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Gannan ཀན་ལྷོ། Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Gannan ཀན་ལྷོ། Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

The Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is located in southern Gansu Province, on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Often described as a gateway to Amdo Tibet, Gannan offers vast grasslands, important monasteries, nomadic culture, and a quieter, less-visited Tibetan […]

Shangrila སེམས་ཀྱི་ཉི་ཟླ Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Shangrila སེམས་ཀྱི་ཉི་ཟླ Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Shangri-La (香格里拉) is a county-level city located in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, China. Formerly known as Zhongdian (中甸), it was renamed in 2001 to reflect its association with the mythical paradise described in James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon. […]

Kangding / Dartsedo དར་རྩེ་མདོ། Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Kangding / Dartsedo དར་རྩེ་མདོ། Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Dartsedo or Kangding in Chinese was on the historical border between Tibet and China, from Kangding to the west lies Tibetan civilization where as to the east Chinese cultural areas; It was the capital of the Kingdom of Chakla. During […]