Happy faces in Tibet
Children of the wealthiest family, Tsering at Cijiaolin village in Lhasa. The village, in the Tibetan culture tourism creative industrial park, has benefited from projects such as Princess Wencheng - a live action opera and Lhasa river landscape project. Family Tsering has 50 yaks which appear in the opera. China Daily photographer Wang Zhuangfei talked to local people during a visit to Tibet in August and recorded their stories. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
Nisan, 21, is the younger son of a couple running a poultry farming business. He has been admitted as a civil servant in Lhasa city. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
Phurbu Drolma is the founder of a Tibetan incense factory in Lhasa. The factory was established in 2003 with an investment of 1,200 yuan ($188 dollars). It now has total assets of 20 million yuan ($3 million) and more than 300 employees. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
QungdaTsering, 40, is one of the first tourist cruise drivers in Lhasa. He used to be a bus driver but now works as a boatman on the Lhasa river. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
Asha, 35, is a Tibetan opera performer from Nagqu county, Nagqu prefecture. He began performing at 14. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
Chogyal, 28, is a traditional Tibetan knitting craftswoman in Shannan prefecture. She has been in the profession for 18 years. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
Wu Yonghong, 50, is a Tibetan saffron planter in Lhasa. Wu, originally comes from Southwest China's Sichuan province and started to work in Tibet in 2006. Some Tibetan saffron can be sold for up to 300 yuan ($46.95) per gram. Wu only reunites with his family who live in Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan province, during holidays. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
Lhamotso, the actress playing Princess Wenchang in the live action opera. Her father is Tibetan and her mother Han. Princess Wencheng is a live action opera set in the mountainous region of Lhasa, which incorporates Tang Dynasty and Tibetan dances, Tibetan opera, songs and numerous artistic performances, recounting the stories of the princess who traveled to ancient Tibet to marry Songtsen Gampo. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
Samdrup Tsewang, 11, is a fourth-grade primary school pupil in Nagqu prefecture. Samdrup hopes to become a teacher when he grows up. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
Awang Chozin is a Buddhist monk at Drepung Monastry in Lhasa. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]
Awang, 54, is a chef at a Tibetan restaurant at Barkhor Bazzar, a commercial street in downtown Lhasa. Awang, a long term resident of Barkhor Bazzar, makes about 5,000 yuan ($784) per month. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]