On the evening of July 12, the 1st Xizang Culture and Art Festival officially opened at the Princess Jincheng Theater in Lhasa City, capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

The 1st Xizang Culture and Art Festival is the first autonomous region-level cultureand art festival approved by the Party Committee and Government of Xizang Autonomous Region since its peaceful liberation 71 years ago and its establishment 57 years ago. It fills the blank of no provincial comprehensive artistic competition in Xizang since its establishment in 1965.

In addition, 15 events including young singer competition, folk singing king (queen) competition, Xizang opera singing competition, creative design competition and so on will be held during the festival.  At the same time, a variety of offline activities such as cultural fairs and song & dance performance will also be held near the Princess Jincheng Theatre, the main venue of the festival.