Perhaps the most representative artifacts are Kongpo bixiu arrows drilled with holes, so they whistle as they whoosh through the air. Their 1,500-year legacy has endured and competitions remain ...

But the protest by about 30 monks at the sacred Jokhang Temple showed that Lhasa is anything but calm. "Tibet is not free! Tibet is not free!" yelled one young Buddhist monk, according to The ...

Barkhor Street is one big circular street that goes around Jokhang Temple and is filled to the brim with shops and stalls catering to those who want to take a little piece of Tibet home.

When Potala Palace was inscribed on the World Heritage List in December 1994, the Committee requested the Chinese authorities to consider the future extension of the World Heritage protected area to ...

In 2005, Qambalin was built by its first chief priest, now 84-year-old Eibin Morishita, and modeled after the Jokhang Temple ...

More than 20 monks and officials from 12 countries visited the Lama Temple and the China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing, as well as the Sera Monastery, Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and ...

Summary of previous deliberations: In approving the inscription of this site on the World Heritage List at its eighteenth session in 1994, the Committee recommended the Chinese authorities to extend ...