CCTV News: February 28 is the first day of the first lunar month of the year of the Tibetan calendar. As the Tibetan New Year approaches, the New Year’s market in Lhasa is also very lively these days. In addition to locals, the special handicrafts and food also attract many tourists.
Bakou Mall, located in the center of Lhasa, is one of the largest New Year's goods markets in Lhasa. More than a thousand booths have been set up here this year, which not only include exquisitely crafted copperware, hand-woven clamp pads and other New Year goods, but also special snacks that are indispensable for Tibetan New Year such as jams, milk residues, beef jerky.
In Dazi District, Lhasa City, the "Third New Year's Goods Festival and Convenient Life Festival" is being held, and more than 320 merchants gather here. Here, you can not only buy special New Year goods such as "New Year flowers", barley seedlings, and Chema Douzi, but also enjoy ethnic singing and dancing performances such as Aga dance and receive Tibetan Spring Festival couplets written on the spot by calligraphers from the Tibet Autonomous Region Calligraphers Association, which is full of the New Year atmosphere.
Customer Changla said: "It's very exciting, and it's rich in preparation. These goods are relatively complete."
