Group
Tibetan people
The Tibetan people are an ethnic group that is native to Tibet.
They number an estimate of 7.8 million.
Significant Tibetan minorities also live outside of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in China, and in India, Nepal, and Bhutan.Tibetans speak the Tibetic languages, many varieties of which are mutually unintelligible.
They belong to the Tibeto-Burman languages.
The traditional, or mythological, explanation of the Tibetan people's origin is that they are the descendants of the human Pha Trelgen Changchup Sempa and rock ogress Ma Drag Sinmo.
It is thought that most of the Tibeto-Burman-speakers in Southwest China, including the Tibetans, are direct descendants from the ancient Qiang.
Most Tibetans practice Tibetan Buddhism, though some observe the indigenous Bön religion.
Tibetan Buddhism influences Tibetan art, drama, and architecture, while the harsh geography of Tibet has produced an adaptive culture of Tibetan medicine and cuisine.
Member Cities
- Almora Uttaranchal India Location
- Angkor Borei Svay Rieng Cambodia Location
- Beijing (Peking) Beijing Shi (Peking) China Location
- Burang Town Ngari Tibet China Location
- Chang'an > Xi'an Shaanxi (Shensi) China Location
- Chushul Jammu and Kashmir India Location
- Dali Yunnan China Location
- Dzungaria Xinjiang China Location
- Gangoa Qinghai (Tsinghai) China Location
- Karakorum Arhangay Mongolia Location
- Kathmandu Bagmati Nepal Location
- Lahore Punjab Pakistan Location
- Leh Jammu and Kashmir India Location
- Lhasa > La-sa Xizang Zizhiqu (Tibet) China Location
- Nanjing (Nanking) Jiangsu (Kiangsu) China Location
- Ordu-Baliq Arhangay Mongolia Location
- Pagan Mandalay Myanmar Location
- Reting Monastery Xizang Zizhiqu (Tibet) China Location
- Samye Xizang Zizhiqu (Tibet) China Location
- Shijiazhuang Hebei (Hopeh) China Location
- Songpan Sichuan (Szechwan) China Location
- Sri Ksetra > Pyay > Hmawza Bago Myanmar Location