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Tibetan chicken breeding industry developed to raise income

Tibetan chicken breeding industry developed to raise income

In recent years, Lhatse County in Shigatse City, Tibet has made stronger efforts developing Tibetan chicken breeding industry. The county adopted a model of cooperatives plus poor households. Now, by setting up ..

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 was made by emulating Princess Wencheng Tang Dynasty and been passed down today. ..

Enjoy flowers in "Switzerland on the plateau"

Enjoy flowers in "Switzerland on the plateau"

Nyingchi is located in the southeastern part of Tibet Autonomous Region middle and lower reaches Yarlung Tsangpo River. With beautiful scenery a pleasant climate, it known as “Switzerland on plateau”. Visiting ..

Shoton Festival: a cultural feast on plateau

Shoton Festival: a cultural feast on plateau

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

Young Tibetan woman pursues her dream in limelight

Young Tibetan woman pursues her dream in limelight

Unlike her metropolitan peers who frequent exquisite cafes, restaurants and shopping malls for video shoots, Tibetan internet celebrity Losang Drolma likes to set scenes in rural orchards, woods plantations. ..

In pics: portraits of villagers in Tibet

In pics: portraits of villagers in Tibet

n this combination photo taken on July 27, 2020, the left part is a portrait of villager Tsering Qoipei in Gangsha Village Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region; and ..

Tibetan peak a beautiful, rare sight

Tibetan peak a beautiful, rare sight

Namcha Barwa, is a mountain belonging to the Himalaya Mountains, which means "a spear stabbing into sky" in Tibetan language and regarded as "Father of all mountains Tibet". It highest ..

Projects worth billions inked before Tibet festival

Projects worth billions inked before Tibet festival

An investment promotion activity for this year's traditional Shoton Festival was held on Tuesday in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, with 41 projects signed. ..

Tibet's airports see growth in cargo throughput

Tibet's airports see growth in cargo throughput

The cargo throughput of five airports in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region increased by 3.7 percent year on from January to July, according the branch Civil Aviation Administration China. ..

Students in Tibet get congenital heart disease screening

Students in Tibet get congenital heart disease screening

Students in a remote prefecture of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region are being screened for congenital heart diseases by doctors sent from city outside the region medical assistance program, ..

Panchen Lama visits Jokhang Temple in Tibet

Panchen Lama visits Jokhang Temple in Tibet

The 11th Panchen Lama on Monday visited Jokhang Temple, the most revered monastery in Lhasa, starting his activities in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region this year.

Elderly residents feel at home in shared facility

Elderly residents feel at home in shared facility

More than 90 elderly Tibetans who lack proper homecare have adopted a nursing home in Tibet's Nakartse county as their because of the center's attentive care and range services. ..

Tibet celebrates Wangguo Festival with horse race

Tibet celebrates Wangguo Festival with horse race

Farmers dressed in festive costumes take part a horse race to celebrate the Wangguo Festival at Sangda village 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 County of Ali, has a history more than 1,000 years. One suit may weigh about 25 kilograms because it is decorated with gold, silver, pearls and other jewels. ..

Cooperation breeds prosperity, starting with yaks

Cooperation breeds prosperity, starting with yaks

Unlike many people in the Tibet autonomous region who live remote mountain villages and rely on traditional farming herding, some have developed new sources of income as they joined local collective businesses. ..

Landscape of earth forest in Tibet

Landscape of earth forest in Tibet

Photo taken on July 26, 2020 shows the landscape of earth forest in Zanda County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.