CellphonesphototakenonMay20,2019showsthesceneryofNorbulingkaParkinLhasa,southwestChina'sXizangAutonomousRegion.(Xinhua/PurbuZhaxi)LHASA,May10(Xinhua)--FifteenpreciousculturalartifactshavebeenondisplaysincethebeginningofMayinNorbulingka,aUNESCOWorldHeritagesiteinLhasa,southwestChina'sXizangAutonomousRegion,witheachtellingastoryofculturalexchangebetweentheTibetanandHanpeoples.Theartifactshavebeenselectedandpresentedbyseveralculturalinstitutions,includingthePotalaPalace,Norbulingka,theXizangMuseum,theDrepungMonasteryandtheRamocheTemple.Thecanopyofthangkapainting"TheGreatCompassionDharmaRaja"isadornedwithauspiciouscloudandChinesedragonpatterns,showingthehighregardthecentralgovernmentoftheMingDynasty(1368-1644)hadforShakyaYeshe,amonkoftheGelugsectofTibetanBuddhism,aswellasthefriendshipbetweenthem."ThethangkahaswitnessedtheinteractionsbetweenandtheintegrationofTibetanBuddhismandthecentralgovernment,"saidSelima,directorofNorbulingka'sculturalartifactsdepartment.ItisahistorictestamenttotheartisticexchangesandcooperationbetweentheHanandTibetanpeoples,anditisvisualproofthattheregionhasbeenapartofChinasinceancienttimes,Selimaadded.ThesmallestitemondisplayisagoldearpickexcavatedfromaTuboEmpire(618-842)tombinLhasa'sDamxungCounty.HeWei,adeputyresearcherattheregionalinstituteofculturalrelicsprotection,saidthatonesideofthepick'shandleisdecoratedwiththeimageofanauspiciousbirdwithlargewingsandalongneckfromChina'scentralplains,andtheotherdepictsastandinglionfromWestAsia."TheearpickwasmadeincentralChinaduringtheTangDynasty(618-907)andlaterbroughtintotheregionasagiftorthroughtrade,"Hesaid.AsimilarearpickfromthesameperiodwasalsoexcavatedfromtheundergroundpalaceofShaanxiProvince'sFamenTemple.JadeisaculturalsymbolthatalsoconnectsXizangwithcentralChina.ItspopularitygraduallyspreadtoXizangduringtheYuanDynasty(1271-1368),withYangzhijade,atypeofwhitejadenamedforitsresemblancetomuttonfat,beingthemostpopular."Tothisday,theTibetanwordfor'jade'isstillatransliterationoftheChineseword'yangzhi',"KeruPasangNorbu,deputycuratoroftheXizangMuseum,saidwhileshowingawhitejadesealgiftedtotheregionbythecentralgovernmentoftheYuanDynasty.AtraditionalTibetanteastandcoveredinsmall,roundholesisalsoondisplayinNorbulingka.Researchershadnotknownhowtheobjectwasuseduntiltheyconnecteditwithahigh-footedbowlfromtheMingDynasty.Whenthefeetofsuchbowlsareinsertedintotheholesontheteastand,thedrinkingvesselsaresupportedandcanbemovedstably."Theculturalartifactsondisplayhaveprovedthatourlonghistoryandsplendidculturehavebeencreatedbyallethnicgroupslivinginthisvastterritory,"KeruPasangNorbusaid.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.