(InTibet) The legend of Lhoba ancestors

Yabao, 74, tells the legend of Lhoba ancestors in Namyi Lhoba Ethnic Township of Mainling County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

LHASA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Lhoba, an ethnic group in southeast Tibet, is one of the smallest among China's 56 ethnic groups in terms of population. The Lhoba have their own spoken language, but no written form.

The legend of Lhoba ancestors was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2011.

Yabao, 74, puts on traditional Lhoba clothing in Namyi Lhoba Ethnic Township of Mainling County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Yabao, 74, makes a phone call in Namyi Lhoba Ethnic Township of Mainling County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 12, 2022.(Xinhua/Sun Fei)

Yabao, 74, walks on a road in Namyi Lhoba Ethnic Township of Mainling County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 12, 2022.(Xinhua/Sun Fei)

Yabao, 74, tells the legend of Lhoba ancestors in Namyi Lhoba Ethnic Township of Mainling County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 12, 2022.(Xinhua/Sun Fei)