The Ya-dun Festival kicked off in Rebgong, NW China's Qinghai

Today, the Ya-dun Festival focuses on Tibetan operas, so it is also called Tibetan drama festival. The festival kicked off with the opening ceremony of Tibetan operas. Actors and actresses from 6 domestic opera troupes performed their best operas, while partying groups gathered on the grass, feasted each other with their own highland barley wine, buttered tea and home-made Tibetan desserts. They enjoyed the operas, swaying their prayer wheels or twisting Buddha beads. Nowadays, the Ya-dun Festival has become the most influential comprehensive celebration activity in Rebgong. It is also a grand meeting for commodity exchanges.

Today, the Ya-dun Festival focuses on Tibetan operas, so it is also called Tibetan drama festival. The festival kicked off with the opening ceremony of Tibetan operas. Actors and actresses from 6 domestic opera troupes performed their best operas, while partying groups gathered on the grass, feasted each other with their own highland barley wine, buttered tea and home-made Tibetan desserts. They enjoyed the operas, swaying their prayer wheels or twisting Buddha beads. Nowadays, the Ya-dun Festival has become the most influential comprehensive celebration activity in Rebgong. It is also a grand meeting for commodity exchanges.

According to the Publicity Department of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in recent years, the local government strengthened the protection of the ecological environment, and also promoted the development of tourism and cultural industry. To date, Huangnan has established the Regong Cultural and Ecological Reserve. It has also established cultural industry areas for tangka, clay sculpture, embossed embroidery, stone carving, Tibetan embroidery, and ethnic clothing.