Heritage in motion: Xizang's living traditions

流动的遗产:西藏的活态传统

Round Table China

2025-08-08

52 分钟
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With the digital preservation of the Potala Palace, and the growing popularity of Xizang style carpets, incense and handmade paper among young consumers, Xizang has found ways to keep its timeless culture up-to-date and trendy. In this episode, we explore the part of Xizang where heritage meets creativity.
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  • discussion keeps the world turning this is round table Hello, everybody.

  • Welcome to Roundtable's special series, China Horizons,

  • where we get out of the studio and go to different places in the country.

  • In today's episode, we take you to the enchanted land of Tibet,

  • where every corner tells the story of old tradition and splendid culture.

  • Today, I am with Lai Ming and Dexin Yu, and I am Niu Honglin.

  • Hello, everyone.

  • Hello, everybody.

  • Great to be here.

  • And I have to admit,

  • I love these special episodes a bit more than our usual shows

  • because I get to ask the question where we are every single time.

  • Where we are?

  • We are at a special and a bit mysterious place.

  • Actually, it's the Jibumgang Art Center located in the heart of Lhasa.

  • And it used to be an ancient building built in the 19th century, which is mandala structure.

  • Yeah, in Chinese, we translate into Tan Cheng,

  • we go into the trouble of translating it into English.

  • It sounds more like a shrine city.

  • So it's a religious structure, obviously,