The Chinese government has poured nearly 800 million yuan (about $111.3 million) into various projects over the past 30 years to preserve the Potala Palace, a World Heritage site in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region.
The streets around the ancient Jokhang Temple and other monasteries in Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region, were crowded on Sunday as thousands of pilgrims arrived to visit the sites in celebration of the annual Pal Lhamo festival.
Flights to Singapore are scheduled to take off from Lhasa Gonggar International Airport on Dec 25, with more international and regional routes, to Hong Kong and other destinations, slated to take off early next year, according to the Xizang autonomous regional administration of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Several large-scale renovations on the Potala Palace — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — have been undertaken since the establishment of the Xizang autonomous region in 1965, and the governments have continued to invest heavily.
In the world's highest plateau region, the seeds of certain high-quality pasture grasses have been sourced from a place far higher than their growing altitude -- beyond the skies.
Nearly 1,000 thangka paintings have been cataloged, appraised, and scanned in high definition in the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region, since the palace began digitizing them in early March, said the Cultural Relics Research Office of the Potala Palace Management Office.
Three new rapeseed varieties developed by Northwest A&F University in Shaanxi province are undergoing trials to determine their ability to grow at high altitudes in the Xizang autonomous region.
