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The traditional technique of salt producing in Mangkam

Yanjing, salt well in Chinese, is famous for its spectacular scenery of saline fields. Salt mining has always been a main industry in Yanjing with a history of more than 1,000 years.

China builds first museum on Tibetan opera

LHASA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Construction of China's first museum on Tibetan opera has started in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region.

Representative Thangka pieces exhibited in Shannan, Tibet

During the 2018 China Yarlung Cultural Festival, Thangka works of Mansar Painting School, a national intangible cultural heritage, are exhibited in Shannan City.

Tibetan Knives popular at home and abroad

Tibetan knives are one of the most representative handicrafts made by Tibetan people, and they have been used in people's production and livelihood, and for self-defense and decorative functions.

Across China: Ancient Thangka paintings rejuvenate local economy

XINING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Eighteen-year-old Dekyi Drolma has heard of many successful experiences of the alumni of her school -- opening Thangka painting studios, winning notable awards in Thangka painting competitio...

Hong Kong youth on learning thangka: harder than imagined

The 2018 "Thangka Workshop", a mainland internship program for junior thangka artists, was launched on July 7 in Tongren County, Qinghai Province.

Bathang: the hometown of Tibetan Xianzi

Bathang has been hailed as the "hometown of Xianzi", a kind of folk art that combines song, dance, and music. During performances, a man will play a kind of Tibetan stringed instrument while singing and dancing, and wo...

Dance under the sky

Photo shows a construction site of a vegetable base in Shaso Township, Qonggyai County, Shannan City, Tibet Autonomous Region. Since the implementation of targeted poverty alleviation, life here has changed a lot.

People produce wooden bowl for developing handicraft culture in Tibet’s Lhoka

Dabu Wooden Bowl Product Co., Ltd. is established in 2014 in Gyatsa County of Lhoka, a place often regarded as the birthplace of Tibetan civilization.

Copper ware craft in Namling County, Tibet

The traditional copper ware craft in Zedong Township, Namling County, Tibet Autonomous Region enjoys a history of 100 years.

Dances

Melody of Herdsmen

Chamdo Tengchen Repa

Yadru Wolf Song

Tsethang Khapa Dance

Food

Feast your eyes on Tibetan treats

Tibetan yoghurt farm stays true to tradition

Just like the important role alcohol plays at social events in Western countries, yogurt enjoys an equivalent status in Tibet. "It has become part of local life. When they spend time together, yogurt is an indispensable snack," Wang Yongjiang, the owner of the Old Tree Yogurt Shop near the entrance to the Potala Pal...

Tibetan fungus could help fight liver cancer, academy tests show

Tests have shown that a chemical compound extracted from white lingzhimushrooms, which are unique to the Tibet autonomous region, has anti-cancer qualities, according to the region's Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The name lingzhitranslates as "spiritual potency", and the mushroom is regarded in China as the "me...

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