Gesang flower

Gesang Flowers in Riwoqe

Get out of Qamdo, walk into the Zhujue Mountain, our destination is Riwoqe County. At the end of May, the azalea only blooms at high altitude of the eastern Tibet. But along the way, a big slice of purple Gesang flower sea still could be seen. It seems that the Gesang flower in eastern Tibet…

October 28, 2013 BY Kunga

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way to Chunpei Village

Chunpei Village

Chunpei Village is located at Yadong County in Tibet, and it’s only 2 km from Xia Syma Town, the seat of county government. This ancient small village built along hills, east Yadong River, west of Qiema Village in Xia Yadong Town, and borders with Xia Syma Town in the north. It has been an important…

October 25, 2013 BY Kunga

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red snow

The Mystery Of Himalaya Red Snow

On the roof of the world Himalaya, there happens a mysterious red snow scene in the world of 5000 meters high. The color of the snow is as red as the rose or the bloody satins. The peculiar scene is one of the Tibet mysteries. How does the red snow phenomenon come about? Why does…

October 24, 2013 BY Kunga

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Seka Gutuo Temple

Secrets In Old Castles

Guge Kingdom ruins witness the mystery of Guge desappearance: Yumbulagang Palace started the castle style architecture: the Potala Palace is a living palace, and there is no doubt that it is the endorsement of castles: Kara Zuodan Zong is magical and it transformed history into legend with the story of the cat: Unopened Ali Piyang,…

October 24, 2013 BY Kunga

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Namseling Manor

Namseling Manor–The Oldest Aristocratic Manor

The aristocratic manors in Tibet were extremely luxurious and prosperous. Should they still exist, they would be national treasures with historic values, like the castles by the Seine River in France, or the Pushkin Manor and the Tolstoy Manor in Russia. The 1950s till witnessed thousands of aristocratic manors in Tibet, but unfortunately, with the…

October 23, 2013 BY Kunga

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sky above Mt.Everest

Watching the Sky at Everest Base Camp

  Sitting at Everest Base Camp, 5200m above seas level, the highest places a common tourist can reach, you can not help to reach out your hands to touch the starts.Read More: Stargazing on the Roof of the World,Night Sky Photography Tips in Tibet

October 23, 2013 BY Kunga

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Tibetan Buddha

National Treasures Preserved In Potala Palace

Potala Palace, it self decorated with gold, silver, pearl and precious stones, has collected countless most precious treasures of the highland since the 7th century. In Tibet, religious activities are closely related with everyday life of the local people, and the religious culture has exerted a great influence on the development of Tibetan arts. At…

October 22, 2013 BY Kunga

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Tibetan mask

Devine Dance–A Bright Color

Devin Dance, a religious dance, is a special religious ritual for worshiping various deities in Tibetan Buddhism. As an expressive, outspoken, unrestrained dance, it is invented by the great master Padmasambhava when he was building Samye Monastery. It is also known as “deity dance”. The most distinct features of this dance is that is does…

October 21, 2013 BY Kunga

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Yamdroktso Lake

Finding Buddhist Monasteries

Along the South Loop Route, a story says that the fresh water in Yarlung Tsangpo River washed the mausoleums nearby and brings the treasure hidden in them to the villages along the river, bit by bit, when the trees turn green and the river rises gradually in spring and summer. This place boasts sapphire-colored water…

October 21, 2013 BY Kunga

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Qinghai Lake

Black-neck Cranes–The Secular Life Of The Plateau Dancers

In 1867, the Russian explorer Nikolai Pezhevalsky found for the 1st time at Qinghai Lake the blakc-neck crane that is the only species of its kind in the world living at plateau swamps, rivers, lakes and river shoals at an altitude of 2500-5000 meters. This is also a crane found at the most recent time.…

October 18, 2013 BY Kunga

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