A large crowd of Tibetans-men and women, young and old-gather to give a Xianzi performance on a large tract of grassland in Markham county in the Tibet autonomous region's Chamdo. [Photo by Sun Fei/Xinhua] |
"Sometimes, people in Markham would dance all day, passing the folk art on to younger generations."
The State Council listed Xianzi as a form of national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006.