An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 13, 2024 shows a view of Zhentang Township, Dinggye County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

　　Sherpa kids head for the classroom of a kindergarten in Zhentang Township, Dinggye County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

　　Namkha, an inheritor of the Zhentang Sherpa dance, a national level intangible cultural heritage, poses for a group photo with Sherpa women in Zhentang Township, Dinggye County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

　　Sherpa people are pictured in front of a store in Zhentang Township, Dinggye County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

　　A Sherpa woman waters plants at her homestay in Zhentang Township, Dinggye County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, on Dec. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)