Picture 1: In 1996, Sidar Puzhi family went out of the mountains for the first time to purchase New Year goods in Xigaze, capturing their first-ever family portrait at a photo studio.

Picture 2: During the Tibetan New Year in 2023, the whole family captured a happy moment on a smartphone in their bright and spacious Tibetan-style living room.

In Zhentang Town, Dinggye County along the China-Nepal border, the family of Sidar Puzhi has witnessed the tremendous transformations in Xizang over the past 60 years since the establishment of the Xizang Autonomous Region.

Editor: Zhang Qi, Peng Qing

Translator: Luo Rongting, Liu Fang

Reviewer: Drakpa Wangchen, Zhang Qi