(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-MT. QOMOLANGMA-HERDSMAN (CN)

(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-MT. QOMOLANGMA-HERDSMAN (CN)

(230522) -- LHASA, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A herdsman feeds yaks in Zangpu Village of Zhaxizom Township, Tingri County, Xigaze City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 20, 2023. Due to the complicated natural conditions of the world's highest peak Mount Qomolangma, yak conveyance has become an essential means of transporting goods and materials for scientific expedition to Mt. Qomolangma. Herdsmen living in Zhaxizom Township of Tingri County, the nearest administrative township in China to Mt. Qomolangma, have been providing yak services to climbers in response to demand. The herdsmen's work of yak conveyance usually starts from walking the yaks onto the Mt. Qomolangma base camp at an altitude of 5,200 meters. Then they load these yaks with goods like oxygen cylinders and tents before heading for advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mt. Qomolangma. This year, Chinese scientists have started a scientific expedition to the Mt. Qomolangma region in southwest China's Tibet Autonomo

CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-TRADITIONAL WEDDING (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-TAXKORGAN-TRADITIONAL WEDDING (CN)

(230322) -- TAXKORGAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The wedding procession dances outside the home of the bride Gulihan Jrbli in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2023. In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, many young men and women prefer to get married in the spring season. Recently in Fumin Village, 25-year-old Gulihan Jrbli and her groom Mairmaitih Tirmur held a wedding after falling in love for more than three years. The ceremony was conducted according to traditional Tajik wedding custom, with relatives, friends and villagers singing and dancing to celebrate. As a national intangible cultural heritage, Tajik wedding custom has become a name card of cultural tourism in the county. Many tourists come to the weddings, sharing joy and happiness together. Gulihan's family used to live deep in the mountains. In 2018, her family moved to Fumin Village, formerly a part of a relocation site for poverty alleviation in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomo