Tibetan horsemen held horse racing on Aug. 26, 2015 in the Sangke prairie in northwestern China’s Gansu province. Seven Tibetan tribes in Sangke hold this traditional racing on the 13th day of the 7th lunar month every year. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

About 30 horsemen participate in the horse racing every year. They are children between 6 years old and 12 selected from each tribe. Herdsmen begin to tame their horses ten days or half a month before the racing. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

Solemn sacrificial activities hosted by Living Buddha are held before and after the race. Monks chant scriptures and herdsmen pray for blessing. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

The participants are all children and the event is unprecedented and bustling every year, which attract whole families to watch. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

The winner accepts the worship of Tibetan herdsmen. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

Tibetan herdswomen watch the race. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

The winners gallop on the prairie with other Tibetan herdsmen. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

                                                                                                                                                 Editor: Lily Li