An inheritor of the Xomdo lion dance (1st L) poses for a group photo with a friend (1st R) and two disciples in Xomdo Town of Lhorong County, Qamdo, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, July 21, 2025. Lhorong County was a key stop along the ancient Tea Horse Road and a crucial channel for interactions between the Han and Tibetan peoples. Xomdo lion dance, a specialty folk art in Lhorong's Xomdo Town, is a hybrid of Han and Tibetan folk dances developed over years of cultural exchange. The Xomdo lion dance was inscribed as an intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region in 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Locals perform the Xomdo lion dance in Xomdo Town of Lhorong County, Qamdo, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, July 21, 2025. Lhorong County was a key stop along the ancient Tea Horse Road and a crucial channel for interactions between the Han and Tibetan peoples. Xomdo lion dance, a specialty folk art in Lhorong's Xomdo Town, is a hybrid of Han and Tibetan folk dances developed over years of cultural exchange. The Xomdo lion dance was inscribed as an intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region in 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

A local resident performs the Xomdo lion dance in Xomdo Town of Lhorong County, Qamdo, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, July 21, 2025. Lhorong County was a key stop along the ancient Tea Horse Road and a crucial channel for interactions between the Han and Tibetan peoples. Xomdo lion dance, a specialty folk art in Lhorong's Xomdo Town, is a hybrid of Han and Tibetan folk dances developed over years of cultural exchange. The Xomdo lion dance was inscribed as an intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region in 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

An inheritor of the Xomdo lion dance (L) chats with his disciples in Xomdo Town of Lhorong County, Qamdo, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, July 21, 2025. Lhorong County was a key stop along the ancient Tea Horse Road and a crucial channel for interactions between the Han and Tibetan peoples. Xomdo lion dance, a specialty folk art in Lhorong's Xomdo Town, is a hybrid of Han and Tibetan folk dances developed over years of cultural exchange. The Xomdo lion dance was inscribed as an intangible cultural heritage of the Xizang Autonomous Region in 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)