Draperies are hung above the windows and doors on Feb. 21 in the Potala Palace as the 2014 Tibetan New Year is approaching. It is a custom that old draperies will be replaced to welcome the New Year. Draperies are colored cloth hung above the windows and doors in Tibetan monasteries and ordinaries houses. [Photo/Xinhua]

 
Draperies are hung above the windows and doors on Feb. 21 in the Potala Palace as the 2014 Tibetan New Year is approaching. It is a custom that old draperies will be replaced to welcome the New Year. Draperies are colored cloth hung above the windows and doors in Tibetan monasteries and ordinaries houses. [Photo/Xinhua]

Draperies are hung above the windows and doors on Feb. 21 in the Potala Palace as the 2014 Tibetan New Year is approaching. It is a custom that old draperies will be replaced to welcome the New Year. Draperies are colored cloth hung above the windows and doors in Tibetan monasteries and ordinaries houses. [Photo/Xinhua]

Draperies are hung above the windows and doors on Feb. 21 in the Potala Palace as the 2014 Tibetan New Year is approaching. It is a custom that old draperies will be replaced to welcome the New Year. Draperies are colored cloth hung above the windows and doors in Tibetan monasteries and ordinaries houses. [Photo/Xinhua]