Rawok Lake-Home at the Heart of the Lake
The vast and magnificent Tibetan Plateau boasts the largest number of lakes in China. Where there is a lake, there are islands. What are the special landscapes on the plateau islands? The first lake with islands we have encountered after entering Tibet from the Sichuan-Tibet road is Rawok Lake. Let us take a closer…
December 3, 2013 BY
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Vicissitudes in Qinwadazi
Where are you, the broken city walls, the thick weeds, the big tombs, the eroded stone carvings, the history and the promises? Time flies like an arrow and brings drastic changes in an instant Qinwadazi. What kind of past has been buried by the years?
December 2, 2013 BY
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Traveling to Ali-So Far and So Near
Driving from the bustling Lhasa, you are infinitely fascinated by the unexplored land. Passing by a mountain, you’ll find that someone had drawn a lot of ladders on the cliff leading upward. He is saying in your ear that the ladders are the gateway to heaven. You suddenly feel in your heart that the…
November 29, 2013 BY
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The Grand Feast of Walking on the Pure Land
The sun rises from the mountaintop every day and illuminates us with the most extravagant sunlight in the world. Marching on shoulder by shoulder with a group of pilgrims and walking around the lake Namtso, we feel agitated, wondering whether it is a kind of pilgrimage to the sacred or a kind of prayer.…
December 2, 2013 BY
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The Age-Old Precious Garden–Norbulinka
The precious trees here were planted 300 years ago. The place is luxuriantly green all the year round, with birds of varied kinds perching the branches and exotic and strangely scented flowers blooming. Here is Dalai Lama’s special summer botanical garden, the most beautiful aristocrat botanical garden in history. In every Shoton Festival, the…
November 28, 2013 BY
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Qomolangma Culture Festival
Mount Qomolangma is hard to be surmounted. However, we can get together in the Mount Qomolangma Culture Festival. Join the carnival in the Guozhuang Evening; join the tap dance in Gongjuelinka; enjoy a traditional Tibetan Opera in Darewalinka. Let’s push ourselves into the sea of songs and dances, passing through the time, and taste…
November 28, 2013 BY
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Gyangze–A Historic City Belongs to Heros
Gyangze, in this top city on the 4020 m high plateau, there is the Gyantse Dzong; there is Pelkor Chode Monastery and Pala Manor. This is a city with so many history, passing through this city. You may feel just like walking in a long black and white movie.
November 27, 2013 BY
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A Place Inspires Your Mind–Shigatse
Unique natural scenery and ample intangible cultural heritage make this place full of charm. In the golden autumn, Mt. Qomolangma Cultural Festival invites people from all over the world to join this engagement. And this is the economy and culture center of Back Tibet–Shigatse.
November 27, 2013 BY
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