Ethnic Tibetan Chinese 藏族

This emblem was designed by an ethnic Tibetan Chinese designer. The Potala Palace is a typical symbolic Tibetan building. Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo ordered to build this palace to greet his bride Princess Wen Cheng of the Tang Dynasty of China. The palace has two parts: White Palace and Red Palace. The palace was built on the side of Marpo Ri ('Red Mountain') in the center of Lhasa Valley. Thirteen stories of buildings -- containing over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and about 200,000 statues -- soar 117 metres (384 ft) on top of Marpo Ri, rising more than 300 m (about 1,000 ft) in total above the valley floor. Potala Palace is famous for its grand buildings, complicated constructions, devotional atmosphere and splendid artworks.

Surrounding the Potala Palace is a Khata (哈达 Hada), which is a traditional ceremonial scarf used in Tibet. It symbolizes goodwill, auspiciousness and compassion. It is usually made of silk. Tibetan khatas are usually white symbolising the pure heart of the giver.

藏族的标志性建筑是布达拉宫。相传七世纪时， 吐蕃赞普松赞干布迎娶唐文成公主，在此首建宫室。布达拉宫建筑分红宫和白宫两大部分，它依山磊砌，全部为石木结构。主楼1 3 层，高119米，东西长360米，房屋近万间。布达拉宫建在拉萨市西北角的布达拉山上，远远望去，群楼重叠，巍峨耸峙，气势磅礴。

Alan Dawa Dolma (阿兰·达瓦卓玛), a well-known ethnic Tibetan Chinese singer.

Samkho (三木科), a well-known ethnic Tibetan Chinese singer

Tashi Dhondup (扎西顿珠), a well-known ethnic Tibetan Chinese singer and actor

Two Tibetan children in Tibetan traditional costume

A large Buddha Thangka painting unfolded during the Shoton Festival (or Tibetan Opera Festival, Sunning Buddha Festival) at the Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

拉萨哲蚌寺雪顿节（晒佛节）

Tibetan Chinese monks are constructing Tibetan Sand Mandala (藏族沙画). It is extremely difficult to complete such gorgeous artwork because any small mistake will destroy the whole painting. The Sand Mandala is presented on Tibetan ritual ceremony to illustrate the gorgeous world. It will be swept away after the ceremony. The message behind this practice is that the gorgeous world is transient; the eternal happiness is in the Heaven.

Tibetan Epic of King Gesar (格萨尔王), the longest epic in the world. It is also one of the Three Great Epics of China. The other two are Mongolian Epic of Jangar and Kirghiz Epic of Manas.

A small Tibetan village (Yubeng Village) at Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunan Province of China

云南省迪庆藏族自治州雨崩村

A typical Tibetan traditional house at Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Nyingchi Prefecture is the wealthiest region in Tibet.

The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. It was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama and now is a museum.

Ta'er Monastery (Kumbum Monastery 塔尔寺) in Xining, Qinghai Province. It is one of the six biggest monasteries of the Yellow Hat Sect (Gelugpa Sect) of Tibetan Buddhism.

A cartoon image of Tibetan

A postcard of Tibetan