Nagchu Horse Racing Festival

Nagchu horse racing is a grandest horse riding competition in northern Tibet. Tens of thousands of herdmen gather at grassland outside of Nachu city on a vast grassland dotted with tents to celebrate the horse riding competition. After a grand opening ceremony, various activities will start, such as horserace, yak race, tug of war, lifting stones and performs Tibetan operas. And it is held in every August with duration of 5 to 15 days.

August is the best time for tourists to sightsee the vast and beautiful green grassland covered by flower. Few days before the opening ceremony of Horsing Race Festival, traditionally dressed and decorated Tibetans living on this immense grassland gather at Naqu County to set up their tents around horse racing track, hundreds of tents stand and are packed there within a few days, as if a crowed temporary city suddenly appeared on grassland.

Besides exhibition and trading of local stuff among Tibetan people, dancing and singing performance, Buddhist activities, different kinds of interesting races organized there during the festival in order such as tug-of-war, long jumping, stone raising, are all boiling this temporary city and making her energetic and attractive.