In Tibet: The cultural treasures that make Tibet a rare gem

When someone speaks of Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet, what comes to your mIndex.html" target="_blank">Ind first? Probably miles of snow-covered plateau under the azure sky, colorful prayer flags stretchIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing across the temples, villages and mountaIndex.html" target="_blank">Ins, divIndex.html" target="_blank">Ine chantIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing of the Index.html" target="_blank">Tibetan Buddhists from temple to temple, or the diverse Index.html" target="_blank">cultural items tIndex.html" target="_blank">Inged with local scents…

Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet has provided us with precious deposits of Index.html" target="_blank">cultural treasures, which, after decades of exploration, is regaIndex.html" target="_blank">InIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing its glitz.

Index.html" target="_blank">In 2018, the Index.html" target="_blank">Tibetan medical bathIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing was enlisted Index.html" target="_blank">In the World Index.html" target="_blank">Intangible Index.html" target="_blank">cultural Heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Index.html" target="_blank">cultural Organization (UNESCO), brIndex.html" target="_blank">IngIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing the piece of land and the wisdom of the residents there to the world once agaIndex.html" target="_blank">In.

Folk artists perform "Epic of KIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing Gesar" on stage. /VCG Photo

Besides the ancient therapy, two other Index.html" target="_blank">cultural items that origIndex.html" target="_blank">Inated from Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet has also been enlisted: the Index.html" target="_blank">Tibetan Opera and the Epic of KIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing Gesar. They are only a small piece of the Index.html" target="_blank">cultural treasures on the plateau.

Index.html" target="_blank">In order to preserve the Index.html" target="_blank">cultural relics Index.html" target="_blank">In the area, startIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing Index.html" target="_blank">In 2016, the local government of the Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet Autonomous Region built the Museum for Index.html" target="_blank">Intangible Index.html" target="_blank">cultural Heritage which was completed on May 18, 2018.

Today, Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet has at least 89 projects enlisted as the national Index.html" target="_blank">Intangible Index.html" target="_blank">cultural heritage, with 68 designated Index.html" target="_blank">Inheritors. The projects of the autonomous-region level have mounted to 323, with 350 Index.html" target="_blank">Inheritors, and the numbers of city- and county-level projects are 487 and 1,364, with Index.html" target="_blank">Inheritors up to 254 and 425, respectively.

The Museum of Index.html" target="_blank">Intangible Index.html" target="_blank">cultural Heritage Index.html" target="_blank">In Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet. /VCG Photo

Both the governments of the country and the autonomous region have made huge Index.html" target="_blank">Investments Index.html" target="_blank">In preservIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing the culture from dyIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing out. SIndex.html" target="_blank">Ince Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet launched its project on protectIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing the Index.html" target="_blank">Intangible Index.html" target="_blank">cultural heritage Index.html" target="_blank">In 2006, at least 300 million yuan (44.8 million U.S. dollars) have been Index.html" target="_blank">Invested Index.html" target="_blank">In the project, 195 million yuan (29.06 million U.S. dollars) of which from the central government.

And the local government has put Index.html" target="_blank">In at least 15 million yuan (2.24 million U.S. dollars) Index.html" target="_blank">In protectIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing Index.html" target="_blank">Tibetan Opera and the Epic of KIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing Gesar.

StartIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing Index.html" target="_blank">In 2013, the local government has recorded a total of 27 hours of Gesar artists' ballads, and another 70 hours of the northern Index.html" target="_blank">Tibetan Gesar artists' ballads. The number of civil Index.html" target="_blank">Tibetan opera troupes grew from less than 50 to 143 Index.html" target="_blank">In 2018.

Legislation is also an Index.html" target="_blank">Indispensable part. As early as 2005, the local government issued Index.html" target="_blank">Instructions to protect the Index.html" target="_blank">Intangible Index.html" target="_blank">cultural heritage, while Index.html" target="_blank">In 2014, the first local law on their protection took effect, makIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet the 14th provIndex.html" target="_blank">Incial-level area to have such laws.

ShIndex.html" target="_blank">InIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing the Buddha at Drepung Monastery Index.html" target="_blank">In Lhasa, Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet. /VCG Photo

Meanwhile, as a region where religion plays a critical role, the rise and prosperity of the Index.html" target="_blank">cultural resources could also be owed to the pervasiveness of Lamaism and the harmonious environment which breeds it.

AccordIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing to a XIndex.html" target="_blank">Inhua report Index.html" target="_blank">In 2018, the Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet Autonomous Region has around 1,780 temples or sites where religious activities are carried out regularly, as well as more than 46,000 registered monks and nuns. Alongside Lamaism, other religions exist Index.html" target="_blank">In the region, Index.html" target="_blank">IncludIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing Islam and Catholicism.

Large-scale religious activities, such as Kora around holy mountaIndex.html" target="_blank">Ins and rivers, Saga Dawa Festival, Shoton Festival, and ShIndex.html" target="_blank">InIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing the Buddha are all practiced, protected and Index.html" target="_blank">Inherited, addIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing charm to the roof of the world.

A Tangka paIndex.html" target="_blank">IntIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing on display Index.html" target="_blank">In Lhasa. /VCG Photo‍

Latest figure shows that more than 30 million tourists visited Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet Index.html" target="_blank">In 2018, up 31.5 percent year on year. The number is expected to exceed 40 million Index.html" target="_blank">In 2019. An Index.html" target="_blank">IncreasIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing number of tourists prefer to spend the festival there, experiencIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing the local culture and atmosphere of a real Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet rather than just takIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing some pictures and endIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing up with “havIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing been there.”

And all the efforts Index.html" target="_blank">In Index.html" target="_blank">cultural protection and promotion were well paid back. The most obvious achievement is that many Index.html" target="_blank">Tibetan Index.html" target="_blank">cultural items, such as Tangka paIndex.html" target="_blank">IntIndex.html" target="_blank">Ings, Index.html" target="_blank">Tibetan Opera, medicIndex.html" target="_blank">Ine, Index.html" target="_blank">Incenses and the Gesar ballads, have been known by more people, nationwide and worldwide.

Index.html" target="_blank">In 2015, the output value of the culture-related Index.html" target="_blank">Industry exceeded three billion yuan (450 million U.S. dollars), for the first time, a breakthrough for the region. Index.html" target="_blank">In 2016, the amount was 3.45 billion yuan (510 million U.S. dollars), and culture has been gradually growIndex.html" target="_blank">Ing Index.html" target="_blank">Into a pillar Index.html" target="_blank">Industry Index.html" target="_blank">In Index.html" target="_blank">Tibet.

(Video edited by Wang Baozhu, cover image designed by Gao Hongmei)