A bite of Tibetan cuisine

A bite of Tibetan Cuisine

  As the second season of the documentary “A Bite of China” premiered in China, Tibetan cates that appeared in the film also caught audiences’ eyes. Owning a history of over 100 years, now tea houses majoring in sweet tea has been densely covering Lhasa city, providing unique leisure time for more and more local…

May 4, 2014 BY Kunga

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Snow Leopard Found by Tibetan Villagers

Snow Leopard Found by Tibetan Villagers

  A snow leopard was found in the Derub Village of Risum Township of Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region on April 21, 2014. Around 12:00 o’clock in the morning, Sonam Dondrup, a local villager reported that a wild animal attacked the sheepfold and was caught by the villagers. After the staff confirmed…

April 30, 2014 BY Kunga

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Horse Racing Festival Held in Tibet

Horse Racing Festival Held in Tibet

  2014 Sumzom Horse Racing Festival was held in Sumzom township of Bome County, Tibet, in the past couple of days, with over 4,000 people taking part in. Sumzom Horse Racing Festival involves many activities, among which are horse racing, horsemanship, folk dances, and field races, to name a few. Not only local residents in…

April 29, 2014 BY Kunga

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Tibet-A Land with Belief

Tibet-A Land with Belief

  Tibetan pilgrims fully enjoy the religious freedom to take ritual walks, pay homage to Buddha, burn incense, give alms and conduct other religious activities during traditional religious festival. Tibet reports above 1,700 temples and monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism so far with 46,000 registered monks and nuns. Small prayer halls or shrines are virtually popular…

April 28, 2014 BY Kunga

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Nyingchi Honey Sells well as A BITE OF CHIAN (II) Premieres

Nyingchi Honey Sells well as A BITE OF CHIAN (II) Premieres

  Wild honey produced from Nyingchi Prefecture of Tibet has become popular on electronic business platform, as the second season of the documentary “A Bite of China” premiered, Tibet Commercial News reported. In the first episode of “A Bite of China” (II), audiences’ eyes were caught by the story of a Tibetan honey hunter Pema…

April 25, 2014 BY Kunga

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Lhasa-Spring Comes; Tulip Blooms

Lhasa-Spring Comes; Tulip Blooms

  Bright multi-colored tulips bloom in the Dragon King Park of Lhasa, attracting local residents and tourists to hold their steps and take photos of the old city’s fascinating beauty in spring. Tulips were first introduced to Tibet in November, 2012. Plateau-friendly tulips of eight species were first grown at Dzongyab Lukhang Park, courtyard of…

April 24, 2014 BY Kunga

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Xichang-Shangrila Highway to Start Construction

Xichang-Shangrila Highway to Start Construction

  The BOT project investment promotion conference of the Xichang (Sichuan province) – Shangrila (Yunnan province) Highway was held in Chengdu, South China’s Sichuan province, on April 9. The highway’s construction is expected to kick off this year with a planned construction period of five years. The highway connects the Xichang-Panzhihua (Sichuan province) Highway with…

April 23, 2014 BY Kunga

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Midui Glacier of Tibet

Midui Glacier of Tibet

  Midui Glacier is located in the Yupug Township of Pome County, Nyingchi Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region. It is the lowest glacier in the world and also an important oceanic glacier. In 2005, Midui Glacier was rated as one of the most beautiful glaciers in China. The main peak of Midui Glacier is 6800…

April 21, 2014 BY Kunga

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Colorful Salt Pans in SE Tibet

Colorful Salt Pans in SE Tibet

  Photo taken on Apr. 17, 2014 shows the vast areas of salt pans in Tsakhalho county, located in the southeast of Tibet with an average altitude of 2,400 meters. As a unique landscape in the world, the salt pan in Tsakhalho has become a tourist magnet. It has been developed as a nature reserve…

April 18, 2014 BY Kunga

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Thangka Exhibition Held in Tibet

Thangka Exhibition Held in Tibet

  Audiences watch a Thangka exhibition held in the Mass Art Center of Tibet in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, April 10, 2014. Themed as “artistic charm from fingertip“, the exhibition showcases over 30 pieces of Thangka works from more than 10 inheritors of Khentse genre, a major genre of Tibetan Thangka.

April 17, 2014 BY Kunga

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