Tibet Vista Exemplified Ecotour during Tongtse Mountain Kora

After tour guides of Tibet Vista finished cleaning the garbage, they sat down and posed for a meaningful shot.

Traditionally, Sacred Tongtse Mountain Kora is observed every 12 years. As this year’s religious celebration unfolded, Tibetans from all walks of life kept coming to Qangka Town, Linzhou County to worship this holy mountain via religious circling.Though the pilgrims and other visitors paid special attention to protecting the environment while touring the holy mountain, the sizeable number of travelers inevitably produced unwanted garbage. To solve this issue, on March, 13, a contingent of over 20 tour guides of Tibet Vista took the initiatives to clean the trash left around Tongtse Mountain and prayed for the world peace and well-being for all.

A team of over 20 tour guides of Tibet Vista were on the way to Tongtse Mountain.

Exhausted as they felt, all of them believed that it was a meaningful activity and were proud of their small contribution to protecting the sacred land and water of Tibet. Apparently, the concept of responsible travel and ecotour was deeply rooted in the mind of Tibet Vista’s guide. And they were ready to bring the most memorable Tibet Tour in the near future. 

All the tour guides worked together to collect the trash.

Put plastic bottles and other waste into the can and bags

Cultural Background:

Situated at Qangka Town, Linzhou County, about 100km northeast of Lhasa, Tongtse Mountain is believed to be a sacred mountain in Tibetan Buddhism. It has been a time-honored tradition for Tibetans to do the kora around Tongtse Mountain every 12 years. 

People believe that circling Tongtse Mountain 7 times equals making a full circle of holy Tsare Mountain, a divine mountain equally important to Mt.Kailash. Therefore, it is a tradition for Tibetans to do Mt. Kailash Kora in the year of Horse and have Tsare Mountain Kora in the year of Monkey. However, due to the long distance and inconvenient transportation, for the majority of pilgrims and ordinary Tibetan citizens would prefer touring Tongtse Mountain. Many pilgrims will circle this holy mountain even for over hundred times in an entire year to pray for well-being for living creature.