In rural Tibet, which is home to 80 percent of the region's population, many are happy to welcome modernization and bid farewell to hardship and inconvenience.
In 2011, solar cells were installed in Boidoi Township in Shannan Prefecture, making the everyday tasks of villagers much easier.
Tsedring, 63, does not miss her wooden butter tea blender, which she said was time consuming and filthy.
"My electric one blends butter more evenly and makes better-tasting tea," she said. "There was little skill involved in the old way we made tea, so it's not about loosing a tradition but instead just phasing out dated approaches."
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A white paper on Tibet's development published on Sunday said the Chinese government had made great efforts to preserve Tibetan culture.
To ensure cultural artifacts survive for the younger generation, more than 10,000 music scores, as well as song lyrics and other folk art practices, and texts containing more than 30 million written words have been collected and catalogued.
Tibetan artists now have a larger market for their work, as the region opens up and tourism booms.
In addition to the traditional Buddhist-themed compositions of Tibetan Thangka paintings, master Norbu and his students now paint less-religious scenes, which are favored by tourists.
His shop in Lhasa can sell over 30 paintings a day during high season. A devout Buddhist, Norbu donates part of his income to local temples and helps support young painters learning the delicate art.
"We didn't have enough painters to meet demand ten years ago, as thangka painting is very time-consuming," he explained. Today, however, more people are interested in taking up the discipline due to its popularity.
Fashion designer Tashi, who is unrelated to the musician, has built a reputation on his flair for blending Tibetan elements into his designs. Aside from traditional motifs and cuts, he also draws inspiration from the tourists he sees on the streets of Lhasa.
Tashi is confident that Tibetan textile design will survive.
"Tibetan costume [has been] adapted throughout history, absorbing Mongolian, Indian and Persian elements through the centuries," he said.
Tashi wants to catapult Tibetan fashion designs onto the global stage. Then, with his profits, he hopes to improve the clothes worn by normal people.
"Many ordinary herdsmen have no interest in fashion, they yearn for warmer and less expensive attire."
