{"id":403863,"date":"2025-09-06T23:50:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403863\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:50:38","slug":"a-glimpse-of-traditional-horse-racing-festival-in-nagqu-chinas-xizang-xinhua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403863\/","title":{"rendered":"A glimpse of traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, China’s Xizang-Xinhua"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Contestants compete in a trotting race during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n

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Young riders compete in a horse race during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n

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Contestants compete in tug-of-war during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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A contestant competes in a sandbag-carrying competition during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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A contestant competes in Tibetan Sling competition, a traditional Tibetan competition that tests accuracy in stone throwing, during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n

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Young riders compete in a horse race during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n

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Contestants compete in a trotting race during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n

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A contestant competes in Tibetan Sling competition, a traditional Tibetan competition that tests accuracy in stone throwing, during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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Contestants compete in tug-of-war during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Jiang Fan)<\/p>\n

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Contestants compete in tug-of-war during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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A contestant competes in a stone-carrying competition during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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Contestants compete in tug-of-war during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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A contestant competes in a sandbag-carrying competition during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n

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Contestants compete in Yaja competition, a traditional Tibetan sport similar to a one-on-one tug-of-war, during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2025. The three-day festival, a traditional event on the northern Tibetan Plateau, kicked off in Nagqu on Friday. In addition to traditional horse racing, the festival also features a variety of ethnic sports competitions, art performances, and cultural tourism activities, drawing large crowds of locals and visitors. (Xinhua\/Tenzin Nyida)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Contestants compete in a trotting race during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[10326,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-403863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-cn","9":"tag-racing","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115160038185480045","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}