March 24,2017--Yongdan Sangbo, a 23-years-old lama studying at a Buddhist institute in Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, is among the pioneers who know how to shop online on the 4,500-meter plateau.

 

Chanting, debating, and sitting in meditation every day, Sangbo has lived a life as calm as water since he got ordained at the age of six. For him, having access to internet has broadened his life.

 

There are nearly 20,000 lamas practicing at the Buddhist institute and not everyone can read Chinese characters like Sangbo.

 

"At first, many Tibetan friends of mine found the online marketplace Taobao very fancy, but they had to ask me to order things for them because they couldn't read Chinese characters," Sangbo said.