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A revisit to Pasang Tsering: Happy life along the Qinghai-Xizang Railway
By Xinhua Published: Jun 30, 2026 09:01 AM
Pasang Tsering talks with his daughter by cole flower blossoms in Gurum Township of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 20, 2026. In 2008, Xinhua photographer Sonam Norbu captured a moment marking the intersection of traditional farming and modern transportation. In the image, Pasang Tsering, a Tibetan farmer in Gurum Township of Lhasa, was plowing a field with yaks while a train on the Qinghai-Xizang Railway passed behind him. The journalist shows me the photo right after he took it. I learned it was published in the newspaper later, Pasang Tsering recalled. (Photo: Xinhua)

Pasang Tsering talks with his daughter by cole flower blossoms in Gurum Township of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 20, 2026. In 2008, Xinhua photographer Sonam Norbu captured a moment marking the intersection of traditional farming and modern transportation. In the image, Pasang Tsering, a Tibetan farmer in Gurum Township of Lhasa, was plowing a field with yaks while a train on the Qinghai-Xizang Railway passed behind him. "The journalist shows me the photo right after he took it. I learned it was published in the newspaper later," Pasang Tsering recalled. (Photo: Xinhua)


Pasang Tsering feeds his yak at home in Gurum Township of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 20, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

Pasang Tsering feeds his yak at home in Gurum Township of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 20, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)



Pasang Tsering takes photos of his daughter among cole flower blossoms in Gurum Township of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 20, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

Pasang Tsering takes photos of his daughter among cole flower blossoms in Gurum Township of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 20, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)



Pasang Tsering drinks tea with his daughter at home in Gurum Township of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 20, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)

Pasang Tsering drinks tea with his daughter at home in Gurum Township of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 20, 2026. (Photo: Xinhua)