For China tour, someone came for the historical royal buildings – Beijing Forbidden City, someone came for widening vision through the world wonders – Beijing Great Wall groups, as well as there are numerous tourists came to China for discovering the essence of folk culture of Tibet. Today let us unveil the mask and explore the mysterious Tibet.

Layout of Tibet Tashihunpo Monastery

As one of the most famous Six Big Monasteries of Gelugpa in Tibet, Tashihunpo Monastery gets another name as the Heap of Glory. Founded by the first Dalai Lama, this monastery stored magnificent building structure and the luxurious decoration. With the large scale area nearly 300,000 square meters, this monastery has got much recognition in the tourists with dazzling scenic spots and the designed figures. Tashihunpo Monastery is the seat of the Panchen Lama since the Fourth Panchen Lama took charge in the monastery and in the modern days there are about 800 lams here.

Dazzling Attractions in Tibet Tashishunpo Monastery

Deep discovering will bring you some mysteries. First entering the Tashihunpo Monastery, you will be impressed by the grand buildings with golden roofs and white walls. The remarkable wall, you appreciated is built by the first Dalai Lama. From this wall, you could appreciate the images of Buddha in every century. The images here are presenting so humongous that you could easily see it in the Shigatse City. Most interesting is that you could find the biggest statue of a sitting Maitreya Buddha inside the chapel. Measuring 26.2 meters high, this figure was decorated with gold, copper, pearl and other precious stones.

Sparkling Wall Paintings in Tashihunpo Monastery
Apart from the grand palaces and gigantic statues, the Tashihunpo Monastery also boasted for the treasures wall paintings. Because of the variety of shapes, resplendent colors and exquisite paintings, the murals are regarded as another masterpiece of Buddhist art. Here, you could appreciate the rare sutras, thangka, china and glass services of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Through these relics, you would have a better understanding about the history and the society of Tibet!

As the most famous fairy monastery – Tashihunpo Monastery, recent years, has attracted loads of vision with unique folk local culture and the well-designed figures. Here is the ideal choice of your Tibet tour!