Local Hot Spot: Tibet "Z Generation" Danzeng Zhuoma Spreads National Culture With Clothing

At present, Lhasa bakuo street is not only a gathering area of Tibetan tourism commodities, but also a display window of national culture, attracting tourists from home and abroad to visit and punch in.

The picture shows the Jokhang Temple on bakuo street in Lhasa on June 15. Added by zhaxidan

From July 21 to 23, 2021, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the state and chairman of the Central Military Commission, came to Tibet to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet and to visit and comfort the cadres and masses of all ethnic groups in Tibet.

Speaking of his feelings at that time, Danzeng Zhuoma, 17 years old, still can't hide his joy: "the general secretary is very approachable. After one year, I am still very excited to recall the scene at that time."

Danzeng Zhuoma, who has just graduated from Zhangzhou No.3 middle school in Fujian Province, is the daughter of the boss of duozhucang, a Tibetan shop in bakuo street, Lhasa. She introduced to the reporter that "Duozhu" means Ruyi in Tibetan, and "Cang" means house and ancient house. It has been 16 years since it opened.

The picture shows Danzeng Zhuoma (right) and her mother in their own store in bakuo Street on July 20. Added by zhaxidan

At the beginning, she said, the main purpose of running the store was to make a living. "When the general secretary came to our store last year, he felt his concern for Tibetan culture, and at the same time gave me a sense of mission. I want to be an ambassador for ethnic cultural exchange."

"I want to spread national culture through Tibetan costumes." Danzeng Zhuoma, who has been deeply influenced by Tibetan costume culture since childhood, thinks that she has advantages in this respect. Tibetan costumes have always been worn since childhood. They have been used to wearing them since they were young. They are not special except for their good looks. "But after the general secretary came to our store, I found that students paid more attention to Tibetan culture. In their leisure time, students also like to listen to me about Tibetan costumes and other Tibetan cultural history and local development and changes.".

Danzeng Zhuoma told reporters that there are 40 Tibetan students in one grade and 120 Tibetan students in three grades. People will wear Tibetan costumes on major festivals such as school day, sports meeting and Tibetan New Year. Sometimes they will perform Tibetan songs and dances on stage to show the charm of Tibetan culture.

The picture shows two small tourists experiencing Tibetan clothing in Lhasa on July 13. Photo by Guo Lin

Nowadays, the Tibetan shops in bakuo Street are distributed one after another in the street, with a wide range of visitors. Danzeng Zhuoma said that in the past year, more and more tourists came to duozhuocang to punch in and their income was getting better and better. In addition, the Tibetan clothing portrait on bakuo street is also growing, which has led to the economic development of bakuo street.

"In order to conform to the modern aesthetic, we will absorb the characteristics of modern fashion in the design of national clothing, improve the style of national clothing, and make it more modern, such as lace, pearl and other modern fashion elements in the mainland." Secondly, it is necessary to make Tibetan culture close to the mass culture and make it close to the mass culture. In order to make it close to the mass culture, it is necessary not only to make the Tibetan culture close to the mass culture, but also to make it close to the mass culture, Let this ancient traditional culture last forever.

(source: China News Network)