Amdo Attractions

Shachung monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in Eastern Tibet and the oldest of Four Northern Grand monasteries. It was founded in1349 by Chojye Dhondup Rinchen and situated in Palung county of Amdo Tibet, about 113km from Xining city. Paradise on earth, Shachung was built on a mountain ridge …

Kumbum Monastery also known as Ta’er Monastery, is one of the most important and revered monasteries of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in Qinghai Province, China, near the city of Xining, in the traditional Tibetan region of Amdo. Kumbum is renowned as the birthplace of Tsongkhapa, …

Achung Namdzong is revered as one of the 25 important power places of Kham and Amdo, specifically symbolizing the mind aspect of Buddha mind. During persecution of Buddhism in Central Tibet by the last king of Tibet, the three high scholars fled from Lhasa to Amdo and stayed  in the …

The famous Iayuguan Pass or Jiayuguan Fortress is the west start point of China’s Great Wall. At the base of Jiayu Mountain Situates the legendary Jiayuguan Pass known as the most strategic point along the ancient Silk Road. The whole fortress was built in the year 1372 during the Ming Dynasty and …

The Mogao Caves, also well known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes, the biggest, best-preserved, and most significant site of Buddhist statuary and frescoes in all of China are all here, which is located 25km southeast of Dunhuang. There are 735 caves in Mogao, and the caves in Mogao are particularly …