Thangka center in Shangri-La popular among visitors

During the National Day holiday, droves of tourists visited the Shangri-La Thangka Center, also Shangri-La Association for the Protection of Ethnic Cultural Heritages, for the art of Thangka painting.

Lying on the ancient tea-horse road, Shangri-La in northwest Yunnan has rich and diverse ethnic cultures and the center is committed to protecting and promoting local ethnic cultures, said Zhaba Gedan, founder of the center.

Reporting by Gao Jianping; trans-editing by Wang Shixue