous Regions since the Founding of New China” was held on the morning of November 1 at the National Culture Palace in Beijing.
Visiting the Tibet Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum
It is expected that The Tibet Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, Tibet’s first museum dedicated to the preservation, inheritance, and dissemination of intangible culture in the region is to be completed by June 2020.
Tibetan cultural and artistic event win international awards
On October 20 Beijing time, the Stevie Awards, known as the “American Business World’s highest honor”, was held in Vienna, Austria. The “Discover the Himalayas”, a Tibetan contemporary art exhibition, won bronze prize in the “2019 International Business A
Tibet’s first exhibition of cloth and heavy color works unveiled in Lhasa
On the morning of October 8, the first Tibet Cloth and Heavy Color Works Exhibition opened at the Jieguan Art Center in Lhasa. 10 modern Tibetan artists displayed 61 exquisite cloth and heavy color paintings.
Tibet publishes multilingual archives
A ceremony of the official print publication of a series of selected archives in Tibetan, Mongolian, and Manchu was held in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region on Tuesday.
Visiting the Sichuan Ngawa Xiangzang Art School
The Xiangzang Art School in Songpan County was established on September 17, 2018 in Mayi Village, Shanba Township, Ngawa Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
Pilgrimage boosts exchanges between China, India
This is the second pilgrimage Goel Ram Rattan, from India's Delhi, has made to southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region this year.
Across China: A glance at Tibet's largest survey of ancient books
Over 18,000 precious ancient books written in the Tibetan language have been filed for future study and protection as part of a decade-long general survey in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.
China's prime theater to restage dance drama "The Railway to Tibet"
Chinese dance drama "The Railway to Tibet" will return to the stage of the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) on Oct. 5, in commemoration of the 70th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
Harvest Festival and Wool Culture Festival open in Tibet
The 2019 Tibet “Chinese Farmers Harvest Festival” and the Chanang County Wool Culture Festival both opened on the morning of September 6 in Chanang County, Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Tibetan villagers celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
The air was chilly and the barley fields were colored with a golden autumnal palette on Wednesday as locals in Tibet autonomous region's Tsome village gathered for the coming Mid-Autumn Festival.
Shoton Festival begins in Tibet
Celebrations for the traditional Shoton Festival, or Yogurt Festival, began in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region Friday.
Yogurt Festival celebrated in Tibet
Thousands of Tibet autonomous region residents braved the rain to pay homage to giant thangka -religious images embroidered in silk -to mark the start of the annual Shoton, or Yogurt Festival, on Friday in Lhasa, capital of Tibet.
Tibetan vocabulary receives over 1,500 new words, expressions
More than 1,500 new words and expressions have been added to Tibetan vocabulary since 2018, authorities from southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region said.
Tibet registers 128,000 movable cultural relics
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has registered 128,000 movable cultural relics on the national survey platform, local authorities said.