Kumis is a favorite drink among the Kazakh people. During the peak of summer, in the grasslands of Xinjiang’s pastoral regions, households that raise horses can all make kumis themselves, using it for daily consumption and to entertain guests. Kumis has a slightly salty and sour taste with a mild hint of alcohol. It is refreshingly cool and delicious, aids digestion, strengthens the stomach, and benefits overall health. Drinking more of it can induce sleep, lulling one into a pleasant slumber…
Milk wine is a traditional beverage of the Mongolian people. In summer, when visiting the yurts of Mongolian herders in mountainous grasslands, hosts often serve their homemade milk wine to guests. When offering the drink, they usually sing a warm song first, inviting you to enjoy it heartily. The production of milk wine generally uses skimmed yogurt, which is placed in wooden or leather barrels for full fermentation, then transferred to a specially made...
Masks are called “Ba” in Tibetan. They are a type of craft derived from religious art and are quite collectible. There are cham dance masks, hanging masks, and Tibetan opera masks. During major religious festivals, each temple holds cham dance ceremonies (Cham), using masks depicting ghosts, deities, immortals, animal totems, and more. Tibetan opera masks can often be seen among the people...
The Magical Efficacy of Tibetan Purple-Red Salt. Main Ingredients: Qinghai-Tibet Purple-Red Salt, Cordyceps, Rhodiola, Beauty Flower, Fat-Reducing Stone, etc. It has a pungent and salty taste with the distinctive aroma of highland hot springs (it is precisely this scent that delivers its remarkable effects). [Product Name]: Tibetan Purple-Red Salt (Silver King) …
Shengpin Hall Tibetan Specialty & Tibetan Jewelry Chain Store is the first online platform in Tibet to operate Tibetan specialty products and jewelry through a corporate chain retail model. Headquartered in the Holy City of Lhasa, the company has years of experience in developing ethnic specialties and marketing Tibetan jewelry. Currently, it offers over a thousand varieties of Tibetan specialty products and has established cooperative relationships with several large…
In recent years, the Chamdo region has centered its efforts on the "Luozong" Zanba industry in Luolong County. Leveraging the advantages of flat and contiguous arable land, it raised 42.7 million yuan to establish 100,000 mu of high-quality highland barley planting bases in counties such as Luolong, Bianba, Dingqing, and Chamdo. These bases produce 15 million kilograms of high-quality highland barley annually...
The famous local specialties of Chamdo mainly include pangxiang, caterpillar fungus, fritillaria, anemarrhena, snow lotus, walnuts, Tibetan Knife Flower Fish, bianyu (a type of fish), and highland livestock products. (Chamdo)...
The main local specialties of Qamdo include pangxiang, caterpillar fungus, fritillaria, anemarrhena, snow lotus, walnuts, Tibetan knife-patterned flower fish, bian fish, and plateau livestock products. (Qamdo) Snow lotus is distributed in the cold high-altitude mountainous regions of northwestern China. It is a highly therapeutic medicinal plant. Due to over-harvesting, low seed germination rates, difficult propagation, and slow growth,…
The main local specialties of Chamdo include Pangi incense, caterpillar fungus, Fritillaria, Anemarrhena, snow lotus, walnuts, Tibetan knife-patterned fish, compiled fish, and plateau livestock products. (Chamdo)…
The main local specialties of Chamdo include Pangxiang, caterpillar fungus, fritillaria, anemarrhena, snow lotus, walnuts, Tibetan knife-patterned fish, braided fish, as well as highland livestock products. (Chamdo)…
Tibetan Cheese Cake (1) The milky-white starch (called "qure" in Tibetan), from which the butter has been extracted, is dried and ground into powder. (2) Mix it with butter (cream), white sugar, ginseng fruit (jiaoma), raisins, peach kernels, etc., to form round or square dough with red and green threads on the surface depicting auspicious and longevity patterns. Steam the dough in a steamer…
Baxoi buckwheat is a specialty of Baxoi County in Chamdo, Tibet. The product comes from the current administrative regions of four townships under Baxoi County, Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region: Baima Town, Jida Township, Lageng Township, and Linka Township. This is stipulated in the "Letter from the People's Government of Baxoi County on Delimiting the Geographic Indication Product Protection Area for Baxoi Buckwheat," Document No. Bao Fa [2015] No. 22, issued by the People's Government of Baxoi County, Tibet...
The Drunken Pear boasts a richly mellow aroma, yet no wine taste is discernible upon eating. Shortly after consumption, however, one feels as if lightly intoxicated. The fruit is oval-shaped, with a yellow skin dotted densely with tiny rough spots. The flesh is yellowish-white, crisp yet slightly coarse in texture, juicy and sweet, though the core is somewhat large and fibrous. Each pear weighs between 400–500 grams. Legend has it that the heavenly gods, to welcome Princess Wencheng and her entourage into Tibet, served these pears in place of wine...
Tibetan goat Tibetan goat Physical characteristics: Both male and female Tibetan goats have horns, are small in size, have a sturdy build, well-developed chests, and good rib arching. The udders of female goats are not well developed and are small. Tibetan goats can be sheared and combed for cashmere once a year. Adult male goats yield 418.3 grams of wool and 211.8 grams of cashmere, while female goats yield 33…
The Drunken Pear is produced in Baxoi County, Zogang County, and the areas of Shanglinka and Xialinka along the Nujiang River in Chamdo Prefecture, Tibet. This pear has a richly aromatic flavor—when eaten, there's no noticeable alcohol taste, yet shortly after consumption, one may feel slightly intoxicated. The fruit is oval-shaped, with a yellow peel covered in densely scattered rough dots. The flesh is yellowish-white, crisp yet slightly coarse in texture, very juicy and sweet, with a relatively large core that contains some fibers. Each pear weighs between 400–500 grams. Legend has it that the celestial gods welcomed Princess Wencheng to Tibet by serving these pears as an alcoholic substitute to toast her arrival.
The most common dairy products are yogurt and milk curd. There are two types of yogurt: one is cheese, called “daxue” in Tibetan, which is made from milk after the butter has been extracted; the other is made from milk that hasn't had the butter extracted and is called “exue” in Tibetan. Yogurt is a product of the milk saccharification process, making it more nutritious and easier to digest…
The Kamba Riwoche Yak – The Changdu Animal Husbandry Station in Riwoche County, commonly known as Tibet’s “Little Switzerland,” boasts picturesque landscapes, blooming flowers, singing birds, murmuring springs, and lush grasslands where the Riwoche yaks roam freely in a leisurely manner. Thanks to the age-old traditional herding methods still practiced by the local herders, the Riwoche…
Riwoche yak meat is a specialty of Riwoche County in Chamdo, Tibet. World yaks look to China, China's yaks look to Tibet, and Tibet’s yaks look to Riwoche. Commonly referred to as Tibet’s “Little Switzerland,” Riwoche boasts pristine mountains, clear waters, birdsong, fragrant flowers, babbling springs, and lush grass — a serene environment where Riwoche yaks live a leisurely and free life. Due to the fact that herders here have followed the most ancient method of yak grazing since ancient times, Riwoche yaks maintain characteristics of being “pristine, all-natural, and completely green.” Experts have recognized them as having the purest lineage among yak breeds nationwide. Tibetan yak products source their meat exclusively from authentic, origin-grown Riwoche yak meat.
"Though I am not from Chamdo, I know Chamdo’s adornments; if you’d have me speak of them, it’s copper belts around the waist and mouth harps hanging down; though I am not from Dege, I know Dege’s adornments; if you’d have me speak of them, it’s a jewel atop the head cradled in golden lotus; though I am not from Litang, I know Litang’s adornments; if you’d have me speak of them, it’s silver discs tied in the hair jingling merrily;" — Kham…
The snowcock, belonging to the order Galliformes and family Phasianidae, is a bird species. Legend has it that the beautiful phoenix of folklore is none other than the snowcock. With the instinct to change plumage with the seasons, the snowcock adorns itself in exquisitely elegant attire—so magnificent that even the peacock feels inferior and the red-crowned crane hesitates to compare. Among flocks of birds in the park, it seems like the prince of avians. In spring, the male is predominantly white,…