In Lhasa, an original song-dance play titled "On the way to happiness" is staged every day at Tibetan Opera Art Center, which has become a symbol of the prosperity of Tibetan culture.

This song-dance has been popular since it was first staged in 2007. It was inscribed into the catalogue of key national projects of culture and tourism and was performed on behalf of Tibet during the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

The performance, integrated with various customs in Tibet such as Repa dance, intends to carry on Tibetan culture and show it to more people around the world.　
However, such a wonderful song-dance is only a miniature of the prosperous Tibetan culture. The ancient Tibetan culture is thriving, and becoming more open and integrated with other cultures since Tibet's peaceful liberation 60 years ago.

Tibet has established various professional art troupes, including musical and dance troupe and Tibetan Opera troupe. It has also created dramas such as "Princess Wencheng" on the basis of traditional Tibetan culture in a new ethnic Tibetan art form with new content.

During the past 5 years, the Chinese government and Tibet Autonomous Region have invested over 40 million yuan in the protection of intangible cultural heritages of Tibet, with increasing funds and protection efforts year by year.

A total of 61 heritage items of Tibet, such as traditional handicrafts, folk paintings and Tibetan Opera, have been inscribed into the state-level Human Intangible Cultural Heritage list and 53 people have been recognized as inheritors of the representative state-level intangible culture heritages.

In the past 60 years, the central government has invested more than 1 billion yuan in the maintenance of cultural relics including the Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple. The former and the Norbulingka Monastery have been inscribed into the list of World Culture Heritages by the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Tibetan Opera and Gesar have been both inscribed into the United Nation's Human Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

Apart from cultural protection, enriching Tibetans' cultural life is also an important part in the promotion of the play. Statistics shows that Tibet's coverage rates of broadcasting and television reached 90.28% and 91.41% respectively in 2010, and an average of 1.6 movies a month are put on stage in each village in Tibet.

Tibet has also attached importance to the learning, use and development of Tibetan language. Tibetan is widely used in textbooks in all primary and middle schools in Tibet. At present, Tibet has 14 Tibetan magazines, 10 Tibetan newspapers and a 24-hour Tibetan satellite television channel and Tibetan broadcast. In 1997, Tibetan character code was approved by the International Standards Organization, making the Tibetan script the first ethnic minority version with an international standard in China .

"We hope the song-dance performance can be staged in big inland cities such as Beijing and Chengdo to show the mysterious Tibetan culture and the happy life of Tibetans to more people around the world", said Zhang Junye, vice president of Tibet Qomolangma Cultural Media Co, Ltd.