Significant cultural discoveries have been made in Maldrogungkar county in Lhasa, capital of the Xizang autonomous region, with 54 cultural relic sites identified since 2012 comprising ancient ruins and buildings, tombs, grotto temples and stone carvings, according to the regional cultural heritage bureau.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism released a new group of 325 national intangible cultural heritage items on June 10 in Beijing, increasing the list established in 2006 to 1,557 items.
LHASA - Tibetan Opera finally had the chance to stun audiences at the China Theatre Festival that closed in East China's Fuzhou in November, 10 years after it was inscribed in the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list.
Tibetan opera, the most popular traditional opera of minority ethnic groups in China, is a comprehensive art combining folk song, dance, storytelling, chant, acrobatics and religious performance.
LHASA - Over 18,000 precious ancient books written in the Tibetan language have been filed for future study and protection as part of a decade-long general survey in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region.
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region has witnessed sustainable development with its cultural relic preservation work over the past 60 years, according to the region's bureau of cultural relics on Monday.