And there we were, watching Lhamo performed live in front of our eyes just as Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty might have seen it when she married the Tibetan king Songtsen Gambo.

• 就这样，藏戏在我们眼前历历呈现，我想唐朝文成公主在嫁给西藏王（当时的吐蕃王）松赞干布时很可能也看过这齣戏吧！