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
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.
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 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.
Jiuhe Zhuo dance, originated in Qonggyai County of Shannan, has a history of more than 1,300 years. It has been a favorite dancing form for local people in Shannan to pray for good luck since ancient times and was dubbed waist drum dance in Tibet. Nyima,
A training program covering traditional Tibetan culture was held recently in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, to help professionals in the field of various traditional Tibetan cultures, local media reported.
On the evening of May 24, a musical about environmental protection sent shockwaves along the banks of the Lhasa River in Tibet.
A performer plays in "Princess Wencheng", an opera based on the life of a Tang Dynasty (618-907) princess, in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 1, 2020.
Actors perform a traditional Tibetan musical in Hailuowan theater, Xiahe county, Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Northwest China's Gansu province, May 24, 2020. The musical resumed public performance under strict epidemic-control measures, si
Every day, a sense of tranquility pervades Tibetan artisan Shilok's yard, as his apprentices are busy crafting opera masks and other workers are sewing costumes and clothes.
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region invested nearly 400 million yuan (about 56 million U.S. dollars) in 2019 to launch about 110 projects on the protection, repair and utilization of the region's cultural relics, according to local authori
Photo taken on May 9, 2020 shows a residence at Junyong Village in Dobbar Township of Zongang County in Qamdo City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Dobbar Township was a major stop on the Ancient Tea Horse Road, a historical caravan and tr
The construction of the youth palace began in July 2017 with the support of south China's Guangdong Province. With an investment of 175 million yuan (about 24.8 million U.S. dollars), it covers an area of over 27,000 square meters. The youth palace c
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.
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region launched a rare ancient books cloud reading platform Saturday.
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.
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 has played an active role in the treatment, said an official with Qinghai's health commission.
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.
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 international cooperation base of Tibetan medicine was inaugurated Wednesday in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
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.
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.
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.
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.
