Staying in a tranquil land to appreciate the folk culture and history, it will be truly a wonderful enjoyment. In addition to Potala Palace and the dazzling Tibetan religion, Tashilhunpo Monastery has been listed in the Tibet tour destinations. Now, I would like to lead you to walk closer to it.

Well-designed Construction of Tashilhunpo Monastery

Located at the foot of Drolmari, being built by the first Dalai Lama, this mnastery also experienced a large scale expanding. With the covering area of 300,000 square meters, building constructions here are all used for delicate designing and dazzling decoration. Standing on the entrance of Tashilhunpo, tourists could see the grand buildings with golden roofs and white walls. The golden represented the holy and grave feeling. While, the white color represented the sincerity and purity! Most of the impressive will be the giant statue of Maitreya Buddha. Being decorated with golden, copper, pearl and many other precious stones, this statue has lured loads of tourist for worshipping and praying.

Irreplaceable Spot in Tashilhunpo Monastery

As one of the oldest and largest building in Tashilhunpo Monastery, Kelsang Temple will be a must-see spot in the tourists coming here. As a colossal compound, this temple conveyed unique folk culture to the local residence. Tour here, the Main Chanting Hall will be the first to lure tourists. It is holy place where the lamas learnt the sutras and listen to the Panchen Lama sermon. There is a high statue located on the back end of this hall, measuring 5 meters high. It is said that there is a part of the Sakyamuni relic was placed in it. Tashilhunpo Monastery also treasures characteristic wall paintings.

Tips for Appreciating Tashilhunpo Monastery
If you are very interested in this monastery, the ideal time coming here is during the important festivals such as the Tibetan New Year and Dancing Deity Festival, because during this period, it is free to enter into. Taking pictures is the ideal of every tourist. If you want to take pictures, you should ask the local lamas in advance. Respect their life style. For such a grand place, it is very easy to be wandering lost. So, during this time, you should take care accompanying with your friends closely!

Tibet has endowed the deep graveness to the Tashilhunpo Monastery!

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!