As 2014 is the Year of Wood Horse by Tibetan Calendar, horse gains an enormous amount of exposure on various occasions. On many Tibetan farming areas, despite that yaks are regarded as the best livestock to plow fields-more farmers this year pick horses, Chinadaily.com.cn reported. As the spring comes, farmers in Lhasa and many other places…

  The first batch of pilot scenic spots includes Mt. Qomolangma, the Brahmaputra River Grand Canyon, the Namtso Lake and the Lake Manasarovar. National parks are neither the same as nature reserves, or similar to common scenic spots. Since Yellowstone National Park, the first of its kind, was set up in 1872 in the United…

  Tsekor is a famous road around the Potala Palace for pilgrims to take ritual walks. The best part of it is its connecting Dzongyab Lukhang Park with the Potala Palace. Historical buildings are threaded like pearls by Tsekor, the time-honored street in the city of Lhasa. Here are photos taken on the street in…

  Performers of Tibetan opera troupe presented artistic performances for local residents in Dzongyab Lukhang park of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, Mar.2, 2014, the first day of Tibetan New Year, also known as Wood Horse Losar.

  China’s heaviest self-manufactured astronomical telescope will be soon put to use in Lhasa. Astrophiles will be able to observe the universe through it for free by May 2015. Lhasa, the city on the Tibetan Plateau, has particularly favorable natural conditions for astronomical observation throughout the year, thanks to its high altitude and crystal clear…

  As Dawa’s family has moved into a newly-built house last November, Lhagod the eldest child undertakes the work of painting murals and interior decoration. Living in Gongkar County of southeast Tibet’s Lhoka Prefecture, Dawa’s family now possesses a two-storey building of nearly 300 square meters. 29-year-old Lhagod is the eldest child of the family, who has…

  As the weather gets warmer in Tibet, wintering black-necked cranes in Shigatse Prefecture have packed up for another migration. Habitually they arrive in Tibet to spend winter and leave around March. One of the species under China’s first-class state protection, they are the only crane type that live and reproduce on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In the…

  Tsurpu Monastery, 4,300 meters above the sea level, is located in Doilungdeqen County, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. Founded in 1189, it serves as the traditional seat of the Karma Kagyupa, or “White Hat Sect,” of Tibetan Buddhism.

  The Ganden Monastery, one of the four major monasteries of the Gelug Sect in Lhasa, stands on Wangbur Mountain in Dagze County, some 60 km from downtown Lhasa. In 1409, Zongkapa built the ancestral monastery of the Gelug Sect with the financial aid of the royal family of Nedong. Taking Ganden Monastery as the…

  Southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has announced plans to add more roads to remote monasteries and villages. The region will spend 200 billion RMB (about 32.67 billion U.S. dollars) on building new roads and repairing old ones in the next six years. Tibet has more than 1,700 registered monasteries and venues for religious activities,…