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Tibet’s Thangka industry develops well

In recent years, Tibet's Thangka industry develops very well and it is gradually becoming a characteristic cultural industry with strong influence. According to incomplete statistics, now there are about 2000 full-time...

Intangible cultural heritage digitized for preservation in Tibet

A number of intangible cultural heritage items including the eight great traditional Tibetan operas, Tibetan dance, and the Gesar epic poem (the northern Tibet part) as well as Chamdo circle dance, Markham dramnyen, an...

Tibet promotes the development and protection of Jinpa leather processing skill

Since ancient times, Jinpa village, located in Chushur County of Lhasa, has its unique leather producing and processing tradition, which makes every family in Jinpa village master the basic skill of producing leather p...

60 Thangka paintings exhibited in Ji’nan, Shandong Province

JINAN, Sep. 12 (Kangba TV) -- With a charcoal pencil made of willow twig, the 25-year-old Lhapa Tenzin drew a sketch of a Thangka, colored it and delineated the lines.

A devout Thangka painter

Starting the painting career in 1992, Pasang, a Thangka painter and inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, never stopped painting in the past 25 years. From dawn to sunset, he devotes himself to the painting.

Inheritance of ancient Tibetan incense and Thangka II

Besides Tibetan incense, as a Buddhist supply, Thangka also bears the thoughts, believes and spiritual bailment of Diqing people.

Inheritance of ancient Tibetan incense and Thangka I

In Shangri-la, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, a special fragrance of grass and Tibetan butter pervades the air.

Love for Pulu, a Tibetan woolen product

The song Lhasa Ballad sings, "We may forget the clothes we wear, but never Pulu."

Drigung Embroidery Thangka

As national level intangible cultural heritage, Drigung Embroidery Thangka is famous for its long history, unique embroidery skill, ancient creation method, and exquisite material. Its works are famous around the world...

Nyichi sect of Tibetan calligraphy

Sitting cross-legged and with a wooden tablet and bamboo pen in hands, the 9-year-old Dawa Chodron is practicing the Nyichi sect of Tibetan calligraphy.

Dances

Derge Drochen

Blessing

Khampa Circle Dance

Auspicious Guozhuang Dance

Food

The second “China Xiaojin Apple Picking Festival” kicks off in Sichuan’s X...

Stories on highland barley wine

In the frigid areas about 4,200m above sea level, highland barley is the only kind of grain that normally ripens. For thousands of years, highland barley has been the major food for people on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In terms of modern nutriology, highland barley is rich in protein, cellulose and vitamin with low fat...

Highland barley fields in Tibet

A valley is covered in lush highland barley in Lhoka, Tibet. Known as Tibetan barley or Himalayan barley, it is the principal cereal cultivated on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, and is used to make milk tea, alcohol, flour and various kinds of food such as tsampa, bread, cakes and noodles.

Champa Talk Show

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