In China Media Group’s 2025 Spring Festival Gala, Lhasa, Xizang, as the one with the highest altitude of its sub-venues became the focus. The performance, as short as 8 minutes, at the Lhasa sub-venue, attracted the attention of people worldwide and made tourism in Xizang during this Spring Festival more popular
February 2, 2025 marks the 29th World Wetlands Day, with “Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future” as its theme.
People visit a snow town scenic spot in Zunhua City, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 4, 2025. During the Spring Festival holiday, many tourist destinations in China have attracted visitors with ice and snow activities
o celebrate the 2025 Spring Festival, recreational and sports activities were recently held in Kelzang Neighborhood, Zhaxigang Town, Gar County, Ngari, Xizang.
Despite the coldness in January, Shangri-La, the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, is still a hot tourist spot. Tourists choose off-peak travels to the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery known as the “Small Potala Palace” to feel the charm of the city.
Yaks, which are called “boats on the plateau”, live in the alpine region at an altitude of 3,000 meters and above. They feed on natural grass on the plateau and drink melted glacier water from snowy mountains.
At dawn, the white walls of the Potala Palace, Lhasa, Xizang, are gently touched by the first light of day. Lhasa, a city embedded in mountains, wakes up from a quiet sleep.
By the end of 2024, half of the top 10 most popular ice and snow tourism destinations were cities in southern China, according to travel platforms' bookings orders.
The lake of Puma Yumco, located in Lhoka, Xizang, is known as the "Tears of the Fairy" and the "Baikal Lake of China". Every winter, the lake freezes over, and the ice surface becomes transparent enough to reveal the "blue" lakebed under the sunlight.
The winter morning of Lhasa is as beautiful as a picture. The Lhasa River is golden in the sun and the river water flows quietly. In the Lhalu Wetland National Nature Reserve in Lhasa, migrant birds are busy foraging and playing.
The competition attracted more than 200 cycling enthusiasts from different places in China, including seasoned veteran and newcomers, with the youngest participant being just 2 years old.
Models wearing traditional Tibetan costumes take part in a parade on Barkhor Street in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 3, 2025. The parade, part of a New Year costume show, was held here on Friday
The Chinese side of Mount Qomolangma received 13,764 foreign tourists in 2024 -- more than twice the number recorded in 2023 -- a notable sign of booming international tourism following China's relaxation of its visa policies.
Shangri-La City, Dechen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the northwest of Yunnan Province is a popular tourist destination. In recent years, the prefecture has constantly enriched its touism offerings, striving to transform the “cold resources” of the ice and snow into a “hot economy” by providing excellent services to tourists.
Laigu Glacier is located in the southwest of Ra’og Town, Baxoi County, Qamdo City, the Xizang Autonomous Region.
A few days ago, the activity of “City of Sunshine · Happy Singing in Norbu Lingka” was carried out in Norbu Lingka, a world cultural heritage site.
With an annual utilization time of 1,735 hours, the Kela Photovoltaic Power Station has an installed capacity of one million kilowatts and can generate 2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity on average per year.
he Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, known as the “elves on the snow-covered mountain”, is a national first-class protected animal and an endangered species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
An ancient technique of salt production dating back 1,000 years ago is well-preserved in Xizang and local people follow a traditional salt harvesting method by collecting brines from salt mines and ponds and evaporating them in the sun until crystallization.
The Mount Qomolangma scenic area in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region welcomed a record number of tourists in 2024, surpassing 500,000 visitors, local authorities said.
A new expressway linking Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, with the city of Shannan, which is known as the birthplace of the Tibetan civilization, opened to traffic on Wednesday, according to local traffic authorities.
Deqen, which means “a place with good luck and happiness” in Tibetan, has the best picturesque scenery that can bring you joy. In this region, the Jinsha River, Lancang River and Nujiang River runs in parallel, and it is here that the renown city Shangri-La sets. It is praised as the pearl of Yunnan tourism.
The Chinese government has poured nearly 800 million yuan (about 111.3 million U.S. dollars) into various projects over the past 30 years to preserve the Potala Palace, a World Heritage site in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
This photo taken with a mobile phone shows a view of Namtso Lake in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 11, 2024.
In the black-necked crane reserve of Lhunzhub County, Lhasa City, the Xizang Autonomous Region, a large number of wintering black-necked cranes are foraging and playing at the Hutoushan Reservoir.
