Karthu, a 55-year-old Tibetan, receives a cotton tent at the Denikor community of the Tashikor Neighborhood Committee of Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 26, photo from Xinhua.

In order to help the local people of Yushu pass winter, the local government of Qinghai Province decided to distribute cotton tents to Tibetans in quake-hit Yushu.

Every household is expected to receive a 20-square-meter cotton tent for winter.

At present, the local government has purchased 570,000 tents, all of which will be distributed by the end of September.

The armed policemen are sending cotton tents to the Tibetan victims of quake-hit Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 26, photo from Xinhua.