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Overlooking the Potala Palace

Overlooking the Potala Palace

Entering Lhasa Unity Park, the lake is shimmering with green trees providing shade. Walk up the pedestrian street towards Yaowang Mountain and overlook the Potala Palace, which is beautiful and spectacular.

View of Potala Palace in China's Xizang

View of Potala Palace in China's Xizang

This photo taken on Sept. 21, 2025 shows a view of the Potala Palace in the distance under a rainbow in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Pulu Fashion Show Held in Jainca, Qinghai

Pulu Fashion Show Held in Jainca, Qinghai

Recently, a fashion show held in Jainca, Qinghai, showcased garments crafted from traditional Tibetan woolen fabric pulu and reinterpreted through modern design.

Lhasa Residents Celebrate Bathing Festival

Lhasa Residents Celebrate Bathing Festival

Recently, residents in Lhasa, Xizang, celebrated the Bathing Festival. Each year, during the seventh month of the Tibetan calendar, people across Xizang partake in a seven-day traditional folk festival of bathing, known as “Karma Rije” in the Tibetan Language.

2025 Tour of Lhasa Cycling Race Concludes

2025 Tour of Lhasa Cycling Race Concludes

On September 14, the 2025 Tour of Lhasa Cycling Race officially commenced in Lhasa, Xizang. This year’s event featured four categories: elite road races for both men and women, as well as mountain bike races for both genders.

Lhasa Tuanjie Park Officially Opens to Public

Lhasa Tuanjie Park Officially Opens to Public

Recently, the Lhasa Tuanjie Park, located southwest of the Potala Palace at the foot of Yaowang Mountain in Lhasa, Xizang, officially opened its doors to residents and visitors.

Tourism festival featuring traditional Tibetan incense culture opens in Lhasa, China's Xizang

Tourism festival featuring traditional Tibetan incense culture opens in Lhasa, China's Xizang

Local residents perform at the opening ceremony of a tourism festival featuring traditional Tibetan incense culture in Nyemo County of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje) Local residents are pictured at the opening ceremony of a tourism festival featuring traditional Tibetan incense culture in Nyemo County of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 12, 2025.

Mystique of Aiken Spring in Qinghai

Mystique of Aiken Spring in Qinghai

In the depths of the Alar Grassland near Huatugou town, Mangya, Qinghai province, lies Aiken Spring. This unique sulfur spring, over 10 meters in diameter, seems to stare up at the sky like the pupil of the earth’s eye.

Traditional horse racing festival kicks off at Xizang's Nagqu festival

Traditional horse racing festival kicks off at Xizang's Nagqu festival

The 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. The three-day festival held on the northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau features sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors.

Xizang air travel sees six-decade strong surge

Xizang air travel sees six-decade strong surge

Civil aviation in the Xizang autonomous region has grown into a lifeline for travel, trade and public services on the high-altitude plateau, with passenger numbers expected to reach 8 million by the end of 2025, officials said.

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Rare "red sprite" lightning photographed in SW China's Xizang

Blink, and it's gone -- Chinese photographers on Thursday accidentally captured a rare red lightning phenomenon known as "red sprites" while shooting the night sky near Mount Kangrinboqe, a sacred site for followers of Hinduism and Buddhism located at an elevation of 6,656 meters in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

Danba, Sichuan: Jiaju Tibetan Village Among Towering Peaks

Danba, Sichuan: Jiaju Tibetan Village Among Towering Peaks

Jiaju Tibetan Village is located in Danba County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. Cradled by towering 1000-meter peaks, the village presents a breathtaking harmony of human habitation and natural grandeur