The Lhasa North and South Mountain Greening Project (Chinese :拉萨南北山绿化工程) is the first large-scale mountain afforestation ecological restoration project in Tibet. [1] [2]
The Lhasa North and South Mountain Greening Project (Chinese :拉萨南北山绿化工程) is the first large-scale mountain afforestation ecological restoration project in Tibet. [1] [2]
The project is planned to take 10 years to complete the greening of an area of 2,067,200 Mu (~1,378 km²) of land, striving to make Lhasa an ecologically pleasant and livable capital city of the plateau. [3] [4] The project stretches nearly 200 kilometers, involving Lhasa City, Liuwu, Doilungdêqên, Dagzê, Qüxü, Maizhokunggar, Lhünzhub and Shannan, Nagarzê, Gonggar and other 9 counties (districts) and 35 townships. [5] In 2022, Tibet officially issued the Overall Plan for the Greening Project of Lhasa's North and South Mountains (2021-2030). [6] The project planning period is 10 years (2021-2030), divided into two phases of implementation. The 2021-2025 for the near future, plans to complete the creation of 959,100 Mu (~639 km²) of forests; the 2026-2030 for the long term, plans to complete the creation of 1,108,100 Mu (~738 km²) of forests. [7] In June 2024, nearly 400,000 (266 km²) Mu of forestation had been completed in Tibet. [8] [9]
The Ongkor Festival is one of the most important Tibetan festivals of the Tibetan lunar year. Ongkor is usually held at the end of summer. It is a national intangible cultural heritage, popular in Lhasa, Shigatse, Shannan and other places in Tibet.
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Chagpori Park, located in Chengguan District, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
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Potala Palace Square is a large square in the center of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, located in the south side of the Potala Palace, formerly known as the Working People's Cultural Palace Square. In 1995, the Potala Palace Square was built on the basis of the original Tibetan Working People's Cultural Palace Square, and in August 1995, the Potala Palace Square was handed over to the management of the Tibetan Working People's Cultural Palace. The Potala Palace Square was rebuilt and expanded in 2005.
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Lhasa-Beijing Experimental Middle School, or Lhasa Beijing Experimental High School, formerly known as Lhasa Second Senior High School is a middle school in Lhasa, Tibet.
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The Ngari Networking Project, or HVDC Ngari, sometimes referred to as the Ngari-Central Tibet Grid Networking Project, is a 500 kV transmission and substation initiative that commenced operations on December 4, 2020.
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