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• Lhasa's Old Town Apply for World Cultural Heritage in July

  The old town of Lhasa is being applied to be a world heritage site, and the drafting of application and planning of the site conservation and management are expected to be completed in July.

• Tibetan Buddhism Air in Serthar, Sichuan China

  Serthar, "Seda" in Chinese, is a Tibetan pasturing area located in the southeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Ganzi Tibet Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. It features with capacious grassland, lakes, rivers and Tibetan atmosphere in the plateau with an elevation...

• Tibetan Town Captures Photos of Their "Panda Deity"

  A Tibetan town in southwest China known for panda worship and a "panda dance" said hidden cameras had recorded a wild panda there for the first time.

• China Chengdu Hosts Global Aviation Conference & Exhibition

  The Airport Cities World Conference and Exhibition 2015, one of the world's most influential civil aviation meetings, began on Wednesday in Chengdu, the capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province.

• Sichuan Chengdu to Build Second Airport in SW China

  CHENGDU - The southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu is to build a second airport to meet the growing air travel demand. Construction is likely to start by the end of this year, said Zhou Laizhen, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), on Thursday.

• Couple in Their 90's Holds Platinum Wedding Ceremony in Sichuan

  A 94-year-old retired solider Yan Zhengming held a wedding ceremony after 70 years' of being married to his 90-year-old wife Zhou Suqing in a village in Southwest China's Sichuan province on May 15, 2015.

• Chengdu Girls Attend Chinese Traditional Hair-pinning Ceremony

  A hair-pinning ceremony was held at Du Fu’s thatched cottage – home of famous Tang dynasty (AD 618-907) poet, Du Fu – in Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan province on May 4.

• Sutra Streamers Flying over Namsto Lake Tibet China

  Sutra streamer is one of the characteristic scenery on the plateau of Tibet that is distinctive from that of other areas in China. The little flag with scripture and other religious semiosis on it is said to be a bond between human and God, and can be seen everywhere in China's Tibetan-inhabited...

• China's Tibet Sends Nepal 6 mln Yuan in Earthquake Relief Supplies

  On the morning of May 12th, 33 trucks loaded with disaster relief supplies departed from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, were heading towards Ba'er Qiake County in northern Nepal. This is the first time that Tibet has sent relief supplies to Nepal overland.

• "Tho Ram Pa" Tibetan Buddhism Degree Exam Opens in Beijing

  holding a sutras debating test for the 11th "Tho Ram Pa" advanced degree of Tibetan Buddhism in Xihuang Temple, Beijing, capital of China. The sutras debating test is said to last for five days. Lamas will be awarded the "Tho Ram Pa" advanced degree after passing the...