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.