the Lagarie Palace

A Place On Top Of Ruin

We saw the Lagarie Palace even before we entered Qusum County. According to historical records, the square of the palace was paved with white and blue gravels of good quality. The central part formed the pattern of Buddhist swastika, lotus and 8 auspicious symbols. The patterns were quite original and delicate. However, much of its…

October 9, 2013 BY Kunga

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Tibetan Incense

Tunba,A Village of Tibetan Incense

For Tibetan people, burning incense is a daily activity to pray for good fortune. In fact, Tibetan incense is also very popular among tourists from home and abroad. The Tibetan incense is brought in from India 1,300 years ago. These years, Tibetan incense producing becomes popular with the development of tourism. The incense made in…

October 7, 2013 BY Kunga

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Caina Village

Caina Village, A Romantic Place by Lhasa River

Many travelers to Lhasa may only focus on the grand Potala Palace, the holy Jokhang Temple, the busy Barkhor Street or the heavenly Lake Namtso. In fact, there are also many other interesting places. They may be known by few tourists, but they are no less awe-inspiring. Take a small village called Caina for example.…

October 7, 2013 BY Kunga

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Lhokha

Lhokha–To Tap Into The Tubo Dynasty

In the long course of history, Lhokha was acknoledged as “the cradle of Tibetan culture” for a number of “First Places” it had won: the 1st dynasty of Tibetan history–the Tubo Dynasty; the 1st king of Tibet Nyatri Tsenpo; the 1st palace Yongbu Lakang;the 1st Buddhist chapel Trundruk Monastery; the 1st farmland Suodang; the 1st…

October 6, 2013 BY Kunga

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Mount Namjagbarwa

Overlooking Mount Namjagbarwa

In Gega Village, you will have a good view of Mount Namjagbarwa. Located at the Nyingchi area in the southeastern part of China’s Tibet, Namjiagbarwa with an altitude of 25,531 feet (7,782m) ranks as world’s 15th highest peak and 1st in China’s ten most attractive mountains selected in the 2005 Chinese National Geography. It is also…

October 5, 2013 BY Kunga

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Nanyigou Valley

Lhoba People At Nanyigou Valley

Our trip to Nanyigou Valley had s misty color because of the foggy weather. 5 km outside Mainling Zong County, we saw a road sign pointing that Nanyigou was ahead. Shortly after that a village of Monba ethnic group came into our sight. It was a stockade village on a green mountain. In between yards…

October 5, 2013 BY Kunga

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travel to Nyingchi

Travel To Nyingchi

Mira Mountain is the boundary between Lhasa and Nyingchi. After we drove across the mountain top we reached Nyingchi. At this place at an altitude of 5019 meters, what welcomed us were the prayer flags fluttering in the cold wind, as if thousands of people were chanting the prayer “Om Mani Padme Hum” in a…

October 4, 2013 BY Kunga

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Drigong Ti Temple

The Decline And Prosperity Of Drigong Ti Temple

At its prime time, Drigong Ti Temple on top of a mountain had 180,000 monks practicing in the monastery. Many of them had to lodge in grottoes, simple state stone sheds or small tents because of the huge number of these monks. The temple was burned in wars, and together with it the drying up…

October 4, 2013 BY Kunga

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highland flower

Highland Flowers in Tibet

These flowers of delphinium grandiflorum by the roadside travelling from Lhasa to Kathmandu were very charming and attracted us immediately. Their leaves are deeply lobed with 3 to 7 toothed, pointed lobes in a palmate shape. The main flowering stem is erect, and varies greatly in size between the species, from 10 centimeters in some alpine species,…

October 4, 2013 BY Kunga

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This eastern loop route

Eastern Loop Route For Tibet’s Landscape Sightseeing

At one dawn in May, when the mountains in distance were covered with light blue mist and Potala Palace wore a dark veil, the morning sun spread its golden light on the age old golden roof of the palace. The whole atmosphere was particularly tranquil and serene, like that of the heaven. In this quiet…

October 2, 2013 BY Kunga

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