It was announced earlier this year that special 20th anniversary editions of all seven Harry Potter books would be released.

Archaeologists announced Monday that they have excavated tombs dating back some 3,000 years in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

On April 1st, the 34-episode documentary, The 1,000-year Quest for Princess Wencheng, began airing on channel 11 of the China Central Television (CCTV), China's national TV station.

An exhibition of 100 contemporary pieces of representative "Miansa School" Tibetan thangka opened at the Nyingchi Mass Art Museum on March 30.

Descriptions of Tibetan chess have been found in books published over 1,000 years ago. There are two types of Tibetan chess: "Mimang" and "Jiu."

Four more books on the Epic of King Gesar have been published, as part of efforts to preserve the 1,000-year-old epic, according to researchers in Tibet Autonomous Region.

"Business is quite good," said Tenzin, 52 who has left poverty behind thanks to his Tibetan clothes-making business and government help.

Currently, the region has 74 county-level folk art troupes, compared with 51 in 2012, the region's cultural authorities said Monday.