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The
State Highway No. 109 (1,947 kilometers) Xining (103 km)-Daotanghe
(116 km)Heimahe (80 km)-Caka (190 km)-Xiangride (150 km)-Momhon
(144 km)-Golmud (180 km)-Budongquan (89 km)-Wudaoliang (150 km)-Tanggulashan
(92 km)-Yanshiping (100 km)-Tanggula Mountain Pass (89 km)-Amdo
(138 km)-Nagqu (164 km)-Damxung (75 km)Yangbajain (87 km)-Lhasa
The Qinghai-Tibet Highway is the best way to Tibet. It goes up
and down slowly. With an asphalt surface, it is good for vehicles
to run.
Southern
Route: the State Highway No. 318 (2, I 59 kilometers) Chengdu
(149 km)-Ya'an (166 km)Luding (54km)-Kangding (156 km)-Yajiang
(129 km)-Litang (189 km)-Batang (105 km)Markam (158 km)-Zogang
(107 km)-Bamda (94 km)-Baxoi (217 km)-Bomi (215 km)Nyingchi (147
km)-Gongbo'gyamda (200 km)Maizhokunggar (73 km)-Lhasa Northern
Route: the State Highway No. 317 (2,407 kilometers) Chengdu (369
km)-Kangding (218 km)Dawu (164 km)-Garze (213 km)-Dege ( 10 1
km)-Jomda (122 km)-Toba (104 km)-Qamdo (170 km)-Bamda (94 km)-Baxoi
(217 km)Bomi (215 km)-Nyingchi (147 km)Gongbo'gyamda (200 km)-Maizhokunggar
(73 km)-Lhasa Beginning at Chengdu, the Sichuan-Tibet Highway
extends to the south and north at Xinduqiao via Wan and Kangding
and joins together again at Bamda after entering Tibet. This highway
has a high elevation and winds its way around mountains. During
the rainy season it is blocked up owing to the landslide.
The
State Highway No. 214 (2,317 kilometers) Kunming (397 km)-Xiaguan
(14 km)-Dali (166 km)-Lijiang (145 km)-Zhongdian (152 km)-Deqen
(103 km)-Yanjing (1ll km)Makam (359 km)-Baxio (450 km)-Nyingchi
(420 km)-Lhasa This highway was built along "Tea-Horse Ancient
Road" frequented by the businessmen and tourists in the ancient
times. But the shuttle buses pass through Deqen in the Deqen Tibet
Autonomous Prefecture, tourists to Lhasa have to ask a lift by
passing-by trucks here. 
Lhasa
means holy land in Tibetan. On the northern bank of Lhasa River,
a tributary of Yarlung Zangbo River, it is 3,650 meters above
sea level. It is famous for its long history. Lhasa is also famous
as a city of sunshine, for its sunshine of more than 3,000 hours
a year. It is the capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region
and is a political, economic and cultural center of the region.
It boasts many historical sites and scenic spots both in its urban
areas and outskirts. The Potala Palace and Jokhang, Sera, Gaindan
monasteries and Drepung Temple are well known at home and abroad.
Standing
on the Red Hill on Beijing C. Road, Lhasa, the Potala Palace is
the highest of its kind in the world. The palace was first built
in the seventh century and was damaged in the eighth century.
In the 17th century, it was rebuilt by the Fifth Dalai Lama in
three years. Its 13-story main building is 117 meters high and
is composed of the Red and White Palaces, with the red one in
the middle. The main building consists of the Hall of Stupas of
Dalai Lamas from various historical stages and halls of Buddha.
The White Palace is the residence of the Dalai Lamas and place
for handling political affairs. The Potala Palace houses great
amounts of rare cultural relics including the Pattra-leaf scripture
from India, Bak'gyur and the imperial edicts, golden seals and
titles of nobility from the Qing emperors to the Dalai Lamas.
(Open hours: 9:00-12:00 As it opens only for three hours a day,
it is better for you to arrive earlier. On Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, more places are opened to visitors. Admission is 70 yuan,
but 50 yuan on Sundays. The admission, for the Golden Summit and
the Exhibition of Tibet Cultural Relics is 10 Yuan each. Picture
taking inside the halts costs 40-150 yuan)
Located
in the center of the ancient city of Lhasa, the Jokhang Monastery
was built in tl seventh century by Songtsan Gambo, the Tats Princess
Wen Cheng and Nepalese Prince. Bhrikuti. Its four-story main building
demonstratc, a combination of the Han, Tibetan, Indian and Nepalese
architectural styles, as well as a mand;tl,i world outlook of
Buddhism. With the Hall of Amitayus Sutra as its center, the monastery
symbolizes the nuclear of the universe. The Hall of Sakyamuni
is the essence of the monastery. (Open hours: 9:00-16:00 The admission
is 35 yuan. Photos can be taken in front of the monastery and
on the top floor Photos are taken for charges inside the halls.
Charges are varied in different halls. It is unkindly to take
a picture of Tibetans who stretch their body forward to pay their
respects to the Buddha in front of them.) 
At
the foot of the Wuze Hill in Sera to the north of Lhasa, the Sera
Monastery is one of the three great monasteries in Lhasa and one
of the six great monasteries of the Gelug Sect of Buddhism in
Tibet. It was built by one of disciples of Zonggaba in 1419. On
27th of the 12th month of the Tibetan calendar, the monastery
holds the grand Sera Bungchen Festival, which attracts flocks
of Buddhists and others. (Admission is 35 yuan. Open hours: 9:00-16:00)
Barkor
Street is a shopping street around the Jokhang Monastery. Being
500 meters long, it is also a way along which the pilgrims walk
around the monastery while turning prayer wheels in their hands.
(Tourists should walk clockwise as pilgrims do. While buying articles,
you should choose the best and cheaper one after comparison and
bargaining.) 
Norbu
Lingka means a lovely garden in Tibetan. Located in the western
suburbs of Lhasa, it has been a palace for the Dalai Lamas to
stay to escape the summer heat. 1t was built in the 1740s and
covers an area of 36 hectares. It was once a place of bathing
and recuperation of the Seventh Dalai Lama. The Qing minister
stationed in Tibet built the first palace here. Since then, the
eighth, 13th and 14th Dalai Lamas built their own palaces here
too. Continuous expansions in the past 200-odd years have turned
it a large scale and Tibet-style palace complex and garden. On
festivals and holidays, the local people in their splendid attires
come here with food and tents to sing and dance overnight. (It
can be reached on foot from the city center or take mini-bus and
get off at the College of Tibetan Medicines stop. Also it costs
four yuan by tricycle. The admission is 35 yuan. Open hours: 9:30-18:00
and closed on Sundays.) 
On the slope of the Wuze Hill in Genbei
five kilometers northwest of Lhasa, the Drepung Monastery was
built in 1416 and is the largest of the monasteries of the Gelug
Sect. It covers an area of 250,000 square meters. In its heyday,
it had more than 10,000 monks. The monastery has trained a large
group of talents for Tibetan Buddhism. The Fifth Dalai Lama lived
here before he moved to the Potala Palace. It houses plenty of
historical and cultural relics and Buddhist classics. In the exciting
Shoton Festival, "Sunning the Buddha" by the monastery
has been one of the most magnificent religious activities in Tibet.
(Admission is 35 yuan. Open hours: 9:00-16:00. Photo taking photo
costs 20 yuan in each hall.) 
Located
at the southeast corner of Norbu Lingka, Lhasa, it is the first
modern museum in Tibet. It covers an area of 53,959 square meters
and has a floor space of 23,508 square meters including an exhibition
area of 10,45 I square meters. The museum demonstrates a strict
and magnificent traditional Tibetan architectural style. Also
it reflects a salient feature of modern architectural art. The
museum houses a rich collection of cultural relics including various
kinds of cultural relics of pre-history, handwritten Tibetan classics,
colorful Thangka pictures, music and ritual instruments, unique
handicrafts and pottery. From the exhibition, the visitors can
see the long-standing history and profound culture and art of
Tibet. Outside the exhibition hall are green lawns and shadowy
trees. Also there are a performance area for modern cultural and
physical activities, a garden of local customs and folk culture
and manor houses. In addition, the museum has a cultural gallery,
handicraft shop and other service facilities. It is a good place
for people to relax while visiting the exhibition. (Address: No.
19 Norbu Lingka Road, Lhasa; Tel: 0891-6835244; Open hours: 9:3017:30
in slimmer and 10:00-17:00 in winter.) 
A
tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo, Lhasa River is a place for Tibetan
to have a bath and wash their clothes in the seventh month of
the Tibetan calendar. During this Bathing Festival from Garmagun
in the east to Sahu in the south and Rainbow Spring at the foot
of the Sera Monastery, people are enjoying their bathing and washing.
A legend says during the festival the Lhasa River water is good
as the holy water. If you like you can join the local people to
have a bath in this holy water. In addition, on the southern bank
of the river you can see a reflection of the Potala Palace in
the river. Some photographers and funs wait here for this wonderful
scene. The Tablet to Mark the Construction of the Qinghai-Tibet
Highway stands on the bank in front of the LongDistance Bus Station
in city proper. Also visitors can hire a canoe sewn up with pieces
of cattle hide to cross the river here.
At the foot
of the Nyima Mountain on the outskirts of Xigaze, the monastery
was built in 1447 under the supervision of the First Dalai Lama
Gedun Zhuiba, one of the disciples of Zonggaba. It was expanded
by the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Bainqen Lamas and has become the
place of the reincarnation of the Bainqen Lamas. The monastery
houses the 22.4-meter-high gilded bronze statue of Qiangba Buddha,
the tallest of its kind in the world. The image of the Buddha
is kind and generous, and is vivid. (Admission is 30 yuan. But
it is free during the holidays. Open hours: 8:00-16:00. Taking
photos inside the hall are charged for 80 yuan in general.) 
Being
160 kilometers west of Xigaze, the Sakya Monastery is composed
of Southern and Northern Monasteries. The Northern Monastery was
built in 1079 and was damaged now while the Southern Monastery
in 1268. The Southern Monastery houses great amounts of cultural
relics including, the titles, seals, crowns, garments and ornaments
awarded by the Yuan imperial court to the local officials, the
statues of Buddha, ritual instruments and porcelains from the
Song, Yuan and other later dynasties, and the precious murals
of historical themes. Also the monastery preserves great numbers
of books such as the "Bakgyur," Bstanggyur," Pattra-leaf
scripture and other Tibetan classics on astronomy, geography,
history, medicines and literature. (It can be reached by taking
the bus at the Xigaze Bus Station to Sakya. The bus leaves at
7:00-8:00 and takes jive hours for 27 yuan. The admission to the
monastery is 30 yuan. Open hours: 9:00-12:00 and 15:00-16:00.)
Shannan
is the birthplace of Tibetan culture. On the southern bank of
the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, it is 3,600 meters
above sea level. Shannan has a temperate climate. 
On
the northern bank of the Yarlung Zambo River in Chanang County,
Sharman Prefecture, the monastery was built in 779 under the supervision
of Master Padmasambhava and Tibetan king Trisong Detsen. It is
the first monastery for the monks in Tibet. The magnificent and
unique Central Hall is three-story high. The first floor is of
the Tibetan architectural style, the second the Han style and
the third the Indian style. The halls in the monastery house many
statues and murals. The monastery has bronze bells, carved marble
lions and tablets marking the development of Buddhism. All these
are valuable cultural relics. (Tourists can take the bus from
Lhasa to Zetang and get off at Samyae Ferry for a charge of 30
Yuan. Then you have to take a motor boat to the other bank of
the river for five Yuan and take a bus to the monastery. Also
you can take a mini-bus from Zetang to the monastery (running
on the newly built highway). Staying in the monastery overnight
costs 40 Yuan. Just outside the east gate of the monastery stands
the Friendship Snow land Hotel and others.) 
Standing
by the highway on the east bank of the Yalong River in Nedong
County, Sharman Prefecture, this monastery was built in the seventh
century and has been repaired in various historical periods. A
legend says after Songtsan Gambo established its capital in Lhasa,
he came and stayed here together with Princess Wen Cheng who planted
the willow trees around the monastery. The monastery houses a
precious Thangka picture of a Buddha inlaid with pearls and gems.
(Tourists can take the mini-bus in Zetang Town to the monastery
for two Yuan each or a motor tricycle for 15 Yuan or less. The
admission for the monastery is 15 Yuan.) 
On
the Mure Mountain opposite to Qonggyai County seat in Sharman
Prefecture, this burial ground of the 29th-40th Tsanpos of the
Turbo kingdom is the only group of the tombs of the Tibetan kings
in Tibet and has a history of more than 1,300 years. Today nine
are visible, but only those of Songtsan Gambo and Trisong Detsen
can be verified. Others have to be verified later. (Tourists can
take a coach from Zelang to Qonggyai County seat and then change
for a taxi.) 
On
the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southeast Tibet,
Nyingchi is some 3,000 meters above sea level. It has a moist
weather and a beautiful natural scene. The Monba and Lhoba ethnic
people living here have their own unique habits and customs. The
Namjagbarwa Peak, the world-known Yarlung Zangbo Canyon, the Lake
Pagsum Co, Zayu and Bome attract tourists from home and abroad
with their unique natural scenarios. 
Also
known as the Lake Conggo, it is in Xoka District in Gongbogyamda
County with an elevation of more than 4,000 meters. It is more
than 300 kilometers away from Lhasa. In the middle of the lake
there is an ancient temple of the Rnyingma Sect built in the 17th
century. During the Walking Around the Lake Festival on the 15th
of the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar, Buddhist believers
from Nyingchi and other places come to walk around the lake. (Holiday
resort by the Lake Pagsum Co is the first of its kind in Tibet
and is in individual- and villa-typed architectural style.)