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  • Efforts Made by the Central Government
    The Chinese Government has always attached importance to the protection of cultural relics in Tibet. In the Agreement Between the Central Government and the Local Government and the local Government of Tibet on the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet...
  • 18 Key Protection Units
    The Potala Palace was first built in the seventh century and was re-built into its present size in the early Qing Dynasty. Located in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, it is a magnificent building...
  • Rich, Colorful and Unique Cultural Relics
    Tibetan historical relics, as the crystallization of the labor and wisdom of the Tibetan people, are not only famous for their variety but also their distinctive local and ethnic flavors...
  • Major Archaeological Discoveries
    Thanks to the concern of the Central Government and the hard work of archeologists over the past 40 years, Tibet has made many significant archaeological discoveries, arousing worldwide interest and providing scientific information about Tibet¡¯s history...
  • China Invests Big to Protect Tibet's Cultural Relics
    The Chinese Government has attached great importance to preserving Tibet's historical and cultural heritages and has put heavy investments in Tibet's cultural relic protection...
  • Feature: Golden Roofs atop Potala Palace to Keep Out Visitors
    Visitors to the Potala Palace, a UNESCO world heritage site in Lhasa, will no longer have access to its golden roofs when the renovation project completed...
  • Repair Work of Holy Pagodas for Dalai Lamas Completed
    The repair work of the holy pagoda which holds the remains of Ngagwang Losang Gyaco, the Fifth Dalai Lama, has been completed at the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region...
  • Main Renovation of 3 Tibetan Cultural Relics Finished
    Main renovation of 3 Tibetan cultural relics has been finished, Potala Palace, Norbu Linka and Sagya Monastery now have been open to public with a new appearance, sources from State Cultural Relics Bureau...
  • Tibet Museum
    As Tibet's first museum in the modem sense, the museum of Tibet,situated at the southeastern comer of the Buddhist religious garden Norbulingka in Lhasa, was inaugurated in October 1999 on occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding the People's Republic of China ...
  • Potala Palace
    The Potala Palace is situated on a hill some 2 km northwest of Lhasa City, capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. It is a world-renowned architectural group of palace-fortress style and embodies the essence of Tibetan ancient architectural arts...
  • A Trove of Tibetan Treasures
    Hing Songtsen Gampo built Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa about 1,300 years ago. Numerous worshipers attended, and as time passed, they created a road around the monastery. It evolved into what has become Barkhor Bazaar...
  • Zongshan Mountain Site for Commemorating Anti-British Battle
    Zongshan castle was built in 967 and is the most perfectly protected castle in Tibet. Zong means castle and garrison in Tibetan language, once it is also the name of Tibetan county administration organization...
  • Holy Mountain, Sacred Lake--Lhoka
    Lhoka is the cultural birthplace of Tibetan national minorities. There are a lot of outstanding people born there. It has created magnificent and colorful culture. Lhoka has the multitudinous cultural relics, ancient books and the extremely rich traveling resources...
  • Primitive Stone Relics Found in Ngari
    Red, white, green, blue and black stone mosaics laid out to form a huge cross and a square have been found in Ngari, in the west of the Tibet Autonomous Region.The relics are thought to date back to the New Stone Age some 7,000 years ago...
  • Tubo Temple Relic Found in Namling
    A Tobo temple relic was founded in Ai Ma village of Namling County during a cultural investigation of Tibet Cultural Relic Department in recent days. The temple is called Jiecuo Lhakang which lies at Deqen village...
  • Tsahilhungpo Monastery, Station for Every Panchen
    Tsahilhungpo Monastery (Lucky Golconda in Tibetan language), locates east of Nyimari Mountain in west of Xigaze and is one of the four monasteries for Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism...
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