{"id":119878,"date":"2025-09-07T02:16:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T02:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/119878\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T02:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T02:16:22","slug":"a-glimpse-of-traditional-horse-racing-festival-in-nagqu-chinas-xizang-xinhua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/119878\/","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":119879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[15223,3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-119878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-cn","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}