The "tent city" around the race track.

Herdsmen in their best dresses watch performances.

Tsering Norbu, champion for "holding stones", walks 107 meters with a 156-kg stone.

Nidrup from Yala township of Suo county in Nagqu is selling his Zanba (roasted highland qingke barley flour.

The Horse Racing Festival in Nagqu prefecture, dubbed as "Dajiu" in Tibetan language, is a grand traditional festival in northern Tibet. It will last 5-15 days in the midsummer according to Tibetan calendar. The festival is also a tourism item that is irreplaceable.

The Nagqu prefecture in August is most beautiful and festive. Before the Horse Racing Festival, herdsmen in their colorful ethnic clothes will carry tents to the race track and a "tent city" will appear. Material exchanges, arts performances, religious activities and traditional sports such as "tug-of-war" and "holding stones" will be held.