Traditional wooden bowls help lift Tibetan village out of poverty

Updated: Aug 26, 2020 By Cao Zinan in Nyingchi, Tibet chinadaily.com.cn Print

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Two women sell traditional Tibetan wooden bowls via livestreaming on Douyin, a popular short-video sharing app, in Tangbumba village, Orong town in Nyingchi city, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, on Aug 20, 2020. [Photo by He Huizhong/For chinadaily.com.cn]

Pema Tobgye's efforts finally paid off. The wooden bowls have sold more than 50,000 yuan on live-streaming platforms since March, plus offline sales, and the cooperative had a total of more than 80,000 yuan in revenue.

Losang Tenzin, the mayor of Orong town, said in the past, Tangbumba villagers' income mainly came from farming, raising livestock, and even just waiting for subsidies from the government. But now they have learned real craftsmanship in making the wooden bowls and increased their incomes on their own.

By the end of 2019, income in Tangbumba village reached 5.04 million yuan, with per capita net income of more than 19,000 yuan.

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