From arts and crafts to knowledge and skills, China's intangible cultural heritage is invaluably embedded in its ethnic communities. This series looks at the latest efforts to preserve and promote the country's inherited traditions and living expressions.
Tibetans stocked with tents, towels, snacks and beer bathed in rivers in the suburbs of Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, over the last seven days in observance of the annual Bathing Week.
Dressed in leggings, Tsering Palmo bent down, and twisted her body into a compact shape. Then, she hopped forward like a frog on a yoga mat in her studio, which overlooks a mosaic of diners and milk tea houses dotting the bustling streets of Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region.
In the Tibet autonomous region, 34-year-old Lhamo Tsering, a resident of Lhasa, was suffering. It was 2014, and she had just given birth. Painful, numbing arthritis followed, affecting her entire body.
The rare discovery of a group of wild leopards was made by Chinese researchers in Lhorong county, Tibet autonomous region, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration said recently.
A conference was held at the Tibet College of Buddhism in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, on Friday, to mark the 10th anniversary of the founding of the college.
Summer arrives late and leaves early in Phumachangthang, China's highest town, at an altitude of 5,373 meters in the Tibet autonomous region－200 meters higher than the base camp for Qomolangma, or Mount Everest.
