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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 …

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. …

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 …

Batang sis lake or the lakes of eyes

Dzamthang monasteries are located at a same place adjoining each other in the valley of mid Dzamthang. The largest three monasteries Tsangwa. Choje and Tsechu are formed a monastic city in this valley. Tsangwa Monastery གཙང་བ་དགོན་པ།Tsangwa Monastery is an important Jonang monastery that was founded in 1717 by Lodro Namgyel. …