TIBET
2 min readPotala Palace in Lhasa.
Yamzhog Yumco Lake, lying at 4,400 meters above sea level, covers an area of more than 700 square km, being one of the three holy lakes of Tibetan Buddhism.
Buddhist believers burn aromatic plants to create holy smoke in front of the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, and then undertake a clockwise ritual around the monastery while chanting sutras.
The Potala Palace in Lhasa is the world’s highest palace-style building in the world. Built in the 7th Century during the Tubo Dynasty(618-842), it retains many of its original features intact.
The Potala Palace after heavy snowfall appears even more magnificent.
The Nam Co Lake in Damxung, Tibet, lying at an elevation of 4,718 meters, is one of the three holy lakes of Tibetan Buddhism. The picture was taken during the Tibetan Year of Sheep, the recurrent year of the Nam Co Lake, when tens of thousands of Tibetan pilgrims came for ritual walks. Sutra streamers fluttered in the mountain wind for blessing.
Ruins of the Guge Kingdom in Ngari.
From the Guge ruins archaeologists have found many murals believed to be some 700 years old that are regarded as the most numerous and complete found so far.
The Bodhi Pagoda in the Palkor Monastery in Gyangze, featuring a combined architectural style of Han Chinese, Tibetans and Nepalese, has 108 gates. It is known as the 10,000-Buddha Pagoda.
The gilt bronze statue of the Qamba Buddha enshrined in the Coqen Hall of the Palkor Monaster y rises eight meters high.
Ranwu Lake in eastern Tibet,a glacier lake, is a shining pearl of Tibetan tourism. Here, farmers are busy at their work with no time to admire the beauty.
The grassland by the Nam Co Lake, at an elevation of more than 4,800 meters, is a world of small blossoming flowers in summer, with Nyainqentanglha Mountain in the distance.
Basum Co Lake surrounded by emerald mountains.
Basum Co Lake in autumn, with the red color standing out sharply in contrast with white snow in the mountains.
Namjagbrawa Mountain,7,782 meters above sea level, is the highest peak of the Himalayas.
Nagqu Grassland at 4,600 meters: Yaks were indispensable for Tibetan in the past, but yak caravans are rarely seen today.
Potala Palace viewed from the Golden Top of the Jokhang Monastery.
The Lancang River is one of the major rivers in Southwest China, being the upper stretches in China of what later becomes the famed Mekong River passing through Indochina to the sea. Here the river passes through Yanjing in Qamdo amid mountains.
