Tibetans have started to prepare for Losar, Tibetan New Year that falls on March 2 this year. The fairs and markets in Tibet’s Shigatse are full of people carrying sheep heads (an essential item for the New Year sacrifice) or Tibetan wooden boxes, and walking in a rush to pick various items for the…

  Nagri, located in northwest Tibet, is the “closest land to heaven”. On top of the world’s roof, this place welcomes its night at about 9pm. Tourists always get lost in the milk way at that moment, which is so pure and magnificent.

Tibetans in Lhasa have been preparing for the new year of both the Tibetan calendar and Chinese lunar calendar. Residents are immersed in purchasing New Year goods, including traditional decorations, clothing and other gifts, which enhances the happy atmosphere in Lhasa.

  On Jan. 24, the High-level Tibetan Buddhism College of China was holding interesting and fun activities to welcome and celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year. All the faculty and students took part in the games to wave goodbye to the past year and usher in the new. Kunden Soba has been a faculty member…

  60-year-old Namgo came to worship Buddha in Lhasa from the Ngapa Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. It has been her lifetime aspiration to pay homage to the holy Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, and Ramoche Temple in Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet. Now her dream has come true. Even though Namgo doesn’t…

  Namjagbarwa, meaning a spear piercing into the sky, is a cloud-kissing peak. Surrounded by clouds and mists, snuggled by the river and valley and clustered round by forest, Namjagbarwa is appraised as the most beautiful mountain in China. Located at Nyingchi Prefecture in the southeastern part of China’s Tibet, Namjagbarwa is the fifteenth highest…

  Colorful sutra streamers flutter above the Tanggula Mountains. Located in the northeastern part of Tibet and on the border of Qinghai Province, Tanggula Mountains, meaning “mountain in highland” in Tibetan language, has an average height of 6,000 meters.

  In 2013, Tibet saw 13 million tourists, 20 percent higher than that in 2012. Tibet seeks to build a world famous tourist destination in recent years. In a bid to level up the reception capability, Tibet has stepped up with infrastructure construction represented by facelift of the old city of Lhasa. Meanwhile, winter tourism…

  With an elevation of 4,718 meters and a surface area of approximately 1,920 square kilometers, Namtso is the biggest lake in Tibet and also the second largest salt lake in China. Namtso Lake is a world of blue. Those who live in Namtso have the largest vocabulary of blue, just like the Inuit people…

  A series of Tibetan language trainings were held in the library of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region recently to popularize the knowledge of Tibetan culture. The trainings last for two months with the total teaching time of 112 hours, which focus on the basic knowledge of Tibetan grammar and Shabdavidya Shastra, a treatise on…