Culture

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.

People celebrate Gongbo New Year in Nyingchi, Tibet

People celebrate Gongbo New Year in Nyingchi, Tibet

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.

Stitching traditional culture into contemporary fashion

Stitching traditional culture into contemporary fashion

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.

Group art show hails Tibet's natural, cultural heritage

Group art show hails Tibet's natural, cultural heritage

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

Traditional Tibetan dress passed down well on the plateau

Traditional Tibetan dress passed down well on the plateau

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.

Shoton Festival: a cultural feast on plateau

Shoton Festival: a cultural feast on plateau

People in Lhasa celebrate the Shoton Festival at the end of the sixth month and the beginning of the seventh month of the Tibetan calendar every year. Shoton is a rich and grand traditional Tibetan festival. Regarding Shoton, everyone in Lhasa may have di

Tibet celebrates Wangguo Festival with horse race

Tibet celebrates Wangguo Festival with horse race

Farmers dressed in festive costumes take part in a horse race to celebrate the Wangguo Festival at Sangda village in Lhasa, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, on Aug 2, 2020.

Traditional Burang clothes in SW China's Tibet

Traditional Burang clothes in SW China's Tibet

Burang clothes, traditional wearing in Burang County of Ali, has a history of more than 1,000 years. One suit may weigh about 25 kilograms because it is decorated with gold, silver, pearls and other jewels.

Sanskrit manuscripts from Tibet a 'treasure'

Sanskrit manuscripts from Tibet a 'treasure'

Sanskrit manuscripts from the Tibetan autonomous region are properly identified as "one of humanity's greatest treasures", an expert said at a cultural heritage event in Beijing last week.