DARMA FESTIVAL IN GYANTSE

<正>Stretching into the distance in Gyantse Valley the dark green barley ears stand heavily on the wide land,alongside golden rape flowers that attract beautiful butterflies to dance around them.On the way to Gyantse,bikes,carriages, motorcycles and tractors are carrying farmers and herdsmen from different towns to gather at the Darma grassland square.     

LUGU TIBETAN NOODLES

正For most people living in Lhasa,no matter what may be forgotten about their childhood,they always have clear memories about what foods and snacks they came across.What makes them so remarkable?Here,we shall see one of the fascinating local foods and snacks that used to pervade the area.     

加快推进西藏经济社会高质量发展

Keeping abreast of China's massive economic and open-door reform,the social productive forces of the Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR)have gradually started to match the same pace as other areas of the country.All ethnicities living in the region have been enjoying the ever-increasing achievements of an abundant modern civilization,and with fullscale assistance from both the central government as well as Chinese people nationwide,local residents have united as one to fight against poverty and backwardness.     

SALDRON,A WOMAN PUSHING FOR DREAMS

正In December,it is sunny but freezing in Lhasa.I met Saldron in a Western restaurant to the west of the Potala Palace.A pair of broad-brimmed glasses on her fair-skinned face and short slightly curled hair under a purplish blue hat,Saldron took a black pack on her back and looked like a free and casual college student.A Thankful Heart for Her Eleven Years of Study in the Mainland     

YANGJEN-THE FIRST TIBETAN FEMALE LAWYER

As the first group of Tibetan lawyers in Tibet and actually the first female lawyer,the first lawyer to open a collective law firm in Tibet and the first individual to open a private law consultation firm,Yangjen holds manyfirstin Tibetan law.     

WOODCARVING TECHNIQUE IN GONGTSE OF JAMDA COUNTY

<正>On June 14,2008,which was celebrated as National Heritage day,the Ministry of Culture formally issued a list of the second group of National Intangible Heritage items.Included amongst these were Pholo Gongtse's woodcarvings from Jamda County in Chamdo Prefecture. Examples of the woodcarving technique of Pholo Gongtse were chosen from 1,676 items and sponsored by Choskyi Tengpa Tsering,the 12th local chieftain and also the 6th ruling lama in Dege.During that period,areas like Dege,Palyul and Jamda County were under the control of the ruling lama of Dege.Enforced by the prevailing Buddhist faith,the woodcarving technique for