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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,…
The 11th Panchen Lama extended his greetings to all Tibetans at home and abroad on Saturday (March 2nd, 2014) the eve of the Tibetan New Year. “On the occasion of the Tibetan New Year of Wood Horse, the occasion of beginning and renewal, I would like to extend New Year greetings to all Tibetan…
Photo shows that a craftsman is making a golden ware in his workshop in Shigatse Prefecture, in late February, a few days before Losar, the traditional Tibetan New Year, which falls on March 2 this year. The metal wares are in great demand on the market for local residents as the Losar is just…
A job fair with about one thousand job opportunities will be held at 10 am, Feb 28 in Lhasa. It will be the first in Tibet after 2014 Spring Festival. Employers in this job fair are from various lines of business including hotels, supermarkets, real estate and auto sales. A total of 924 job…
Nyingchi, “throne of the sun” in Tibetan language, is located in the southeastern part of Tibet, where the Himalaya Mountains and Nyainqentanglha Mountains extend from west to east, like parallel huge dragons, to join the Hengduan Mountains in the east. Nyingchi, with a total area of 117,000 square km and a population of more than 140,000,…
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