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People celebrate Tibetan New Year in Lhasa
By Xinhua Published: Feb 22, 2023 09:39 AM
A boy in traditional costume eats chema, roasted barley and fried wheat grain in a two-tier rectangular wooden box, to celebrate the Tibetan New Year in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 21, 2023. Feb. 21 marks the first day of the Year of the Water Rabbit under the Tibetan calendar.(Photo: Xinhua)

A boy in traditional costume eats chema, roasted barley and fried wheat grain in a two-tier rectangular wooden box, to celebrate the Tibetan New Year in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 21, 2023. Feb. 21 marks the first day of the Year of the Water Rabbit under the Tibetan calendar.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
A woman in traditional costume eats chema, roasted barley and fried wheat grain in a two-tier rectangular wooden box, to celebrate the Tibetan New Year in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 21, 2023. Feb. 21 marks the first day of the Year of the Water Rabbit under the Tibetan calendar.(Photo: Xinhua)

A woman in traditional costume eats chema, roasted barley and fried wheat grain in a two-tier rectangular wooden box, to celebrate the Tibetan New Year in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 21, 2023. Feb. 21 marks the first day of the Year of the Water Rabbit under the Tibetan calendar.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
A woman prepares to taste highland barley wine to greet the Tibetan New Year, in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 21, 2023. Feb. 21 marks the first day of the Year of the Water Rabbit under the Tibetan calendar.(Photo: Xinhua)

A woman prepares to taste highland barley wine to greet the Tibetan New Year, in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 21, 2023. Feb. 21 marks the first day of the Year of the Water Rabbit under the Tibetan calendar.(Photo: Xinhua)