A Chinese proverb says “Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles”. I set to travel not because of this proverb, but I understand it after I have traveled much of the miles. When I did bicycle riding in TIbet, I neither tried to go alone nor intended to look for a companion, for…

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…

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…

Ranking 1st among the 10 most dangerous highways in China, the Sichuan-Tibet Highway is also the longest highway as present. On this highway it is common to spot disfigured self-help drivers with tanned skins. Their cars are covered with dust, mud and scratches of all sized. Yet they share the same target of dashing all…

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.…

Maizhokunggar is a poetic name. You will have to pass through there before returning to Lhasa through the East Tibet Loop Route. I once passed here in a hurry when I went to the Himalayas, but this beautiful name has impressed my memory and attracted me all the time. Today, I am really here inside…

It seems that a clear and melodious ringing sound is coming from beyond the horizon, attracting the traveler to feel like returning to the past. Is it the sound of bronze horse bells on the old Tang-Tibet road back in the Tang Dynasty, or the tinkles of Repa dancers’ anklets? The Sichuan-Tibet road will allow…

Mr. Peter Crowell is from the United States. He has worked on a ship as a Captain for 40 years. He came to China to teach Navigation in 2007. Now he retired and his life for now is just traveling around the world. He loves China and has many friends here. He joined our group…

The thousand-year old legend of Namtso Lake says: “Those who sit here in meditation for a while would be rewarded satori and Bodhisattvabhumi”. It is said that Namtso is the wife of the god of Nyenchen Tonglha Mountains and the incarnation of Vajrayogimi–mother of Buddh in her supineness. She owns complete body, speech and mind.…

The king and queen of Guge kingdom were pious Catholics. They, together with other residents of the city, suddenly vanished overnight. Nobody knows the reasons for this oddity. The Guge’s disappearance is world mystery, just like Pompeii. In addition, the frescoes of Guge kingdom is beyond words and of great importance even in modern times.