You Should be Here in Tibet.
You Should Be Here In Tibet 2020
Happy Drepung Yougurt Festival
"Shoton" in Tibetan means yogurt banquet. As Tibetan operas are performed and Buddha paintings are exhibited at this time
Good morning from Lhasa,Tibet.
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tibet winter
Tibet is not that cold in winter, even warmer than some province of Mainland China, in December temperature 9° / -7°; in January temperature 8-8℃; in February 10° / -5， Winter is one of the best time for photography with the highest visibility and also flight Ticket price is cheaper than summer. Tour operator Contact email: [email protected], whatsapp:+86 18108900597.
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om Mani Padme Hum
Tibet Harvest Festival
Harvest Festival, or Ongkor in Tibet, It is a festival mainly celebrated in rural areas to pray for a good harvest. On this day, farmers put on their best clothes, carry harvest pagodas made from the ears of highland barley and wheat. They beat drums, chant holy songs and dance around their fields. After that, they will drink chang and yak butter tea. In some areas, there are other activities as well, such as horse races, archery competitions and performances of Tibetan Opera
Mount Kailash Trekking Notes
Mount Kailash trekking tour is one of the most demanding and challenging of treks for pilgrims in the world.
This trek route in Tibet is widely known as the kora around the Mt. Kailash(6638m) which is sacred to four religions and a deeply numinous place.
The average altitude of this trekking is nearly 5,000m, so it is a very great challenge and requires strong perseverance:
Trekking Notes:
01) Trekking around the Mt Kailash is an important pilgrimage for Tibetans with an average elevation of 4,800 to a maximum of 5,650 meters.
02) Trekking around Mt Kailash to walk 56kilometers. Therefore, higher altitude has certain requirements for physical fitness and physical strength
03) Two-day itinerary needs to stay overnight in the mountains. It is recommended that the temperature of the down jacket be no less than 0 degrees, during the two night we have to sleep at guest house.
04) People with poor physical strength can rent Porter at Darchen, it cost around 45US$ Per/day.
05) There are 4 to 5 Tibetan tents along the way to provide hot water and instant noodles.
06) Even so, it is recommended to bring some high-calorie foods with you
Lhasa Sho Dun Festival Date: on 30th August 2019
Lhasa Sho Dun Festival held on 30th August 2019.
The Sho Dun Festival (Tibetan: ༄༅། ཞོ་སྟོན།), commonly known as the Yogurt Festival or Banquet is an annual festival held at Norbulingka or "Jewel Park" palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region.
The festival is celebrated in the summer, from the 15th to the 24th of the 5th lunar month - usually about the middle of August, after a month's retreat by the monks who stay within their monasteries to avoid walking on the emerging summer insects and killing them.Partying at Sho Dun Festival, Norbulingka, 1993
It began in the 16th century with a banquet given by the lay people for the monks featuring yogurt. Later on, summer operas, or Lhamo, and theatricals were added to the festivities. The operas, "last all day with clashing cymbals, bells and drums; piercing recitatives punctuating more melodious choruses; hooded villains, leaping devils, swirling girls with long silk sleeves. In the past dancers came from all over Tibet, but today there is only the state-run Lhasa Singing and Dancing Troupe.
The beautiful grounds of the Norbulingka are filled with partying groups shielded from the wind by gaily coloured hanging walls of rugs and printed canvas. There is much feasting and visiting between family groups and bonfires are common at night.
Dra Yerpa Cave:
Dra Yerpa is located on a hillside in Dagzê County. The entrance to the Yerpa Valley is about 16 kilometres northeast of Lhasa on the northern bank of the Kyichu. From there, it is another 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the famous ancient meditation caves in the spectacular limestone cliffs of the Yerpa Valley (Tibetan: བྲག་ཡེར་པ་,). There is an ancient sky burial site opposite the main caves.
The famous legendary hero Gesar of Ling is said to have visited the valley. The holes his arrows left in the cliffs are believed to be evidence of his presence.
here are a number of small temples shrines and hermitages and the cliffs contain some of the earliest known meditation sites in Tibet, some dating back to pre-Buddhist times. Among the more famous are those traditionally connected with Songtsen Gampo (604–650 CE), (traditionally the 33rd king of the Yarlung Dynasty and first emperor of a united Tibet). His Tibetan queen, Monza Triucham, founded the Dra Yerpa temple here.
He and his two foreign-born queens are said to have meditated in the 'Peu Marsergyi Temple' and in the 'Chogyel Puk', and to have discovered 'self-originated' symbols of the Buddha-body, speech and mind. Padmasambhava, or Guru Rinpoche (late 8th to early 9th century), meditated and practiced tantric yoga with his yogini Yeshe Tsogyal here, and to have spent 7 months in meditation in the 'Dawa Puk', which is considered to be one of his three most important places of attainment.[4] After Lhalung Pelgyi Dorje assassinated the anti-Buddhist Bon Emperor Langdarma in 842 CE he is said to have hidden himself in a cave and meditated for 22 years. His hat was kept there until 1959.
Yerpa became one of the three most important centres of meditation and retreat in Central Tibet. Several of Guru Rinpoche's disciples are also said to have meditated here. Atisha (982 – 1054 CE) preached extensively in the valley.[7] Atisha's hermitage is in ruins but had 300 monks in the 19th century and was
Views of Tholing,Zanda.
Tholing (Tibetan: མཐོ་ལྡིང་,), Toling, Tuolin, or Toding, alternatively Zanda, Tsanda, Tsada, or Zada, is a town and seat of Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, in the west of Tibet Autonomous Region, The town was the former capital of Guge Kingdom in western Tibet when it was ruled by Langdarma. The Tholing Monastery, established in 997 AD, is in the suburbs of the town, in the Grand canyon of the Langchen Tsangpo (Sutlej River). Historically, this was an important monastery; the second dissemination of Buddhism in Tibet emanated from it.
Zanda is a Morden name given to the ancient town known as Tholing, which was once the capital of the Ngari district in western Tibet. The town, the monastery, and Tsaparang, a rocky range with forts, played an important role the history of Tibetan Buddhism in west Tibet. Tholing and Tsaparang were the capital cities of the Purang-Guge Kingdom during the 10-11th centuries when Tibetan Buddhism civilization developed. Tholing was on an important trade route between India and Tibet. The Guge Kingdom fell into ruins by the end of 17th century, after the Ladakh army seized this kingdom in 1630.
First Gelug Monastery in Tibet. (Gandan Monastery)
Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet. It is in Dagzê County, Lhasa. The other two are Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery. Ganden Monastery was founded in 1409 by Je Tsongkhapa Lozang-dragpa, founder of the Gelug order. The monastery was destroyed after 1959, but has since been partially rebuilt.
Ganden is 60 kilometres from Lhasa. The monastery lies in a hilly natural amphitheater. from the kora route around the monastery there are dramatic views over the valleys that surround it. Ganden Monastery is at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Dagzê County at an altitude of 4,300m. Its full name is Ganden Namgyal Ling. Ganden means "joyful" and is the Tibetan name for Tuṣita, the heaven where the bodhisattva Maitreya is said to reside. Namgyal Ling means "victorious temple"
Ganden Monastery was founded by Je Tsongkhapa Lozang-dragpa (1357–1419) in 1409. Tsongkhapa built Ganden's main temple, with large statues and three-dimensional mandalas. He often stayed at Ganden, and died there in 1419. Tsongkhapa's preserved body was entombed at Ganden by his disciples in a silver and gold encrusted tomb.
The name "Gelug" is an abbreviation of "Ganden Lug", meaning "Ganden Tradition".The Ganden Tripa or "throne-holder of Ganden" is the head of the Gelug school. Before dying Tsongkhapa gave his robe and staff to the first Ganden Tripa, Gyeltsabjey (1364-1432), who was succeeded by Kaydrubjey. The term of office is seven years, and by 2003 there had been 99 Ganden Tripas. The monastery was divided into four colleges at the time of the 2nd Ganden Tripa. Later these were consolidated in two, Jangtsey and Shartsey, located respectively to the north and east of the main temple. Both combine the study of sutra and tantra. Study methods include memorization, logic and debate. The colleges grant degrees for different levels of achievement, evaluated by examination and formal public debate
Lhamo La-Tso(Tibet Oracle lake)
Lhamo La-tso
"Lhamo Latso" redirects here. For the glacial lake in the Himalayas, North Sikkim district, India, see Tso Lhamo Lake.
Lhamo Latso or Lha-mo La-tso (Tibetan: ལྷ་མོའི་བླ་མཚོ།,) is a small oval oracle lake where senior Tibetan monks of the Gelug sect go for visions to assist in the discovery of reincarnations of the Dalai Lamas. Other pilgrims also come to seek visions. It is considered to be the most sacred lake in Tibet.
It is also known as "The Spiritual-Lake of the Goddess", the goddess being Palden Lhamo, the principal Protectress of Tibet. Other names include: Tso Lhamo (Tsho Lha mo), t is said that Palden Lhamo, as the female guardian spirit of the Lhamo Latso promised the 1st Dalai Lama in one of his visions "that she would protect the reincarnation lineage of the Dalai Lamas." Ever since the time of the 2nd Dalai Lama, who formalised the system, the regents and other monks have gone to the lake to seek guidance on choosing the next reincarnation through visions while meditating there.
The particular form of Palden Lhamo at Lhamo Latso is Jemo Maksoma "The Victorious Queen who Turns Back Enemies". The lake is sometimes referred to as "Palden Lhamo Kalideva", which indicates that she is the (Buddhist) emanation of Kali, shakti of Shiva. Jemo Maksoma, also called Machik Pellha Shiwé Nyamchen , this is an unusually peaceful form of Palden Lhamo.
The mountain to the south of Chokorgyel Monastery, Shridevi, is the "blue" residence of Palden Lhamo on which a sky burial site is located. The monastery was originally built in a triangular form to reflect the symbolism of its position at the confluence of three rivers and surrounded by three mountains and also represents the conjunction of the three elements of water, earth and fire, as well as the female principle of Palden Lhamo in the form of an inverted triangle.
Lhamo Latso... is a brilliant azure jewel set in a ring of grey mountains. The elevation and the surroundi
Drigung Thil Monastery, Kagyu sect
Drigung Thil Monastery is a monastery in Maizhokunggar County, Lhasa, Tibet founded in 1179. Traditionally it has been the main seat of the Drikung Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In its early years the monastery played an important role in both religion and politics, but it was destroyed in 1290 by Mongol troops under the direction of a rival sect. The monastery was rebuilt and regained some of its former strength, but was primarily a center of meditative studies. The monastery was destroyed after 1959, but has since been partly rebuilt. As of 2015 there were about 250 resident monks.
Drigung Til Monastery is reputed to have the best sky burial ceremony of all. It is said that bodies dispatched here will not fall down into the “3 bad regions."
The monastery is located in the Drikung region of central Tibet.It is on the south slope of a long mountain ridge about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north-east of Lhasa, and looks over the Shorong valley. It is at an elevation of 4,465 metres (14,649 ft), about 180 metres (590 ft) above the valley floor.It commands a panoramic view of the valley.Drigung Thil is in Nita township, 61 kilometres (38 mi) from the county seat, which in turn is 73 kilometres (45 mi) from Lhasa, the regional capital. Three other monasteries of the Drikung Kagyu sect are located in the same region, Yangrigar, Drikung Dzong, and Drikung Tse.
Tibet Mt Kailash
Mount Kailash :(also Kailasa; Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰; traditional Chinese: =岡仁波齊峰; Hindi: कैलाश पर्वत ), is a 6,638 m (21,778 ft) high peak in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains), which forms part of the Transhimalaya in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
The mountain is located near Lake Manasarovar and Lake Rakshastal, close to the source of some of the longest Asian rivers: the Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, and Karnali also known as Ghaghara (a tributary of the Ganges) in India. Mount Kailash is considered to be sacred in four religions: Bon, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
Biket tour in Tibet
2019Tibet Bicycle Tour Itinerary:
Flight from Mainland China or KTM-Lhasa-Gyangtse-Shigatse-Shigar-Mt Everest-Kyirong-KTM
Day 01: Arrival in Lhasa – Lhasa, Yak hotel /BB.
Day 02 : Visit Potala palace and Jorkhang temple, hotel /BB.
Day03: Visit Nurbulingka palace and Sera monastery, hotel/BB.
Day 04: Lhasa – Quxul (Chushul),50KM. camp with full meals.
Day 05: Chushul – Nakartse 60KM, camp with FB.
Day 06: Nakartse- Gyantse 80KM, hotel Utse /BB.
Day 07: Gyantse – Shigatse, 90KM,hotel Everest /BB.
Day 08: Shigatse – Chemo,75KM ,camp /FB.
Day 09: Chemo –Lhartse, 75KM,camp /BB.
Day 10: Lhartse –Shegar,90KM, Shegar hotel /BB.
Day 11: Shegar – Rongbuk, 100KM,camp /BB.
Day 12: Rongbuk - E.b.c. – Rongbuk, camp /BB.
Day 13: Rongbuk – Tingri,100KM Tingri hotel /BB.
Day 14: Tingri – After Peku tso Lake,100KM camp /BB.
Day 15: Pekutso to Uper Kyirong.camp/100KM,BB
Day16: Uper Kyirong to Kyirong town ,25KM, hotel/BB
Day 17: Down to Border then to KTM.
Tibet Food Tsampa
Tsampa is quite simple to prepare; indeed, it is known as a convenience food and often used by the Tibetans, and other travellers. While traditional tsampa is prepared with tea, sometimes water or beer is used in its place. It may also be prepared as a porridge
You leave a little buttered tea in the bottom of your bowl and put a big dollop of tsampa on top of it. You stir gently with the forefinger, then knead with the hand, meanwhile twisting your bowl round and round until you finish up with a large dumpling-like object which you proceed to ingest, washing it down with more tea. The whole operation demands a high degree of manual dexterity, and you need a certain amount of practical experience before you can judge correctly how much tsampa goes with how much tea. Until you get these proportions right the end product is apt to turn into either a lump of desiccated dough or else a semi-liquid paste which sticks to your fingers. Sometimes you lace this preparation with a form of powdered milk, made from curds which have been dried in the sun.
Mt Kailash and Changtang Highlands22day/21Night
Mount Kailash and Changtang Highlands
Day 01: Arrival at Gongkar airport and transfer to Lhasa.
Day 02: Lhasa visits, Potala, Chapokri and Dralha Lupuk, Sera monastery, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Market.
Day 03: Drepung monastery and Nechung monastery, then Nrbulingka
Day 04: Lhasa to Gyantse via Yamdrok Lake and three Pass. There are 270km, 6-7 hours driving, check in Gyantse hotel.
Day 05: After breakfast, first visit Pecho monastery, Kumbum stupa. Then drive to Sh*tatse, 90km, 1.5 hour. Lunch in Shigatse. Afternoon at 3 clock, drive to visit Tashlunpo monastery, the largest monastery in Tsang area, also the residence of Panchen Lama, free market.
Day 06: Drive to Sakya, visit Sakya monastery, lunch in Sakya. There are 150km, 2-3 hours driving, check in Sakya hotel.
Day 07: Sakya to Saga , 305 km, driving for 7-8 hours, guest house.
Day 08: Saga to Paryang, 216 km, it takes 5 -6hrs driving, guest house.
Day 09: Paryang to Darchen, hotel. Need to make permits before Lake Manasarova.
Day 10 -12: Walk around Mt Kailash and to see Saga Dawa Festival, for this circle trail it has 53 km. To start trekking from Darchen through Drira Phuk (cave of the female yak horn ) 4900m, Droma la pass (5630m), Zutrul Phuk ‘ Miracle Cave” of Milarepa (4790m), and then to Lake Manasarova.
Day 13: Drive from Lake Manasarova to Tsaparang (Dzada) check in local guesthouse. Visit also KHYUNGLUNG, GURUGYAM and YUNGDRUNG RINCHEN BARWA, guest house.
Day 14: Visit Guge remains + Tuling temple, check in local guesthouse.
Day 15: Drive from Tsaparang by direct road (North of Tuling), overnight at Ali hotel.
Days 16-19: Drive through CHANGTHANG HIGHLANDS from Tashigang monastery to Sangsang passing by Gegye, Karma Kagyu monastery (near Yanhu), Gerze, Gertse Drakgyam monastery, Bukhar monastery, Tsochen and Tsochen mendong monastery.
Day 20: Tsochen to Saga, 260km and 6hrs driving, guest house.
Day 21 : Drive (28km and 6 hours) from Sangsang to Jonang, Phuntsoling and Shigatse, hotel.
Day 22 :
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