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• Panchen Lama Prays for Yunnan Quake Victims

  The 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, has led a sutra-chanting ritual praying for victims of last Sunday's Yunnan earthquake, in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

• Travel Tips for Lhasa Shoton Festival

  The Shoton Festival is second only to the Tibetan New Year round the year. Literally translated, it means "yogurt tasting" festival in the Tibetan Language. In May, 2006, it was inscribed on the Chinese intangible cultural heritage list.

• Tibet's Intangible Heritage Well-protected, Says Official

  The Chinese government's efforts to preserve intangible heritage in Tibet and other ethnic regions have proven effective, said sources at the first Tibet development forum Wednesday.

• Tibet's Rapid Development Surprises Foreign Representatives

  The 2014 Forum on the Development of Tibet held in Lhasa attracted more than 100 representatives from home and abroad. Among them, most foreign representatives have never been to Tibet before. They are very delighted and expressed thanks for being invited to Tibet to see its true face.

• Daocheng-Chongqing Flight Is Opened

  On June 28 at 08:05, 59 passengers on Flight No. 3U8743 of Sichuan Airlines safely arrived at Daocheng Yading Airport, marking the success of maiden flight from Chongqing to Daocheng and the successful opening of the second airline of Daocheng. It is learned that in 2014 Daocheng will open the...

• Overall Plans for Heizhu Valley Was Approved

  As a National 4A scenic spot, Heizhu Valley, mysterious and dangerous, accepts no travel agents due to its limited reception force. But this condition would be improved. On December 20, Overall Plans for Heizhu Valley Scenic Spot (Revision) (2013-2025) was approved by Sichuan Provincial...

• Qiang People Celebrated Russian Fa Qiang Festival

  In recent days, a traditional folk festival, Russian Fa Qiang of Qiang people, was celebrated at Mao County, Sichuan Province, which is also the largest Qiang agglomeration in China. Russian Fa Qiang Festival, also called the Song Celestial Being Festival, is celebrated by Qiang People from May 3...

• Luogan Temple, a Ghost Town in South Sichuan

  In a secluded mountain forest of Laoweng Township, Changning County, Yibin City, there is a slightly dilapidated temple which seemed solemn and mysterious nestled in the pines. This temple, called Luogan Temple, was once well known in southwest China. Local people called it as South Sichuan Ghost...

• Qing Dynasty Stone Bridge Still Worked at Nanbu, Sichuan China

  There was a stone bridge at the junction of Zhaobaiwan Village and Liujiaxiang Village of Xiaoyuan Suncounty, Nanbu County, named Baxian Bridge, which was once the necessary bridge in the official road from Chengdu to Langzhong.

• Crafted & Exquisite Tongjiang Stone Carving in Sichuan China

  Simple in style, strongly contrasted in colors, bold and exaggerated in shape, lifelike in form and spirit, these are all characteristics of Tongjiang stone curving. In 2009, Tongjiang stone curving was enlisted in the List of Second Batch of Sichuan Province Intangible Cultural Heritage,...