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Xiangcheng/Chatreng ཕྱག་ཕྲེང་།

Xiangcheng/Chatreng ཕྱག་ཕྲེང་།

Xiangcheng (乡城县) is a scenic county in the southwest part of Sichuan Province, located within the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Known for its beautiful river valleys, traditional Tibetan architecture, and surrounding mountains, Xiangcheng is often considered a hidden gem, offering a […]

Drito Dzong / Zhiduo འབྲི་སྟོད།

Drito Dzong / Zhiduo འབྲི་སྟོད།

Zhiduo County (治多县) is located in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China. Known for its rugged natural beauty and position in the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve (Three-River Source), Zhiduo sits at the source of the Yangtze River (called the “Tongtian […]

Dzogchen Purchen(ཕུར་ཆེན) Cham Dance Festival

Dzogchen Purchen(ཕུར་ཆེན) Cham Dance Festival

The Purba Cham (ཕུར་པའི་འཆམ་) is a specific, wrathful ritual dance centered on the deity Vajrakilaya (Tibetan: Dorje Phurba), the “Adamantine Dagger.” This is a major Vajrakilaya (Dorje Phurba) empowerment and practice assembly established at Dzogchen Monastery in the late 19th […]