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Horpo Valley ཧོར་བོ།

Horpo Valley ཧོར་བོ།

Horpo Valley, in Pelyül County, Sichuan, is a hidden gem of eastern Kham. Home to Katok Monastery (1159), one of Nyingma Buddhism’s most sacred sites, it’s a global center for Dzogchen practice. The valley is famed for hand-forged Tibetan knives and metal crafts, set amid dramatic alpine scenery—forests, glacial streams, and snow peaks. Remote and unspoiled, it pairs perfectly with Dzongsar and Dopu Valley for an authentic Tibetan cultural and trekking journey.

Palyul Monastery དཔལ་ཡུལ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་བྱང་ཆུབ་ཆོས་གླིང་

Palyul Monastery དཔལ་ཡུལ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་བྱང་ཆུབ་ཆོས་གླིང་

Palyul, core Nyingma mother monastery built in 1665 in Baiyu County, anchors the Namchö spiritual lineage across Kham and beyond. Its cascading hillside architecture, traditional woodblock printing and annual Guru Rinpoche ceremonies draw pilgrims from across the Tibetan plateau.