New fonts give Tibetans texting options
The Qomolangma-Horyig font, a popular typeface among the Qomolangma Tibetan fonts, was once reserved for seals of imperial families and living Buddhas. [Photo/CHINA DAILY] release brand- ..
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First online New Year’s Gala features 2016 Tibetan grassroots singers
The first online Tibetan New Year’s Gala started on Jan. 12 with 2016 local performers invited to sing together, China Tibet News reported. According the Director of Gala, this year&rsq ..
Lhasa holds a series of New Year culture activities
Photo taken on Jan. 10 shows the Tibetan intangible cultural heritage performance in Lhasa’s Dzongyab Lukhang Park.[Photo/Xinhua] cul ..
Year of Monkey culture exhibition opens in Lhasa
Inheritor of Tibet clay-making skills showcases his work "Golden monkey offering a peach"[Photo/China news] The "2016 Year the Monkey Culture Exhibition" opened in Lhasa on Jan. 10, ..
New standards for Hada making, offering required in Tibet
Tibet will be looking to the public for suggestions on Hada making and offering standards this month, Business Daily reported. Setting local is one o ..
Ancient Cagar Monastery in China's Tibet
Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2016 shows a Buddha in Cagar Monastery the mountain Gyirong Township of County, Shigatse City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. ..
Tibetan painter: Upholding ethnic features without clinging to tradition
Tibetan painter Nyima Tsering was awarded the prize of "2015 Chinese Cultural Figures" in Xi’an on Jan. 6, China News reported. Having experimented with oil painting, printm ..
Ascent of sacred mountains acts as a new form of worship
Tsering Tandar hangs Buddhist prayer flags on a 6,200-meter peak in Tibet 2009. [Photo/China Daily] Most Tibetans regard high, snow-capped mountains as sacred and they have long tradition of ..
Tibet’s 10 intangible cultural heritage inheritors' skills recorded
Lhasa Nangma Dance[Photo/China Tibet News] Recently, the skills of ten national-level intangible cultural heritage representative inheritors were recorded, China News re ..
China sets up database for Tibetan medicine books
China's largest database for ancient Tibetan medicine books has been set up in northwest Qinghai Province, according to the provincial research institute. Th ..
Unique ancient musical scores found in Tibet
Historians scouring the ruins of a Tibetan monastery have found 30 ancient manuscripts, including one detailing kind musical score never seen before. The dating from 13th to 18t ..
Professionals trained for intangible cultural assets protection in Tibet
One hundred and twenty professionals engaging in intangible cultural asset protection gathered on Nov.10th Lhasa to go through a week of specialty training. The training targets improvement th ..
Drama unfolds grand beauty of snow plateau
The large-scale song and dance drama Charming Tibet was staged at Shanghai Culture Square, xinmin.cn reported. created by the Song Dance Troupe five years ago. But in pas ..
Tibet to build Himalayan Mountaineering Culture Center
The executive meeting held by the People's Government of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) deliberated on Suggestions TAR Implementation Accelerating D ..
Tibet holds forum to preserve，develop architectural heritage
Recently, Tibet’s Architectural Heritage and Innovation Forum took place in Lhasa, the first forum of such kind held autonomousn region. More than 100 experts from culture, art archi ..
Tibet’s 1st Tsha Tsha exhibition center opens
Tibet’s first Tsha exhibition center opened in Lhasa on Oct. 15, 2015, People.cn reported. The has put display thousands of from different eras. oldest exhibit is t ..
Go grandmaster hopes vigorously develop Tibetan Go
"Tibetan Go is in fact closely connected with Chinese Go, both able to form a large pattern. I hope Tibetan be well developed and teenagers love Go," said C ..
First Mt. Qomolangma documentary premiered in Lhasa
The special premiere for China’s first documentary film about climbing MountQomolangma, "The Himalayan Ladder", was held at Yangbajain an altitude of 4,300 meters, on Oct.2. The ..
Artists rehearse Tibetan dance show "Dreams Come True" in Beijing
Artists rehearse Tibetan dance show "Dreams Come True" in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 28, 2015. The show, blending ethnic and international contemporary choreography, depicts the arduou ..
Khada: a cultural icon of Tibetan people (Ⅱ)
Photo shows the 11th Panchen Lama takes over khada presented to him by a lama, and give it back old monk. To present khadas rinpoches, one needs bend down even 90 degrees ho ..
Tibet cultural and ethical progress: initiation of new trend
Carrying out socialism with Chinese characteristics and the dream subject education, forming maintaining socialist core values, strengthening construction of civic virtues, building s ..
Tibetan Culture's Living Fossil -Tibetan Opera
Head of Cijiaolin, one the local Tibetan Opera troupes, is directing a rehearsal. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com] Named living fossil civilization, ..
Intangible Cultural Heritage in Tibet
On Aug. 20, 2009, pupils from Lhasa perform Tibetan opera in Potala Palace Square. [Photo/Xinhua] Cultural treasures such as the Shoton snow-covered plateau, Bangdian, Thangka, M ..
Ancient Tibetan Buddhism relics from Garze (Ⅲ)
Photo shows a statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, which was conferred to Gonzhi Rinpoche the abbot Bore Monastery by 5th Dalai Lama Ngawang Lozang Gyatso. [Photo/China Tibet Online] ..
Hollywood composer to internationalize Tibetan music
Yin Mei talks to the Tibetan dancers. (Photo provided by interviewees) Renowned Hollywood composer Klaus Badelt is seeking internationalize music combining original ..