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Thangka paintings on Tibetan medicine on display

Eighty thangka paintings that illustrate the Four Medical Tantras are on permanent display at Beijing's National Museum of China. The paintings are based on Tibetan medicine featured in 156 chapters of the Four Medical Tantras, a tome by Yuthok Yonten Gonpo who developed Tibetan medicine 1,300 years ago. They provide an easy …

"Zero-carbon" heating, electricity project in Tibet readied

LHASA, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- With the successful electrification of a 110-kV booster station in Tibet's Ngari Prefecture, the local "zero-carbon" solar photovoltaic energy storage project has been readied to further enhance the supply capacity of clean energy in the autonomous region. Upon completion, the project is expected to provide an average ...

Tibetan-style dance performed on Asian Culture Carnival

2019/05/23 China Tibet Online. A kind of Tibetan-style dance "Duixie" was performed by a farmers' art troupe from Lhatse County, Shigatse City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region,on the opening ceremony of Asian Culture Carnival on the evening of May 15. It is known that Lhatse County is home to "Duixie" dance. The folk dance art ...

Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau yak culture on display in Beijing

An exhibition based on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau yak culture opened at the Capital Museum in Beijing on Dec 15, 2016, showcasing 500 items related to yak, including specimens, article of daily use, and artworks. Yak was the first creature to be domesticated by the Tibetan people and has lived in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau since ancient times.

Société Multinationale de Bitumes

Créée en mars 1976 à l'initiative du Gouvernement Ivoirien, la Société Multinationale de Bitumes (SMB), spécialisée dans la Production, le Stockage et la Commercialisation de bitumes routiers, a...

Tibet's Path of Development Is Driven by an Irresistible …

The Tibetan separatists' disruption of the Beijing Olympic Games exposed their hollow image of "non-violence." In May 2007, the Tibetan independence forces and the international anti-China forces held the Fifth International Campaign for Tibet in Brussels. It was attended by Samten, leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

What Makes Tibet the Ultimate Travel Destination in Asia?

Every mountain and lake in Tibet is holy, but for the ultimate in sacred lake destinations, the Great Three Sacred Lakes of Tibet – Lake Manasarovar, Lake Yamdrok, and Lake Namtso – are amazing places to visit. Three huge lakes on the world's highest plateau, with altitudes all above 4,000 meters, these stunning lakes are among the most ...

Landscape of earth forest in Tibet

Landscape of earth forest in Tibet. 2020/07/28 Xinhua. Photo taken on July 26, 2020 shows the landscape of earth forest in Zanda County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Zanda is famous for the unique landscape of earth forest where lie the ruins of the palace of the Gurge Kingdom dating back to the 9th …

Tibetan snooker

Tibetan snooker. Time： 15:46:50 Source：ChinaTibetOnline. On July 12, the 12th Games of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Fourth Traditional Sports Games were undergoing in the region's capital city Lhasa. Gyiren is one of the competitions: its rules are similar to snooker, therefore people call this century-old folk game ...

Tibet to invest 13.7b yuan to improve people's well-being

A harvester operates in a highland barley field in Rasog Township of Gyangze county, Xigaze, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, Sept 19, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] LHASA -- Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region has announced plans to invest 13.7 billion yuan (about $1.99 billion) this year in initiatives aimed at improving …

Tibet University holds event to celebrate 70th anniversary of …

Tibet University holds event to celebrate 70th anniversary of PRC founding in Lhasa. 2019/09/16 Xinhua. Students perform during an event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at Tibet University in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Jigme …

On Top of the World: 60 Years of Transformation in Tibet

Tsering Yangdzom grew up in Lhasa. Thanks to substantial improvement of educational facilities after the peaceful liberation of Tibet, she had access to quality education from primary school to college. She once worked as a teacher at Tibet University. In 1988, she joined CTRC and became Khar's colleague.

New Tibet, the rising "Roof of the World"

Invited by Xinhua's China Chat show, Blair and Rein spent a week in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on a fact-finding mission to acquire firsthand experience of the lives of everyday Tibetans, local socioeconomic development, and the real face of new Tibet, possibly one of the most misunderstood places in the world.

Five Interesting Facts about Tibet

Tibetan Population. Despite being the second largest province in China (Xinjiang is the largest), Tibet has the lowest density of population in the entire country. With a land area of 1.228 million km2, Tibet actually covers around 12.8% of the total area of China, but has an average of only two people per square kilometer. ...

Folk proverbs reflect vicissitudes from both the old and new Tibet

Daqiong, a scholar from the Tibet Academy of Social Sciences says "Honey is fragrant and sweet, yet what is vivid are proverbs". Looking back over a half of century in Tibet, the 74 year-old Geliequta used the following proverb to describe the spirit of the old Tibet "Although all life originated from parents, our body is born unto the ...

Yak: the soul of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

It quenches thirst, keeps stomachs full, and helps with digestion. Yaks are also a means of transport on the plateau, the use of which can be traced more than 2,000 years ago. A piece of a yak saddle was found at the Shangshung site in Ngari, Tibet. For more than 2,000 years, the yak has carried nomads' belongings and roamed all over.

The global impact of environmental protection on Qinghai-Tibet …

Shen Yongping, a researcher at the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, noted that in recent years the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has faced challenges such as reduced ecosystem stability and escalating pressure on resources and the environment due to climate change and increased human activities ...

Tradition and fashion for Tibetan ' clothing during Losar

Feb. 9 is the first day of Losar (Tibetan New Year) and seven-year-old Yangjen and her sister Dekyi wake up early. The sisters, who live in Lhasa's Bahelin Community, are celebrating Losar in accordance with Tibetan customs by wearing new clothes. Yangjen puts on the Tibetan robe made a few days ago on Lhasa's Beijing …

China issues white paper on democratic reform, achievements in Tibet

In 2018, Tibet's GDP was 147.76 billion yuan (22 billion U.S. dollars), soaring from the 1959 figure of 174 million yuan. Before democratic reform the serfs had little food and scanty clothing; immediately after democratic reform began, their living conditions started to improve. In 2018, the average per capita disposal income of urban ...

New books explain history of Tibet

New books explain history of Tibet. 2019/11/05 Xinhua. A newly published set of books in 12 volumes records the governing of Tibet by the central government the Yuan (1271-1368) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, and shows that Tibet has been an integral part of China since ancient times, researchers and experts said.

Chinese researchers unravel how Qinghai-Tibet Plateau rose …

Chinese researchers unravel how Qinghai-Tibet Plateau rose to its height. Time： 10:51:46 Source：Xinhua. BEIJING -- Chinese geologists revealed when and how the Central Tibetan Valley elevated from a low valley into its current soaring height, providing new clues to the formation of the roof of the world. The study published ...

Wildlife protection in Tibet continues to thrive

LHASA, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China has become an ideal habitat for wild animals over the years amid the region's thriving biodiversity protection endeavors. With people giving more living space to wildlife, the relationship between human and nature is getting increasingly harmonious in Tibet, said …

What to do in Losar

The Tibetan New Year, or Loasr, is the most important festival for Tibetans and people of the Tibetan-inhabited areas. "Chemar", a rectangular box containing zanba (roasted highland barley flour) decorated with wheat ears is an auspicious Tibetan decoration to pray for good harvest and good luck in the Tibetan New Year, which falls …

Khapse, Tibetan traditional food

"Khapse" is an indispensable food of Tibetan traditional festivals---Tibetan dim sum. It is a kind of fried food which is made of white flour, yak butter, milk, sugar and other raw materials, with a variety of forms like ear, butterfly, bar, square and circle, etc., and is an essential in Tibetan family to greet Losar. ...

Tibet: An Integral Part of China -- Beijing Review

Chinese Territory Since 13th Century. The chaos in Tibet was brought to an end and unity was achieved when Mongko, Emperor Hsien Tsung of the Yuan dynasty, sent an army to Tibet in 1253. Tibet was then incorporated into the Yuan Empire, and it has been a part of the territory of China ever since. The political and religious systems were ...

How to Travel to Tibet the Right Way

Firstly, you need to have a wide variety of travel documents to enter Tibet, many of which can take some time to obtain. In the first place, you will need to have a Chinese Entry Visa (or Chinese Group Visa for those entering from Nepal), which can take around 3-5 days to process with an Embassy of the People's Republic of China.

Seventy years after its peaceful liberation, Tibet takes on a …

[Xinhua/Jigme Dorge] On 23 May 1951, the 17-Article Agreement on measures for the peaceful liberation of Tibet was signed between representatives of the Central People's Government and the local government of Tibet, an event that marked the peaceful liberation of the region.

Sino-Tibetan language family originates 7,200 years ago in …

2019/05/10 Xinhua. French and German scientists found that the Sino-Tibetan language family, including Chinese and Burmese, originates about 7,200 years ago in North China. This language family, one of the most diverse language families with more than 400 modern languages and spoken by about 1.5 billion speakers, originates among millet farmers ...

Sichuan to Tibet Travel Guide: Getting to Lhasa from Chengdu

The trains depart every other day, and take around 36 hours to make the journey to Lhasa. The route of the train is not direct, and it travels through Lanzhou, Xining, Golmud, and Nagqu to get to the Tibetan capital, 3,360 kilometers from the start point in Chengdu. However, there is a straighter route to Lhasa from Chengdu currently under ...

Multiple factors affect oxygen levels on Qinghai-Tibet …

XINING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Altitude, vegetation and temperature collectively contribute to the variation in oxygen concentration on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Chinese researchers have found. The finding has challenged a view long held by researchers from home and abroad that altitude is the only factor that determines oxygen levels worldwide.

Travel to Tibet: Q&A

A: May to October is the best season in Tibet, since it is comfortably warm but not scorching. However, this is also the peak season for Tibet tourism, and there are many travelers and travel costs are also high. From November to the following April it's relatively cold, but the sun makes things warmer during daylight hours.

US won't gain anything by using Tibet issue

Washington ignores Tibet's development. In hyping up the "human rights" issue in Tibet, the US Congress has turned a blind eye to the Chinese central government's policies for governing Tibet and the remarkable developments in the region. It is trying to instill in the Tibetan people a false sense of dissatisfaction with the Party and the ...

Full Text: Tibet Since 1951: Liberation, Development and

A brand new socialist Tibet has taken shape. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Tibet's peaceful liberation, we are publishing this white paper to review Tibet's history and achievements, and present a true and panoramic picture of the new socialist Tibet.