Lhaba Cering displays his woodcarving art craft pieces in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving.
In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed.
Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised.
In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In 2019, Lhaba Cering was awarded the title of "Tibetan Craftsman." (All Photos Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Lhaba Cering assembles a woodcarving art craft piece in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023.
Lhaba Cering makes a woodcarving art craft piece in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023.
Lhaba Cering stands at the gate of a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023.
Lhaba Cering (L) instructs as an apprentice works on a woodcarving art craft piece in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023.
