Photo shows the mask and slogan of Yarlung Tashi Sholpa Opera by the gate of Tashi Choden Community. Photo/Tenzin Nubu

According to the legend, Thangtong Gyalpo, the founder of traditional opera in Xizang, created Yarlung Tashi Sholpa Opera when he raised funds to build bridges and passed through Tashi Choden, a village of Trandruk Town, Nedong District, Shannan City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Over the past 600 years, Yarlung Tashi Sholpa Opera has been sung in this village and was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.

Photo shows Nyima Tsering, an inheritor of Yarlung Tashi Sholpa Opera, performing opera. Photo/Tenzin Nubu

Nowadays, Tashi Choden is known as the "First Village of Yarlung Tashi Sholpa Opera", which has realized the inheritance and development of Yarlung Tashi Sholpa Opera, and created a unique way to get rich by combining with homestay tourism.

Photo shows a street corner of Tashi Choden Community. Photo/Tenzin Nubu

Photo shows an opera-themed sign in Tashi Choden Community. Photo/Tenzin Nubu

Photo shows opera-themed street lamps in Tashi Choden Community. Photo/Tenzin Nubu

Photo shows a guesthouse in Tashi Choden Community. Photo/Tenzin Nubu

Photo shows an opera-themed room of the guesthouse in Tashi Choden Community. Photo/Tenzin Nubu