Railway Helps Developing Tibetan Culture in China

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After the Qinghai-Tibet Railway opened in July，some American reporters oppugned that the railway would destroy the traditional ethnic culture in Tibet.With this question in mind，chinadaily.com.cn reporter interviewed Mr.Wang Daiyuan，vice director of the Economic and Strategic Research Institute of Tibetan Academy of Social Science last week.Director Wang said the Tibetan culture is well preserved and the accusations are groundless.

Tibet is the place where ethnic culture was preserved to the most complete extent，and where people can enjoy traditional culture with original taste.Chinese government’s protection of Tibetan culture is better than US government’s protection of Indian culture，Wang said.

For this point，tourists shall experience and compare in person，and experience the great efforts that Chinese government has exerted on the protection of Tibetan culture.

With the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway，more and more Chinese and foreign tourists will come to Tibet，the most important influence on the traditional Tibetan culture shall be that more people will learn and understand Tibetan culture，and bring forward the excellent traditional Tibetan culture，Wang added.

A traveller also said:“It is taken for granted that along with the increase in incoming population，there will be some changes in conception，which is objective.

Any nation in the world and any society shall admit that culture is constantlyevolving，and cultural development is an objective law.US’protection of Indian culture cannot resist the rule of self-development with Indian culture.Cultural evolution is an irresistible trend，we shall deal with it by adopting measures with a view to effective guidance.”

On the protection of traditional cultures，he said，at the time of coexistence of traditional ethnic and national cultures around the world，people did not realize the importance of protection.Nowadays，when traditional cultures are less and less，the human has a strong consciousness of traditional cultural protection.As long ashaving seen with their own eyes in Tibet，friends from home and abroad will be able experience the strength of Chinese government’s protection of traditional Tibetan culture.