Lhoba of Tibet find new ways of living

The Lhoba people, an ethnic minority group in the Tibet autonomous region, took less than 40 years to modernize from their primitive hunting lives deep in the mountains.

Since 1984, when they moved down from the mountains with the help of the local government, they began to settle down in villages, earn regular wages and learn farming from their Tibetan counterparts. Now the Lhoba population in three villages in Manling county, Nyingchi city, have prospered greatly from the tourism industry.

In 1983, China created its first supercomputer, named Galaxy, and the country began seeing broadcasts of the Chinese New Year celebration gala on television. Meanwhile, 7-year-old Daniang was busy hunting prey every day in the forest, carrying arrows and a bow on his back.