Farming machines sow seeds of fortune in Tibet, China

STORY: Farming machines sow seeds of fortune in Tibet, China DATELINE: March 16, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the spring farming ceremony 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): YANGJEN ZHOIGAR, Party chief of Mondronggang Community 3 various of Basang 4 various of the spring farming ceremony 5 SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): BASANG, Farmer, Tibet STORYLINE: An annual spring farming ceremony was held in Shannan in Tibet, China on Wednesday. Farmers wearing Tibetan costumes drove their tractors decorated as cattle to attend the ceremony on the farmland in the Mondronggang Community of Changzhug Township. On the trails left by the machines, barley seeds were sown into the soil. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): YANGJEN ZHOIGAR, Party chief of Mondronggang Community Tibet's first plot of farmland is located in our community. We hold the spring farming ceremony here to pray for good weather for the crops and a bumper harvest. 64-year-old Basang's family has about 1.3 hectares of farmla

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(220316) -- LHASA, March 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers participate in a ceremony marking the start of spring farming in Changzhug Township of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2022. The annual spring farming ceremony was held in Tibet on Wednesday to pray for a bumper harvest of the year. (Xinhua/Zhang Rufeng)

(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(220316) -- LHASA, March 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers participate in a ceremony marking the start of spring farming in Changzhug Township of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2022. The annual spring farming ceremony was held in Tibet on Wednesday to pray for a bumper harvest of the year. (Xinhua/Zhang Rufeng)

(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(220316) -- LHASA, March 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers participate in a ceremony marking the start of spring farming in Changzhug Township of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2022. The annual spring farming ceremony was held in Tibet on Wednesday to pray for a bumper harvest of the year. (Xinhua/Zhang Rufeng)

(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-SPRING FARMING (CN)

(220316) -- LHASA, March 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers participate in a ceremony marking the start of spring farming in Changzhug Township of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2022. The annual spring farming ceremony was held in Tibet on Wednesday to pray for a bumper harvest of the year. (Xinhua/Zhang Rufeng)