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 …
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Tsezhig monastery is the largest Bon monastery in the Gannan Tibetan region, located in Zuohai Village, Ganjia Township, it is about 30km from Labrang monastery.
Read More »Sertso Lakes / Huanglong Valley གསེར་མཚོ།
Sertso Lakes are situated in the north-west of Sichuan Province, the Huanglong valley with its series of travertine lakes, waterfalls, forests and mountain scenery is a superlative natural property. Topped by permanently snow-capped peaks rising from a base of 1,700 m up to 5,588 m, these include the easternmost glacier in China. …
Read More »Shar Dongri/Xuebaoding ཤར་དུང་རི།
Mount Xuebaoding or in Tibetan: Shar Dung Ri is a mountain near the easternmost edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China. With an elevation of 5,588 metres (18,333 ft) it is the highest peak of the Min Mountains and is Earth’s most easterly peak over 5,500 metres (18,000 ft). It is …
Read More »Drakgam Nang / Zhagana Village བྲག་སྒམ་ནང་།
Drakgam-Nang or Zhagana in Chinese is rocky mountain town nestled in the Yiwa village in south Gansu province. Known as the Rock Box in the Tibetan language. The town’s main attraction is the hiking route, which take you through deep, narrow canyons, alongside beautiful rivers, and into green forests and soaring rock cliffs. Drakgamnang was named Best Tourism …
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