March 27,2017
March 27,2017--Tourists in Kala village of Tibet Nyingchi city enjoy the peach flowers. [Photo by Palden Nyima/China Daily]
March 27,2017--Tourists enjoyed peach flowers, traditional Tibetan performances and an ethnic archery contest as the 15th Peach Flower Tourism and Cultural Festival kicked off in Kala village of Tibet's Nyingchi city on Friday.
Located about 400 km east of Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet autonomous region, Nyingchi prefecture has the reputation as the "Switzerland of the East", and Kala is known as the peach flower valley.
The city is one of the most diverse places in the world in terms of biological resources. It is known as a natural museum of various types of vegetation and a gene pool of biological resources.