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Young learners add new pulse to Tibetan opera

September 30, 2025Source: Xinhua

Students practice Tibetan opera at Lhasa Experimental Primary School in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Children learn Tibetan opera at a public art center in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Students practice Tibetan opera at Lhasa No. 2 secondary vocational and technical school in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)
Children learn Tibetan opera at a public art center in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Children practice Tibetan opera at a public art center in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Students put on Tibetan opera costumes at Lhasa No. 2 secondary vocational and technical school in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)
Students practice Tibetan opera at Lhasa No. 2 secondary vocational and technical school in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)
Students review moves of Tibetan opera at Lhasa No. 2 secondary vocational and technical school in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)
A Tibetan opera teacher gives a lesson at Lhasa Experimental Primary School in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Students practice Tibetan opera at Lhasa Experimental Primary School in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Teacher Pasang and Tibetan opera students pose for a group photo at a public art center in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Students practice Tibetan opera at Lhasa No. 2 secondary vocational and technical school in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)
Students put on Tibetan opera costumes at Lhasa No. 2 secondary vocational and technical school in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
A Tibetan opera teacher gives a lesson at Lhasa Experimental Primary School in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Considered a living fossil of Tibetan culture, Tibetan opera blends talking, singing, acting, dancing and literature. It was included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009.

With the government's support and the dedication of both young and old Tibetan opera enthusiasts, along with the efforts of intangible cultural heritage inheritors, this traditional art form is gaining new momentum on the plateau.