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 …

Sunge Mani Stone Castle, or Songge Mani-Sutra City is a massive complex built out of Tibetan mani stone tablets located in the Zachukha Grasslands. The rectangular castle is facing south, measuring 73 metres long and 47 metres wide. The height of the outer wall is about 9 metres, and the …

Barge is the longest Mani stone wall in the world; it’s located in Sershul County. Dza Patrul Rinpoche began its construction. On the grassland near the intersection of the Mamu River and the Yalong River locates a wall consisting of Mani stone wall with Buddhist inscriptions. contains over 3,000 figures …

Shechen Monastery. one of the Six “Mother” Nyingma Monasteries of Tibet, was founded in 1695 by Shechen Rabjam Tenpé Gyaltsen who was sent to Kham with this purpose by the Fifth Dalai Lama. It is located in Derge between Nangdo and Dzogchen Monastery. Shechen Monastery became, gradually, the head of …

Yilhun Lhatso located beside the Manigange town about 11km, Derge county (100km), made by effects of glaciation, altitude over 4500M, with Chola ranges surrounding, the deepest is 15M, covers an area of 2.72 sq km. The lake is fed by glaciers from the surrounding mountains, which create its clear, blue-green …