07/25/07 Tasty Tibetan food...In Tibet...

Tibetan food

Tibetan food is the traditional food in Tibet and it cannot be ignored for Tibet-entry tourists. Burned lamb, beef, Zanba, buttered tea and highland barley wine are the representative Tibetan food. Tibetan food tastes plain and mild, which reflects the trend of catering culture. Tibetan food might not be suitable for tourists as everyday food. Hence, they can take Tibetan food in selective way.

 New products added to green food in Tibet

Another two agricultural products are authorised as green agricultural products by Ministry of Agriculture: Gyangze garlic and pork produced by Nyang River Breeding Co.Ltd. It's the first time to authorize pork in Tibet, which fill the blank of fine breed livestock products authentication in Tibet.

To further promote the "Green food movement" in Tibet, Tibet has combined products location authentication with products authentication together, which takes positive effect on building up plateau brands and enhancing Tibet's agricultural products competitive edge.

 

Wind-horse flag

When a traveler sees flags of various colors, shapes and designs blowing in the wind on high mountain passes and roof-tops or above rapids in mountain streams, bridges and monasteries, they know they are somewhere near a Tibetan. The Prayer Flag, or Wind-Horse Flag, can be seen hanging throughout the Tibetan Plateau and indeed, anywhere Tibetans live, such as Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan provinces as well as in countries neighboring Tibet: Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan. These flags, "Lung Ta" in Tibetan, are called "prayer flags" or "wind-horse flags," a literal translation of "Lung Ta": "Lung" meaning wind and "Tu" referring to horse in Tibetan. Wind horse of the early stages referred to fleeces hung on the trees or brushwood. Nowadays, the skeleton heads of flocks and herds can still be found among the Mani piles. In the mind of the Tibetans, wind horse refers to mankind's destiny and fortune, and in some special cases it points to the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. held by the ancients to compose the entire physical universe, and later used in traditional Chinese medicine to explain various physiological phenomena). If a wind-horse flag is placed at the convergence of nimbus, the symbols on it will create an offering or prayer, which the wind distributes to the world every time it brushes against the flag. This is believed to be useful for the realization of a person's dreams. Just like any other art form in Tibet, the creation and distribution of prayer flags is promoted by its religious motif, and at the same time, acts as a medium for religious followers to communicate with the world of spirituality and divinity. Passionate summer, fascinating plateau     Residents are performing Gorchom circle dance, photo from Xinhua, July 20. Actress and actors are showing unique Tibetan clothing, photo from Xinhua, July 20. The opening ceremony of the 2nd Tourist Culture & Art Festival of Chengguan District in Lhasa, Tibet was held on July 20. Lhasa residents and tourists from home and abroad are attracted by unique Tibetan clothing, Tibetan handwriting contest, highland barley wine competition, etc.