Photo shows participants compete in a whistling archery contest held during the 20th Peach Blossom Tourism and Culture Festival in Nyingchi, Tibet autonomous region.
With a history of over 2,000 years, the whistling archery is a popular recreational activity in the Gongbo area of Nyingchi Prefecture, generally covering Nyingchi, Mainling and Gongbo Jomda counties.
The whistling arrow is a wooden cone with four small holes, which whistles when the air goes through the holes. The bull's eye, made of leather, takes the shape of three rings with a diameter of 18 centimeters.
Photo shows participants compete in a whistling archery contest held during the 20th Peach Blossom Tourism and Culture Festival in Nyingchi, Tibet autonomous region.
Photo shows participants compete in a whistling archery contest held during the 20th Peach Blossom Tourism and Culture Festival in Nyingchi, Tibet autonomous region.
Photo shows participants compete in a whistling archery contest held during the 20th Peach Blossom Tourism and Culture Festival in Nyingchi, Tibet autonomous region.
Photo shows participants compete in a whistling archery contest held during the 20th Peach Blossom Tourism and Culture Festival in Nyingchi, Tibet autonomous region.
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