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…

  When all nationalities of China are immersed in the celebration of the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, some Tibetan students of the Beijing Tibet Middle School still stay at school without families get-together. According to Li Shicheng, principle of the Beijing Tibet Middle School, nearly 500 Tibetan students chose to stay in…

  In Tibet, wedding ceremony is usually arranged during the slack season in farming. In some agricultural and pastoral areas, marriage for young men and women will general be followed as “parents’ wills and match-maker’s introduction”. When a young man takes a fancy to the a woman, he will invite a match-maker to take the…

  The Tibetans celebrated their traditional Fairy Festival, also known as the “Women’s Festival” in modern Tibet, when women treat themselves to go shopping, have magnificent food, and particularly, ask for money from men. The Fairy Festival is celebrated on Oct. 15 in the Tibetan calendar, when various kinds of religious activities are held. On…

  Padma Kunsang, 97, childless, smiles as a volunteer student shares a story with her. Living by her own in a remote village standing 4300 meters above sea level in Damxung County, Lhasa, Padma Kunsang is lonely yet reluctant to move out of her two-room mud house. Since the beginning of 2014, local community and…

  Tibet’s winter boasts warmth from the scorching sunlight which attracts a lot of birds to come and spend their winter. These little creatures keep dancing and fluttering here and there, making Tibet’s winter air full of liveliness.

  The intangible cultural heritages in Tibet will get legal protection soon, which will better promote the protection, preservation and inheritance of Tibetan culture. The draft of the law on the region’s intangible cultural heritages is being modified and improved, and will be officially issued in the first half of this year.