Items filtered by date: September 2014

Thursday, 04 September 2014 00:00 Published in Sights in Ngari

Palgon Tso Lake

It is also called Tsomo Angla Renbo, which means ‘the swan lake’ in Tibetan. It is located within the boundary of Rutok County and is a famous international lake, situated at the border of China and Nepal.

Thursday, 04 September 2014 00:00 Published in Sights in Nachu

Namtso Lake

Namtso, literally heavenly lake, is situated in a mountainous area about 60 km northwest of Damshung County. Namtso Lake extents 70 km from east to west, and 30 km from south to north, covering an area of 1,920 square kilometers and altitude of 4,748 meter above the sea level.

Thursday, 04 September 2014 00:00 Published in Sights in Nyingchi

Basum Tso Lake

It is also called ‘the Tsogo Lake’, a famous lake of the Red sect. It is located in Shoka in Kongpo Gyamda County, 55 km to the east of Kongpo Gyamda and 300 kilometers from Lhasa.

Thursday, 04 September 2014 00:00 Published in Sights in Nyingchi

Ranwok Lake

With an altitude of 3800 meters, many thousand-year-old willow trees have grown round the Ranwok Lake whose surface is 2600 meters in length and 1000-5000 meters in width.

Thursday, 04 September 2014 00:00 Published in Sights in Nyingchi

Peach Blossom Ravine

This is a wild peach forest located 5 km to southeast of the Nyingchi County. Mountains surround it to the three sides with evergreen forest and water

Thursday, 04 September 2014 00:00 Published in Sights in Nyingchi

Lamaling Monastery

Lamaling Monastery located in Buchu village, Nyingchi County, belongs to the Red sect. It is the biggest and most important monastery of Tibetan Buddhism.

Thursday, 04 September 2014 00:00 Published in Sights in Nyingchi

Lunang Forest

It is in the Nyingchi County. Going to the east from Bayi town and passing through the mountain pass of Sejila will arrive at Lunang forest. The landscape here is particularly beautiful.

Thursday, 04 September 2014 00:00 Published in Sights in Nyingchi

Giant Cypress Forest in Nyingchi

It is here in Bajie village that a giant cypress Nature Reserve was built. Here all luxuriant cypresses are grown in a grove, the biggest being over 4.46 meters in circumference and 46 meters in height.

Thursday, 04 September 2014 00:00 Published in Sights in Lhoka

Yumbum Lakang

It is located on the Jormo Zhaxi Ceri Mountain, about 5 km to the southeast of Nedong County of Lhoka, ‘Yumbum’ means a female deer, because the formation of the Jormo Zhaxi Ceri Mountain looks like a doe, and ‘Lakang’ means the holy palace.

Thursday, 04 September 2014 00:00 Published in Sights in Lhoka

Samye Monastery

Situated in the northern bank of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, within the boundary of the Dranang County, the Samye Monastery was first built in 779AD, and presided over for being constructed by Padmasambava and Trisong Detsen.