STORY: Traditional Tibetan culture well protected in Lhasa: scholar
DATELINE: June 15, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:19
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Tibet
2. SOUNDBITE (English): VIKASH KUMAR SINGH, Lecturer, Asian Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University

STORYLINE:

Vikash Kumar Singh, a lecturer at the Asian Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University, said he was impressed by the inheritance and protection of traditional Tibetan culture after visiting Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

SOUNDBITE (English): VIKASH KUMAR SINGH, Lecturer, Asian Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University
"I found in Lhasa, people are like, still they stick to their own dance, own music, their own musical instrument, and their own way of telling a story. If you go to Lhasa, you can have a wonderful story like narration of Wencheng Gongzhu (Princess Wencheng) from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). She married the local king of Xizang. So they have a very beautiful narration of this story in Lhasa. And I think this is the way to protect their own culture and their own folk system. So the local people, they want to protect their own (culture). And the central government is also investing so much money and protecting the ancient relics and manuscripts. We visited Tibet University and in that university, some of the manuscripts were donated by the local people. Why they donated? Because they want to protect it. So I think the central government is putting a lot of efforts to protect their traditional or cultural heritage."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)