LHASA, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Tibetan New Year, the most important festival on the Tibetan calendar, falls on Tuesday, almost a month after the Spring Festival.
Starting Monday evening, throughout the whole night, fireworks and sparklers popped, glittered, and lit up the sky over Lhasa.
The celebration usually starts on the first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar and ends after 15 days.
Just like the Spring Festival, the Tibetan New Year marks the perfect opportunity for Tibetans to reunite with their relatives and friends.
Two days ahead of the Tibetan New Year, people in Singpori gathered to celebrate the traditional "gutu night" for families to have a feast of cooked wheaten food at home.
For many of them, this is their first time to spend the Tibetan New Year in the new home as they have been relocated from Tsonyi, China's highest county, for better lives.
Produced by Xinhua Global Service
