After exploring metropolis Beijing City, fashionable Shanghai, dreamlike Guilin, it is time to spare your precious time to challenge Tibet. Storing too much folk culture and unique building construction style, Tibet has attracted loads of attention in the tourists from home and abroad. As a hand-pick destination, Chambaling Monastery will be listed as the popular destination choice. What impressed the tourists? Today, we would walk closer to it!

Layout of Chambaling Monastery in Tibet

If you say Tibet is full of unique culture and profound history, Chambaling Monastery will be a best witness to the experience of Tibet. Located on a high mesa, Chambaling monastery has experienced a long history about 540 years. Being composed by Main Assembly Hall, the Guardian Hall, the Tera Hall, the Sutra Debating Hall and 12 Zhacangs, this monastery has gain much recognition in the tourists, local residence and the foreigners. In the ancient history, there are five main living Buddha. In the reign of the emperor Kangxi, these living Buddha were all conferred by the central government. Until now, the existed bronze seal, plaque granted by Emperor Kangxi are still preserved here. You could imagine how important and meaningful this spot is!

Interesting Celebration Feature of Chambaling Monastery

If you are very interested in the folk culture of celebration here, the latter introduction would attract your attention. Holy Dance is rented as the most celebrated feature, which is performed during the famous Butter Lamp Festival. It was held to celebrate the victory of Sakyamuni against the heretics in a religious debate. This festival falls on January 15th of Tibetan calendar. During this festival, monks lived here wear ferocious masks and perform this religious dance to expel the ghosts to worship for the good harvest next year.

Tranquil Chamdo Town
As the political, culture and transportation center of Chamdo Region, this tranquil Chamdo Town wan an important place in this large scale area. To be same as Chambaling Monastery, Chambo Town also experienced profound history and deep traditional cultural connotation. It is said the human lived here could be traced back to 4,000 years ago. In Chinese history, it experienced any changes and was given different names. Until in the Qing Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, it was developed into an important destination.

Chambaling Monastery is truly deserved your carefully attention! Let your China vacation be special and unique in Tibet!

Tibet is a place of historical sights, diverse cultures and plateau landscapes. Tibetan features its own unique diet and eating habits, including butter, tea, barley, sheep meat, as well as the highland barley wine and a variety of dairy products.

Tibetan Diet Culture

Tibetan meal has a long history, with rich varieties concerning Chinese catering culture. Tibetan meal like the staple food, dishes, soup is divided into three categories. Tibetan meal features many dishes and delicate flavors, with only the use of salt and onions, generally with no spicy condiment. When it comes to meat, Tibetan People have many rules. Generally they only eat beef and mutton, and do not eat horse, donkey, mule, dog. Fish, shrimp, snakes, eel are only eaten by some town residents, agricultural and pastoral people are not used to eating them. With the development of social economy and culture life improvement, Tibetan food has developed in cooking techniques and meal variety.

Interesting Wine Culture

Tibet highland barley wine is a direct result of the highland barley, as the degree is very low, the Tibetan people, including people of all ages and both sexes, like drinking. Wine is even more necessary during festive holidays. Tibetan drinking etiquette and custom is very rich, for example, as the wine newly brewed, it will be offered to Gods, and then to the seniors and last to the younger generations. In the holiday wedding with many people gathering around, wine will be offered to prestigious elders in clockwise direction, and then a toast is needed. The general rule of proposing a toast is to raise the hands over the head, and then offer the wine, especially for the elderly - it is even more important. The elders first take the glass, and then use the left hand to hold the right hand, and then with the ring finger dipped in wine cup and gently flips into the air, so repeated three times, especially on the day of God's worship and the Buddhist Sangha blessing, sometimes whisper is also needed.

Tea Culture
Tea is an indispensable part of Tibet culture. Tibetan butter tea cannot do without butter, salt and tea. The butter is made from milk, cream, through extracting the yellow butter, and yak milk is best, coming from pure white goats' milk. Tibetan tea drinking pays much attention to the guest order. Drinking tea in Tibet cannot be in a rush, generally three cups of tea is the most auspicious.

All in all, Tibet has something for its visitors with its unique diet culture!

As we all know it is impossible to explore Tibet in one day or two, so you better secure a nice hotel before heading to Tibet. Nowadays, as Tibet is getting more and more popular among tourists, Tibet has plenty of hotel options available for those looking to visit Tibet with a coupl days. Here are some highly recommended hotels in Lhasa, just for your consideration.

Xinding Hotel Lhasa

Xinding Hotel Lhasa is located in central Lhasa, with Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, and Tibet Museum as well as other nearby points of interest like Ramoche Temple and Norbulingka are all within walking distance of the hotel. Xinding Hotel Lhasa houses a restaurant and 132 guestrooms featuring complimentary toiletries. Wired high-speed Internet access is also available, as well as free of charge phones.

Tibet Gorkha Hotel

Tibet Gorkha Hotel is located in the heart of Lhasa. Nearby points of interest include Tibet University, Jokhang Temple, and Ramoche Temple, Potala Palace and Tibet Museum – all within walking distance of the hotel. The hotel features a wide variety of hotel services, including tour assistance, currency exchange, free parking lot, dry cleaning/laundry service, one meeting/conference room, Internet point, computer station, rooftop terrace, luggage storage, train station pickup (surcharge).

Lincang Premier Hotel Lhasa

Lincang Premier Hotel Lhasa is located in central Lhasa, close to Jokhang Temple, Ramoche Temple, and Potala Palace, Tibet University and Tibet Museum. Lincang Premier Hotel - Lhasa houses a restaurant. Room service is available during limited hours. This 3.5-star hotel also houses a business center and limo/town car service is available. Additional property amenities are also available, like dry cleaning/laundry services, a safe deposit box at the front desk, and tour assistance. Lincang Premier Hotel Lhasa houses 9 guestrooms featuring free of charge toiletries, wired high-speed Internet access. Moreover, the wake-up calls are also available.

Tibet Minzu Hotel Lhasa

Tibet Minzu Hotel Lhasa is located in central Lhasa. Nearby points of interest also include Ramoche Temple, Sera Monastery, and Jokhang Temple, Potala Palace and Tibet University. Tibet Minzu Hotel offers a restaurant and room services available during limited hours. Recreational amenities are also available, including a sauna and a fitness facility. In addition, a business center is housed in the hotel and limo/town car service is offered as well. This hotel features 4 meeting rooms, concierge services and tour assistance, as well as currency exchange, parking lot, and a hair salon.

With these above-mentioned hotel options available, you will enjoy a pleasant stay in Tibet!