Farmers celebrate traditional spring ploughing ceremony in Tibet(1/5)
2015-03-16 16:43
Xinhua
Web Editor:Li Yan
Female tractor driver Qoizong takes part in a spring ploughing ceremony in Zetang County of Shannan Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2015. Local farmers celebrated the traditional spring ploughing ceremony on March 16, the first day of spring ploughing in the lunar Tibetan calendar. The grain output of Tibet has witnessed a growth for five year in a row from 900,000 metric tons (tonnes) in 2009 to 985,000 tonnes in 2014. (Photo: Xinhua/Chogo)