To the north of Jianzha County, Maketang Town, and Luoke Village in Qinghai Province, there is a cliff, which is a trace of nature’s miraculous craftsmanship. The cliff, weathered by time, appears dreamlike before your eyes like a mirage. . . Qinghai Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit. It is located …
Read More »Martsang Drak དམར་གཙང་བྲག
Martsang Drak Gon is a monastery in Amdo that is said to have been founded by Lachen Gongpa Rabsel in the tenth century. It was converted to the Geluk tradition in 1584. It is located at Baima village, Huzhu county 35km east of Xining, Qinghai province. The temple built on …
Read More »Dzongak or Songgang Watch Towers རྫོང་འགག་རྒྱལ་མཁར།
Dzongak Ancient Blockhouse Group or Songgang watch towers are located in Songgang town, 17 kilometers away from Barkham. It was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and was built by the Dzonggak Gyalpo. Although it is a blockhouse group , there are actually three blockhouses. The blockhouses …
Read More »Choktse Palace ཅོག་ཙེ་རྒྱལ་མཁར།
Choktse Palace or Zhuokeji is located in Barkham town. Choktse village was built between 1736 and 1795. Present constructions include four buildings: the front and side structures have four stories and the back building has six stories. Kitchens are in the ground floor, while houses for soldiers and storerooms are …
Read More »Trotong Lake ཁྲོ་ཐུང་མཚེའུ
Trotong Lake” or “Cuotong Cui Lake”, is located in Trotong Village near Manigango, Dege County, Garze Prefecture. It is composed of three connected lakes of different sizes and irregular shapes. It is composed of approximately 4,600 meters above sea level. This is a mountain tourist attraction currently under development. It …
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