Tibet in Winter is More Beautiful than in Summer

  Summer is the hottest season of traveling in Tibet, and most tourists keep a mind that autumn and winter are not the seasons to enjoy their time in Tibet. In fact,Tibet in autumn and winter is still an amazing place where is valued to travel. There are a series of activities about Travel to…

December 19, 2013 BY Kunga

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Religious Performance in Sakya Monastery

  Annual performance of a distinctive religious ritual held in Sakya Monastery attracted a large number of local residents in their traditional dress to watch the show. With a history of more than 500 years, the monastery’s ritual expresses the wishes of locals for peace and happiness.

December 19, 2013 BY Kunga

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New Airline Opened in Lhasa

  The airline from Lhasa to Yinchuan of west China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region had opened on Nov.19, 2013. The flight is operated by the airbus A319 on every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, with the flight numbers TV9873\9874. The flight departs from Lhasa, capital city of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region at 4:40 p.m., and…

December 18, 2013 BY Kunga

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History of Tibetan-Themed Stamps

  Postal service in Tibet, according to the historical records and works on history of postal service, was established in the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) and gained further development in the Qing Dynasty(1636-1911). In the winter of 1909, a Tibet postal zone headquartered in Lhasa was set up under the administration of Qing Dynasty and later…

December 18, 2013 BY Kunga

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Tibetan Language in Wider Use

In recent years as the Tibetan culture spreads faster and faster, Tibetan language is adopted more frequently on various occasions beyond the Tibetan-inhabited areas, as a result of information technology.

December 17, 2013 BY Kunga

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Animal By-Products Trade Fair Held in Tibet’s Nagchu Prefecture

  Animal by-products trade fair was held on Dec.15th , 2013, in the Nagchu Prefecture of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. More than 5,000 farmers and herdsmen attended the trade fair. The local government of Nagchu Prefecture has organized the trade fair every year for its farmers and herdsmen to sell animal by-products concentratedly, which…

December 17, 2013 BY Kunga

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Worship of White Color in Tibet

  White is the most common color in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region as the Tibetans love and worship the white color. In Tibet, white symbolizes justice, kindness, nobility, purity, auspiciousness as well as festival. As long as it is white, it becomes a reason for Tibetans to worship and love. Tibetan people connect white…

December 16, 2013 BY Kunga

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Peacock Costume in Burang

  Burang, the border town with Nepal and India in Nagri Prefecture, southwest Tibet has the most unique and exquisite “Burang costume” with a history of 1000 years. Not far from the Burang town,7 households in Kegya County by the Peacock river have preserved 7 suits of Burang costumes handed down by ancestors. There is…

December 16, 2013 BY Kunga

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Tibet Wind Farm Starts Turning

  World’s highest wind farm at 4,700 meters has gone into operation in Nagchu prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, the last region in China to utilize wind power. The completed project will have 33 wind turbines capable of putting out 49.5 megawatts. Tibet is a very windy place which receives a lot of sunlight. Developing new,…

December 13, 2013 BY Kunga

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Swarms of Climbers Reach Top of Tibet’s Mountains This Autumn

  More than 150 mountaineers from home and aboard reached the summit of snow mountains during this autumn’s mountaineering season in Tibet. The average altitude of the region is over 4,000 meters. Tibet is the motherland of five mountains higher than 8,000 meters and more than 70 higher than 7,000 meters. The region has unique…

December 13, 2013 BY Kunga

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