Xuela Paper: Plant Fibres, Family Work and a New Generation
Papermaker Gesang Denzin’s workshop in Nyemo turns prepared roots into sheets, while notebooks, lamps and cultivation trials extend the craft’s possibilities.
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River Water and Incense Paste at Thonpa
In Nyemo’s Thunda village, watermills reveal how a local river enters the preparation of incense ingredients.
Shoton: Opera, Yoghurt and Time in the Garden
Lhasa’s summer festival connects a large religious image at Drepung with the more intimate pleasures of opera and picnics in planted grounds.
At Sera, Learning Takes the Form of an Argument
Standing questions, seated replies and the sound of a handclap give Sera’s debate court a visible rhythm rooted in study.
Namtso: One Lake across Two County Landscapes
Namtso lies between Damxung in Lhasa and Baingoin in Nagqu; its shores connect highland scenery with the everyday work of caring for a lake.
Pusong Woodcarving: A Family Skill Finds New Forms
In Nyemo, carvers apply inherited cutting skills to printing, decorative objects and customised designs, while training another generation.
White Palace, Red Palace: Reading the Potala
On Lhasa’s Red Mountain, the Potala joins ceremonial rooms, residences and religious spaces in a single stepped complex.
The Potala’s Painted Walls and Written Leaves
Murals, scroll paintings and palm-leaf manuscripts reveal another scale of the Potala, where architecture shelters fragile surfaces and recorded knowledge.
Why the Potala Belongs to Lhasa’s Valley
UNESCO places the Potala at 3,700 metres on Red Mountain, where the White and Red Palaces rise above Lhasa’s broad valley.
Tibetan Opera: A Mask within a Larger Performance
Masks are one part of a theatrical form that joins a narrator, enacted drama, singing, dance and an audience gathered around a shared space.
A Garden Pavilion Becomes a Theatre at Norbulingka
Kangsong Silnon’s theatre story unfolds in Norbulingka, a 36-hectare garden residence organized around three principal palaces.
Norbulingka: A Palace Arranged as a Garden
Lhasa’s summer residence brings palace rooms, planted grounds, paths and performance spaces into a different rhythm from the Potala.