The Shoton Festival, which ended Monday in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, featured multiple displays of Tibetan culture, including opera performances and exhibitions of painted scrolls and Tibetan calligraphy.
This year's Shoton Festival in Lhasa, regional capital of Tibet, attracted a record-high 1.38 million tourists from home and abroad, government sources revealed Tuesday.
Tibet, with a population of more than three million, had 1.76 million Internet users and 2.26 million mobile phone users by the end of May, according to the regional communication management bureau.
Tibetans embraced the "Water Snake Losar" on Monday, which is New Year's Day in the Tibetan calendar. The Tibetan New Year this year is only one day apart from the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 10.
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