Driving the tractor with a national flag, Lozang Tagten, a 23-year-old boy was elected the leader of the ploughing team in Dazi County, Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region on Mar.17.[Photo/Tibet.cn] 

When the country embraces the late incoming of spring, farmers on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau has begun their first "Spring Ploughing" of this year. Traditional ceremony was held to mark the beginning of spring sowing on Mar. 17th, the thirteenth day in Tibetan lunar calendar.

Driving the tractor with a national flag, Lozang Tagten, a 23-year-old boy was elected the leader of the ploughing team in Dazi County, Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region on Mar.17, regarded as "a good date for spring sowing" according to the Tibetan calendar.

"The sowing ceremony is our tradition held every year. The villagers, including the younger generation like me, are trying our best to keep this cultural tradition," said by Lozang Tagten.

Every tractor was followed by a Tibetan woman responsible for dropping the seeds through waving their hands rhythmically.

According to the Phurbu Tsering, chief of the county,  Mar. 17 was the best day to begin the farm work in accordance with Tibetan custom. The locals believe that the successful sowing on this day symbolizes a year of good harvest.

Farmers join in a spring ploughing ceremony in Dazi County, Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region on Mar.17.[Photo/Tibet.cn] 

Farmers join in a spring ploughing ceremony in Dazi County, Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region on Mar.17.[Photo/Tibet.cn] 

Farmers join in a spring ploughing ceremony in Dazi County, Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region on Mar.17.[Photo/Tibet.cn] 

Farmers join in a spring ploughing ceremony in Dazi County, Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region on Mar.17.[Photo/Tibet.cn] 

Farmers join in a spring ploughing ceremony in Dazi County, Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region on Mar.17.[Photo/Tibet.cn] 

The tractor with a national flag before the spring ploughing ceremony in Dazi County, Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region on Mar.17.[Photo/Tibet.cn]

Farmers join in a spring ploughing ceremony in Dazi County, Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region on Mar.17.[Photo/Tibet.cn] 
Farmers join in a spring ploughing ceremony in Dazi County, Lhasa, capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region on Mar.17.[Photo/Tibet.cn]