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A series of Tibet Outdoor Events will be held in 2017 according to Sports Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region Authority, including football, skiing, rock climbing, cycling …etc;

With its mountainous and high-altitude natural geographical base, mountaineering is the leading outdoor activity that Tibet has inceasingly carried out in the recent years; In addition to mountaineering, the others of rock climbing, cycling, trekking, marathon, skiing, and even kayaking are planned to be held in Tibet in this year.

With its mountainous and high-altitude natural geographical base, mountaineering is the leading outdoor activity that Tibet has inceasingly carried out in the recent years; In addition to mountaineering, the others of ock climbing, cycling, trekking, marathon, skiing, and even kayaking are planned to be held in Tibet in this year. The 15^th Mountaineering Conference will be continully held at Mount Lhoduye (6010m) in this fall. During this Conference, there will be a series of activities such as mass mountain-climbing and mountain-cycling.

Snow captured mountain, holy lakes, forests, vast grassland, all have made Tibet becoming an unique outdoor destination accross China

In the autumn of 2016, Tibet ancient tombs are found by 2 of the road builders accidently when they were working at the working site in Qundo of Nyingchi district; following the discovery, the archaeologists have found 13 tombs, which are estimated to be in the period from 1,800 to 2,700 years

According to the released information that two almost complete human skeletons were found in two tombs, while there are other human bones are found in other tombs. Also some sued items are found of which includes eight complete pottery, a millstone, three bronze arrowheads…etc;

“The 13 neawly found tombs will be helpful to study Tibetan funeral customs and human development in eastern Tibet ” said one archaeologists

Mount Everest Scenic Area resumes peak-season price since April 1^st. The full entrance fee is 180 Chinese Yuan, approximately US$ 28 or 25 euro per person.

The road from Tingri to Rongphuk is being built to be asphalt road. The electricity has been provided in Base camp area, and one Wireless communication station has been built in this small district that provides the mobile services;

One of the best seasons for viewing mount everest is from April to May every year, however, considering the huge temperature difference in this season, it is necessary for visitors to carry enough clothes in order to avoiding potential hurt by such huge temperature difference.

Lhasa Tsetang Express way is under building. By far, the building of Lhasa-Tsetang Express way is been running well. This project was activated from August 26^th, 2016. The length of this Express way is 47.46 kilometers with bidirectional four roadways. Its designed speed is 80 kilometers per hour. With the completion of this road, it will greatly facilitate the travel between Lhasa and Tsetang

La Long Tso westland is a national nature reserve located in Pelyul county. It situated in the source of Za La river, which is the main tributary of Jinsha river. Its size is of nearly 3,000 hectares, and with altitude drop of 1,047 meters.

It is the first Wetland Nature Reserve of Kanze (Garze) Tibetan Prefecture, and also the largest one in Sichuan Province with the highest elevation, the biggest altitude drop, also known as habitat for the black neck crane and other Rare animals and plants.

According to Lhasa Railway Station that the booking on the Lhasa & Shigatse Train are now bookable 30 days priror to departure. For the moment, there are 3 scheduled trains on this route, of which are: Z8801/2, Z8803/4, and Z9802

Following the national train department regulation of “Real-Name System” that the orignal copy of your ID or passprot is reuqired when purchasing the tickets;
The tickets can now be booked 30 days days priror to departure; and can be booked over phone;

The booking portal is open from 07:00am to 11:00pm every day Online OR by phone withg Number: 95105105 

2017 Tibet Airlines has a big change, new jet being purchased and used on the current flights, and there are 7 new airlines are about to be open, among of which 2 flights are from Lhasa, i.e: Lhasa–Xining-Qingdao & Lhasa-Lanzhou-Qingdao; One flight is from Nyingchi to Shenzhen with stop over Chongqing;

the other 4 new flights are Chengdu-Jinan, Kunming-Tianjin, Chongqing-Changsha, Guiyang-Lanzhou;

In addition to this 7 new flights, Tibet Airlines also addes up more flight on Chengdu / Sanya; or changing its aircraft from smaller one to larger one, i.e: The plane flying from Chengdu to Shanghai will be upgraded to a A330, which is much more comfortable than currently using jet;

The direct 3 hours flight from Lhasa to Shengzhen will be open soon,

The flight Nyingchi-Chengdu-Shengzhen will be amended to be Nyingchi-Chongqing-Shengzhen

Now passengers will have more choices on the traffic for entering Tibet

Rinbung Tibetan Opera Mask is one special type of Tibetan Monk Dance Mask and being made in Rinbung county, of which is administrated by Shigartse and situated in between Lhasa and Shigartse City. Rinbung in Tibetan means “Treasure”.

Tibetan opera is the traditional opera of Tibet, and it means Fairy in Tibetan. In Rinbung County, Tibetan opera is also called “Gyangkar Opera”, it is one of the three major Tibetan Opera School. According to Tibetan religious history that Tibetan Opera was created by a high-rank lama, whom is also Bridge Builder, called “Drupthok Thangthong Gyalpo” in 14^th century. The Tibetan religion is the main inspiration of Tibetan Opera. As of a result, the mask Dance is also the major performance at one event or holy ceremony.

One Tibetan Opera performance usually includes dancing, chanting, singing, and masks, which is quite similar as a religious performance with just little difference. On those masks, a pattern of Sun and Moon is on the top middle of the forehead. And the roles of Tibetan Opera can be Distinguished by the color of the mask, In general it is regarded that A red mask refers to the King, a green refers the queen; and a yellow one refers lama and deity, etc.