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| Tibet tourism set to boom |
Snowscape of Shambhala Park in Shangri-La |
New Year's Day sees merry activities at Haigeng Park |
| The Tibet autonomous region received more than 40 million tourists from home and abroad in 2019, up 19 percent year-on-year. |
With the meadows roofs and tree branches whitened by snow, the plateau area of Shangri-La was turned into a wonder land. |
Apart from feeding the red-billed gulls that jubilantly flew for food, holiday goers were also seen taking helicopter tours, admiring the hill-lake sights, driving off-road vehicles, and more. |
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| Weishan old town: A leisure place for winter days |
Baima Snowy Mountain in Diqing, a stargazer's paradise |
Bird watching at the Napahai Lake in Shangri-La |
| On winter days, the old town in west Yunnan’s Weishan county is often bathed in the sunshine, which warms up tourists and locals alike. |
With no artificial light or noise, the forest is dark and quiet – with the Milky Way appearing to form a bridge across the snowy mountain scenery. |
Recent online pictures show the seasonal winter bird-watching is going on at the Napahai Lake in Shangri-La, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. |
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| Long-street feast set up in Yuanyang for Angmatu Festival |
Movie on Tibetan opera released |
Long-table feast held in Shangri-La for new year |
| A long-street feast was set up on January 12 in south Yunnan’s Yuanyang County for the traditional Angmatu Festival of the Hani ethnic group. |
The production of the movie took three years, and all the actors and actresses were amateurs, which made the movie more real, according to the Tibetan director. |
A long-table feast was held on December 31 in the Dukezong old town of Shangri-La City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, for the upcoming New Year’s Day. |
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| New Year concert held in Lhasa, China's Tibet |
Adventure travel grows in popularity among Chinese |
Ancient yoga thrives in Tibet |
| A New Year concert was held in Lhasa, capital city of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 29, 2019. |
Climbing, skydiving and paragliding are sources of wonder for 64-year-old Ding Zhendong, a retired editor from North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. |
In China, mainstream yoga has long been known as a set of health-preserving practices imported from ancient India, and with a rapidly expanding global reach. |
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