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• Neolithic Painted Pottery Exhibited at Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum

  Chengdu locals can get close up and personal with Neolithic Chinese culture at a three-month painted pottery exhibition at Jinsha Site Museum.

• Potala Palace to Resume Peak Season Ticket Price in Tibet

  The Potala Palace management office has announced that starting from May 1, peak season ticket pricing will be in effect. The ticket price will change from the off season price of 100 yuan/person to 200 yuan/person.

• Sichuan Airlines and Chengdu Airlines Enlisted Among Top 20 in Punctuality Ratio

  Global Airlines Punctuality Ratio released by Civil Aviation Data Analysis in March that Sichuan Airlines and Chengdu Airlines whose headquarters are located in Chengdu are enlisted among the top 20 airlines with the highest flight punctuality ratio in Asia.

• Legend of Lhoba Ancestors in Mainling, Nyingchi Tibet

  The legend of Lhoba ancestors is an integral part of daily life for Lhoba people, a mirror of Lhoba community, and a state of existence of Lhoba folk life. As living textbooks of preciousness, the legend can be an informative reference for people to learn the development progress of Lhoba culture.

• World Tourist Spot Basum Lake in Tibet

  A tourist boat sails on the Basum Lake, 50 kilometers away from Gongbo'Gyamda of Nyingchi prefecture, southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, April 9, 2016. Basum Lake was listed by the World Tourist Organization as a world tourist spot in the 1990s.

• Eleven Monks Pass Highest Tibetan Buddhism Exam

  Eleven monks passed the annual debating exam and were accredited as Geshe Lharampas — Tibetan Buddhism's highest academic degree — at Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, on Sunday.

• Tibetan Buddhist Monks Taking a New Road to Enlightenment

  The 28-year-old native of Dege, a county in Sichuan province, was enthroned as a Living Buddha (a monk revered by his peers as the reincarnation of a spiritual leader) when he was 10, but the ceremony only marked the beginning of his journey.

• Digital Cultural Center Project Launched in Tibet

  In order to further enhance the ability of public cultural services, Tibet has formally launched the digital cultural center project currently, Xinhua reported.

• Tibet to Publish Dictionary on Traditional Farming Culture

  In order to rescue, excavate, and record farming culture, to better help people honor their hometowns, as well as to provide original research for studies of plateau farming culture, the Traditional Tibetan Farming Picture Dictionary will be published this month after two years of preparation.

• Emaciated White Horse Stranded in Mud Swamp in Tibet

  A white horse stranded in a swampland was rescued by men in Bomi county, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, on March 31, 2016.