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Deqen Phodrang Sacred Mountains Chamdo Attraction

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Xinjiang China travel destination Deqen Phodrang Sacred Mountains Chamdo Attraction. View more details including related videos clips reviews comments and rating.

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Deqen Phodrang Sacred Mountains is commonly known as “ Riwoqe” with the meaning of great mountains. In the beginning, “ Riwoqe” was the just the name of the mountains, but in the following years, it is gradually used as the name of the place and the town. The environment here is quiet and the scenery here is attractive because of the birds, flowers and springs everywhere. Although there is no road here, it’s especially suitable for hiking, because the mountains are not high. On June 15th of the Tibetan calendar, people there will dress themselves up and bring delicious wine and food with them to worship the sacred mountain.
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Mapam Yumco Lake Nagri Attraction

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Guangxi China travel destination Mapam Yumco Lake Nagri Attraction. View more details including related videos clips reviews comments and rating.

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Mapam Yumco Lake lies 20 km southeast of Mt Kailash and is north to Namnani Peak. It is the highest freshwater lake in the world. With an altitude of 4,588 meters, the lake covers an area of 412 sq. km and has a maximum depth of 70 meters.

Mapam Yumco in Tibetan means the “eternal and invincible jade lake,” named to mark the victory of Buddhism over the local Bon Religion in the 11tth century. Xuan Zang (600-664), an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), described Mapam Yumco Lake in his book Records of Western Travels as “a jade pond in west”.
Mapam Yumco enjoys a reputation equal to the holy mountain. Mapam Yumco Lake once appeared in many religious records and legends. Indian legend claims it to be a place where Siva and his wife Goddess Woma, daughter of the Himalayas, bathed. Tibetan legend claims it to be where the God Guangcanlong lived. In Buddhist scriptures, the lake is named the “mother of the rivers in the world”.

There used to be nine monasteries surrounding the lake. Gyiwu Monastery and Curgu Monastery are the best known of them.

The area surrounding Curgu Monastery is respected as a holy and pure bathing place. Buddhist followers believe that the water here can wash away “five malignancies of the human soul (greed, anger, craziness, sloth and jealousy)” and can remove filth from human skin. As a result, the holy lake is crowded with people who come to take a bath every year. These people also carry samples of water from the holy lake back home for their relatives and friends.
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There are four bathing gates in the holy lake: the Gate of Lotus Baths in the east, the Gate of Sweat Baths in the south, the Gate of Filth-Removing Baths in the west, and the Gate of Belief Baths in the north. The holy lake also has four water heads: Maquanhe River in the east, Shiquanhe River in the north, Xiangquanhe River in the west, and the Peacock (Kongquehe in Chinese) River in the south. Mapam Yumco Lake’s reputation as mother of the rivers in the world was probably thus established.

As is recorded in Gangdise Records, the Tibetan ancient book, there was a dragon palace in Mapam Yumco Lake, where numerous treasures were gathered. If the pilgrims circumambulate the lake or if they get a small fish, a small stone, or a piece of feather of the bird, they get largess from the Dragon King (the sea and rain god in Chinese mythology). Buddhist followers believe that water here can wash away “five malignancies of the human soul” and can remove filth from human skin and purify the soul. It is also a holy place in Hinduism.
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Rawok Lake Nyingchi Attraction

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Chongqing China travel destination Rawok Lake Nyingchi Attraction. View more details including related videos clips reviews comments and rating.

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Tourist’s Comments The Ranwu lake(Rawok Lake) is a perfect blending of the Swiss Alps snow peaks and glaciers and the streams in Jiuzaigou (a pretty town in central China). Just as depicted in the diary of Mr. Zhang Qingsong (a known professor from the School of Geography, Chinese Academy of Science who has set foot on all the three poles of the planet): “in my first journey to Tibet in 1975, I took a bus down the Sichuan-Tibet Highroad from Chendu to Lhasa.
After passing the Henduan Moutain Range, the valleys of the Rivers of Jinsha, Lanchang and Lu, I stayed in the Ranwu Garrison overnight, the poetic scenery of The Ranwu lake(Rawok Lake) drove away all my fatigues. How amazing are those upright high peaks, white glacier, blue lake water, green grassland, floating white clouds, lush forest …” Profile The Ranwu lake(Rawok Lake)is surrounded by many scenic highlights, e.g. the Gangrigabu Snow Mountain in the southwest, the Azhagongla Glacier in the south and the Bosula Peak in the northeast.
The melted snow and ice supply the lake with sufficient water and are also the source of many rivers such as Yaluzhangbu. The green grassland around the lake, the sky-blue lake water and the white snow mountains constitute a very pretty watercolor. The Amucuo Lake shrinks westwards and finally became a river valley. Its water takes on different colors in different seasons of a year and the water surface is dotted with isles or reefs. Many of the peaks surrounding the lake are over 5, 000 meters high and thus permanently locked with glaciers.
The foot of these peaks, however, is green with pines and cypresses. The lake is especially womanish and tranquil in the arms of the peaks, whose beauty goes beyond words. The browsing herds of cattle and sheep, the barley paddy, bean and cabbage field form an oil painting that can be seen no elsewhere. Legend Ranwu in Tibetan means the place where dead bodies pile up. It is said that once upon a time a water buffalo and a scalper lived respectively in the lake and on the lake bank. They were hostile to each other and often fought together.
Eventually they died one day in a fierce fighting and soon became two mountains near the lake. This tale has no scientific ground with regards to the formation of The Ranwu lake(Rawok Lake) though; modern geographical research does suggest that its formation is linked with the collision of three “bulls”, i.e. Himalaya, Nianqing Tanggula and Handuan Mountain Range. Another legend is about monkeys.
Long long ago, on a mountain between Ranwu and Kangsha there lived a group of very mischievous monkeys who often mocked and disturbed the local farmers. They attacked and harassed the farmers in the evening and did not fear them at all. To cure this headache, the farmers came up with a trick. All the men went out and drank wine on the hillside.
After drinking a lot, seemingly being annoyed among one another, they started a fighting with wooden swords and knives. In the fake duel the men fell dead one after another, and the monkeys observed all these. In the midnight the farmers quietly returned to the village and left plenty of wines, real sharp swords and knives.
After all the men had gone, the monkeys came down from the trees and picked up the wines and swords that remained. This time the duel was not a false one. Stimulated by the alcohol, the monkeys soon burst into genuine battle and they also got killed one after another. In the end only one monkey survived and was very lonely and sad.
He desperately committed suicide by bumping his head on the rock. The farmers won the war against the monkey and called the mountain “monkey bumping his head mountain” since then. These entertaining folk tales add to the appeals of the pretty scenery.
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The Dimu Grotto and Sculpture Nyingchi Attraction

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Liaoning China travel destination The Dimu Grotto and Sculpture Nyingchi Attraction. View more details including related videos clips reviews comments and rating.

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With regard to Nyingchi’s history, the earliest historical records are found on the stone sculpture in Gongbu. The first chief of the Yalong Tribe Niecizanpu came to the holy Qiangtuo Mountain from Bomi and from here he started his life as a tribe chief and passed his power for seven generations.
The chief resided in the Qngwada Palace in south Tibet and in the first century B. C., a combat for power took place in the palace and the 7th chief Zigongzanpu was killed. His two princes Nieci and Xiaci escaped back to Gongbu. Afterwards the younger prince Xiaci returned from Gongbu to Yalong and resumed the crown again. He was later referred to as Budegongjie, the 8th chief of the Yalong Tribe.
The elder prince in the mean time stayed in Gongbu, becoming the local chief and starting the hereditary power mechanism within his family as mentioned in the stone tablet that “the supreme power can only be assumed by the offspring of the Chief.” This stone tablet was decreed by the Tibetan King Cidesongzan in the 8th century A.D.
Since then for a very long period of time the Gongbu area had been under the reign of his family. Later in the Sajia and the Pazu Period (13rd-16th century A. D.) Inzhi was under the reign of Gemageju Sect of the Tibetan Buddhism.
In the 17th century A.D. following the establishment of the Gandanpozhang Government, Nyingchi was divided as the demesnes of several chiefs of Arpei, Jiangzhong and Jiala etc. It was further divided as Zela, Juemu, Xueka and Jiangda in the folwwoing decades. As far as Bomi is concerned, at that moment it was ruled by local chief Gelangdeba and separated from the central government. Bomi was divided into two parts: Bodui and Bomi by the local government of Tibet in 1931.
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Tholing Monastery Nagri Attraction

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A brief introduction of the monastery: Tholing means “to fly high and never fall” in Tibetan language. It is located in Zhada County of Ngari. Yeshi-O, an outstanding king of the Guge Kingdom, established the monastery around the beginning of the 10th century to expand and develop Buddhism in Tibet.
Because the Guge Kingdom promoted Buddhism, Tholing Monastery became a Buddhist center at that time. Although the monastery faded after the collapse of the Guge Kingdom, it still maintains an important place in Tibet, even after 900 years. Tholing Monastery has played an important role in the history of Tibet. Craftsmen from India, Nepal and Ladakh worked hard to construct the monastery, which then combined the styles of construction and those of building the Buddhists statues of the three places.
When the monastery was at its prime time, it was very magnificent, consisting of several halls, such as Jiasha Hall, the White Hall, the Eighteen Arhats’ Hall, Buddhist Guardian Hall of Atisha (the Indian senior monk), the Hall of Rinchen Zangpo (the greatest Buddhist adapter and interpreter, who translated Buddhist sutras and developed Buddhism at Tholing), many monk houses, and the forest of pagodas.
When the Guge Kingdom was founded, it set up the policy of promoting Buddhism. Yeshi-O the second King of Guge Kingdom, built the Tholing Monastery to strengthen the role of the Tibetan Buddhism. Later, Tholing Monastery became the center of the Tibetan Buddhism. It is said that there are many relics in the ruins around the monastery.
Many senior monks, including Atisha, the Indian senior monk, came to Tholing Monastery to preach Buddhism. Tholing Monastery has a history of 900 years. It has suffered much destruction, especially during the Chinese Culture Revolution (1968-1977). The monastery has been renovated in the recent years.
The rear hall has been renovated to what it used to be when it was built, with the design similar to Samye Monastery (Located in Samye Township of Lhoka Prefecture. It is called the First monastery in Tibet and has a history of more than 1,000 years. It is very large and magnificent).
Fortunately, the main hall of the monastery was protected well because it was used as a barn during the Chinese Culture Revolution. The frescos in the hall are still vivid and spectacular today. The Sceneries around the monastery: The monastery is located in the canyon of the Clay Forest in Zhada County.
The red wall of the monastery stands out in sharp relief against the Clay Forest, forming a magnificent picture. In the river valley of Xiangquanhe River, there are ruins of hundreds of pagodas, which stood in a belt of hundreds of meters long. It is also very spectacular to watch the sunrise and the sunset in the river valley.
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Zhoima Canyon Scenic Spot Nagqu Attraction

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Yunnan China travel destination Zhoima Canyon Scenic Spot Nagqu Attraction. View more details including related videos clips reviews comments and rating.

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Brief introduction Zhoima Canyon Scenic Spot stretches 15 kilometers from south to north. With snow-capped mountains standing on one side and luxuriantly green shrubs and fragrant flowers growing on the other side, a limpid stream flows through the canyon.
Two sayings “different weather five kilometers apart” and “four seasons in one day” well describe this phenomenon. Zhoima Canyon Scenic Spot is an ideal summer resort. In summer, Zhoima Canyon is picturesque and enchanting. The grassland at the entrance of the canyon is like a huge green carpet ready to welcome visitors both at home and abroad.
Driving along this green “corridor” and breathing the spotless fresh air, you will find yourself at Xanadu, completely relaxed and happy. Goshawks are flying over the snow peak; flocks of wild sheep are browsing and frolicking on the hillside and the grassland like white clouds; Himalayas marmots, hares and plateau rats are briskly accompanying you forward.
What a carefree scene! Deep in Zhoima Canyon, the blue sky, clear water and snow-capped mountains constitute a fancy landscape. Here you can appreciate the peculiar topography formed by the erosion of modern glaciers. The strangely shaped stones and caves, which seem to be created by wonders, are so fascinating that they are the sources for many appealing tales.
The monks and nuns of Kagyupa once came to build a monastery and a nunnery in the canyon, crazily wanting to become immortals by excellent practice. This now draws numerous Buddhist followers to come for pilgrimage. These two temples, with a history of more than 800 years, have become historic sites, adding human culture to this canyon. Zhoima Canyon, a good combination of natural landscape and Tibetan culture, is awaiting more development, scientific research and tourist exploration.
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Potala Palace Lhasa Attraction

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Guangdong China travel destination Potala Palace Lhasa Attraction. View more details including related videos clips reviews comments and rating.

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The Potala Palace, which is now on the list of Chinese national key protected cultural relics, is the most valuable storehouse in Tibet. It is a huge treasure house for materials and articles of Tibetan history, religion, culture and arts. The Palace is widely known for the precious sculptures, murals, scripture, Buddha figures, murals, antiques, and religious jewelry treasured up, they are of great cultural and artistic value. In 1994, the Potala Palace was declared the United Nations World Cultural Heritage site.
External appearance and Structure: The Potala Palace is 3,756.5 meters above sea level, covering an area of over 360,000 square meters (about 32 acres), measuring 360 meters from east to west and 270 meters from south to north. It has 13 stories, and is 117 meters high. The walls of the Palace are over one meter in thickness, the thickest sections being five meters. They are painted with huge colorful murals, which make it beautiful and lively.
The magnificent Potala Palace is made of wood and stone. All the walls are of granite, and all the roofs and windows are of wood. The overhanging eaves, the upturned roof corners, and the gilded brass tiles and gilded pillars inscribed with Buddhist scriptures, bottles, and makara fish as well as the gold-winged birds decorating the roof ridges contribute much to the beauty of the hip-and-gable roofs.
The stone-and-wood-structured Potala Palace consists of over 1000 rooms, seminary, chanting hal1, temples, various chambers for worshipping Buddha and chambers housing the stupas of several Dalai Lamas, which are covered with gold 1eaf and studded with jewels. In the rooms, there are tens of thousands of Buddha figures. Different in sizes and complex in designs, the figures look vivid and lovely.
History : The Potala Palace was built in the seventh century and it has already had a long history of over 1300 years. In 641, Songtsan Gambo, ruler of the Tubo Kingdom, had the Potala Palace built for Wen Chen Konjo (Princess Wencheng) of the Tang Dynasty, whom he was soon to marry. This structure was later burned to the ground during a war (The hall for worshiping bodhisattva Avalokitesvara and the statues of Songtsan Gambo and Wencheng Konjo now displaying are said being the survivors of the war) and was rebuilt in the 17th century by the Fifth Dalai Lama.
Repeated repairs and expansions until 1645 finally brought the palace to its present scale. Over the past three centuries, the palace gradually became a place where the Dalai Lamas live and work and a place for keeping the remains of successive Dalai Lama. The Potala Palace has always been the political center of Tibet since the fifth Dalai Lama (1645-1693). In 1645, the Fifth Dalai Lama, feeling confined at Drepung Monastery, ordered the construction of a new structure that would accommodate his new role as both a religious and political leader. The Potala Palace was then built as the imposing and self-confident expression of the new theocracy. After the ascension of the Seventh Dalai Lama (1728-1757), who established a summer palace at the Norbulingka, the Potala Palace was used predominantly during winter, then it comes its other name “Winter Palace.”
Attractions mainly comprised by the White Palace (administerial building) and the Red Palace (religious building), the Potala Palace is famous for its grand buildings, complicated constructions, devotional atmosphere and splendid artworks. The White Palace, comprising halls, temples and courtyards, serves as the living quarters of the Dalai Lama. From the east entrance of the palace, painted with images of Four Heavenly Kings, a broad corridor upwards leads to Deyang Shar courtyard, which used to be where Dalai Lamas watched operas. Around the large and open courtyard, there used to be a seminary and dormitories. West of the courtyard is the White Palace.
There are three ladder stairs reaching inside of it, however, the central one was reserved for only Dalai Lamas and central government magistrates dispatched to Tibet. In the first hallway, there are huge murals describing the construction of Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple and the procession of Princess Wencheng reaching Tibet. On the south wall, visitors will see an edict signed with the Great Fifth’s handprint. The White Palace mainly serves as the political headquarter and Dalai Lamas’ living quarters. The West Chamber of Sunshine and the East Chamber of Sunshine lie as the roof of the White Palace. They belonged to the Thirteenth Dalai Lama and the Fourteenth Dalai Lama respectively. Beneath the East Chamber of Sunshine is the largest hall in the White Palace, where Dalai Lamas ascended throne and ruled Tibet.
Red Palace
The Red Palace, with seven golden roofs on its flat top, is renowned for its religious status, gorgeous stupas and precious culture relics. The dominant buildings of the Red Palace are the stupa-tombs halls of Dalai Lamas and kinds of halls for worshiping Buddha. It was constructed after the death of the Fifth Dalai Lama. The center of the complicated Red Palace is the Great West Hall, which records the Great Fifth Dalai Lama’s life by its fine murals.
In the East Chapel a two meters (6.5 feet) high statue of Tsong Khapa, the founder of Gelug which is Dalai Lama’s lineage, is enshrined and worshipped. The South Chapel is where a silver statue of Padmasambhava and 8 bronze statues of his reincarnations are enshrined. On the floor above, there is a gallery which has a collection of 698 murals, portraying Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Dalai Lamas and great adepts and narrating jataka stories and significant Tibetan historic events.
West of the Great West Hall locates the Thirteenth Dalai Lama’s stupa hall. The North Chapel contains statues of Sakyamuni, Dalai Lamas and Medicine Buddha, and stupas of the Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh Dalai Lamas. Stupa-tomb chapels In the Potala Palace, there are eight stupa-tomb chapels (where the relics of the Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and the Thirteenth Dalai Lamas are preserved.
Stupa Tomb
The stupa-tomb of the first Dalai Lama, known as a silver stupa, is situated in Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse; and the silver stupa-tomb of Dalai Lama II, III, IV are carefully placed in Dreprung Monastery in Lhasa. The stupa-tomb of Dalai Lama XIII, is now in another Palace which is also a part of the Potala Palace. Among the seven stupa-tombs in the Potala Palace, the stupa-tomb of Dalai Lama V, which was built in 1691, are known as the earliest and largest one. Records say that it is made of sandalwood, wrapped in gold foil and decorated with thousands of diamonds, pearls, agates and others gems. The stupa, with a height of 14.86 meters (49 feet), spends more than 3,700 kilograms of gold.
Delicately designed, the lively patterns on the stupa-tombs look amazing and attractive. Mainly decorated with amber, pearl, coral, agate, diamond and other precious stones, the surfaces add more value to the whole stupa-tombs. Apart from the patterns, precious things housed in the stupas also make it more and more valuable. There are, a large number of cultural relics, the stupa of Sakyamuni and a thumb from figure of him, a piece of posthumous decree of king Songtsan gambo, a portrait embroidered by Princess wencheng, things left by the previous high-rank monks and so on. According to the Tibetan custom, the mummified and perfumed bodies of Dalai lamas and Panchen Lamas are well kept in stupas, which is known as Stupa Funeral.
Around the stupa-tomb chapel of the Fifth Dalai Lama, there are also some chapels in which thousands of precious books and numerous scriptures written in Chinese, Manchu and Mongolian are carefully kept. In addition, many hand-writing copies and printed books about history, Medicine, culture, Buddhism and so on are also well kept there. It is recorded that the total number of those books is over 200.000.
The thirteenth Dalai Lama’s stupa chapel is the hall where the stupa of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama (1876-1933) is housed. People started to build his stupa after his death in the fall of 1933, so it’s the latest building in Potala Palace. Taking three years, the stupa is comparable with the Great Fifth’s stupa. It is 14 meters (46 feet) in height, which is only 0.86 metres lower than the Fifth Dalai Lama’s. Made of a large amount of silver, covered with about 600 kilograms of gold and studded with lots of coral, amber, agate, diamond and other precious jewelries, the stupa is ten times as valuable as that of the Fifth Dalai Lama’s. In front of the stupa, there is a mandala made of more than 200,000 pearls and 40.000 other gems. Murals in the hall tell important events in his life, including his visit with Emperor Guangxu. The precious complete volumes of Kanjur have also been preserved in the chapel.
Legend
The Potala Palace is said to have been built in the 7th century for Princess Wencheng, a very famous princess in history of China. It was King Songtsan Gambo who had made the Potala Palace built. It was said that he had been a wise, handsome and brave man, with a strong body, a charming figure and heavy features.
In 629, the third year of Emperor Li Shimin’s reign, a coup d’etat took place in Tubo. Its 31st tsampo, or King, was assassinated by his political opponent. The kingdom was seized with a movement of separatism championed by the aristocrats bent on returning to the old system. Songtsan Gambo became the 32nd tsampo. Though he was only thirteen at the time, he had already been a resourceful statesman. Calmly exploiting his diplomatic and military clout, he crushed the separatist movement, and in three years Tubo became an integrated kingdom again. Then he crossed the Yalutsangbo River and established the capital at Lhasa. Songtsan Gambo has since become a national hero of the Tibetans and worshiped like the revered Lamas.
After the reunification, Songtsan Gambo concentrated on building Tubo into a powerful kingdom. One of his nation-building strategies was to inject new cultures into Tubo. To do so, he found it the most convenient way to establish matrimonial relationships between his royal family and those of his neighboring countries. After marrying a princess of Nepal, he turned his attention to Tang. A hero himself, he admired Emperor Taizong of Tang for his great talent and bold vision. He thought he, as well as his kingdom, could gain a lot by his marriage with a daughter of the Tang emperor.
In 634, Songtsan Gambo dispatched an envoy named Gar Tongtsan to Chang’an, capital of the Tang Empire, to find out whether there was a chance for the Emperor Taizong of Tang to marry off one of his daughters to him. But the Emperor refused his proposal considering the political and military reasons and his state of marriage. As king of Tubo, Songtsan Gambo had married three Tibetan girls and the Nepalese princess Khir-btsun before he made his marriage proposal to Tang Dynasty. None of the three Tibetan wives was given the title of Queen but the Nepalese Princess, who was the daughter of Amsuvarman (king of Nepal).
Of course the political and military reasons were most likely the main obstacles that Emperor Taizong turned down Songtsan Gambo’s marriage proposal. The historical record tells that it was because of the King of another country who had said something bad of Songtsan Gambo to Emperor Taizong. Hearing of the envoy’s report, Songtsan Gambo got very angry and decided to fight for his country and for his own sake. Successfully, he defeated the country whose king had prevented him from marrying a princess of Tang emperor in a short time. Then, to show Tubo’s great military power to Emperor Taizong of Tang, and to extend territory of his country, Songtsan Gambo had continuously launched offensives against his neighboring countries and won great victories until his successes threatened to the security of the Central Plains. Realizing that he should take the talented young man seriously, Emperor Taizong led an army troop of 50.000 soldiers personally against Songtsan Gambo’s 20.000 soldiers and defeated them.
Still wishing that he could marry a princess of imperial Tang, and the Princess would introduce the advanced culture and production technologies from the Central Plains to strengthen Tubo, Songtsan Gambo sent his Prime Minister Lu Tongtsan to Chang’an to officially propose the matrimonial relationship to Emperor Taizong. Songtsan Gambo trusted Lu Tongtsan not only because he was a resourceful military leader who had played a great role in the reunification of Tubo, but also because he was a steadfast champion of his policy to establish friendly relationships with neighboring countries.
It was a wintry day. Lu Tongtsan and his hundred-strong entourage arrived in Chang’an with 5,000 taels of gold and several hundred items of treasure. Emperor Taizong of Tang received them in his richly ornamented palace. There, Lu Tongtsan presented Songtsan Gambo’s letter of proposal along with the gifts. Though impressed with Lu Tongtsan’s elegant manner, Emperor Taizong refrained from acceding to Songtsan Gambo’s proposal right away. He put Lu Tongtsan and his men up in the royal hotel together with a dozen envoys and their subordinates who had come for the same purposes from other countries. The emperor needed to find a tactical way to decline them so that he could marry the princess off to Lu Tongtsan’s monarch Songtsan Gambo. Having a contest among them seemed to be a good idea.
Even though Emperor Taizong had anticipated who the winner would be, he was still amazed at Lu Tongtsan’s intelligence. In 641, Emperor Taizong betrothed Princess Wencheng to Songtsan Gambo and granted the title of “Right-Wing General” to the Tubo envoy Lu Tongtsan, making him the first Tubo man to receive an honorific title from the central government. Later, Princess Jincheng was married off in Tubo. Since then, the Tubo Kingdom established “uncle-nephew” relations with the Tang Dynasty, which were accepted by tsampos of future generations.
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Donggar Frescos Nagri Attraction

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Jilin China travel destination Donggar Frescos Nagri Attraction. View more details including related videos clips reviews comments and rating.

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Located 40 km northwest to the Guge Ruins, Donggar is a small village of 10-odd households. Donggar Frescos are scattered in the grottos on the bluff north to the village. There are about 200 grottoes now, which spread 2 km and look like the honeycombs.
Several of the grottoes with fine frescos cluster on the eastern U-shape crag. Donggar Frescos, which cluster in the 3 grottos half way up the mountain, are preserved well. It is not recorded in the Tibetan historic, religious or cultural dossiers when or how these frescos were painted. But scientists are sure that the frescos have a history of about 1,000 years and the discovery of them is significant in the field of archeology.
The frescos are mainly paintings of figures of Buddha and Bodhisattva, Buddhist stories, various vignettes and so forth. The figures of heavenly maids are especially vivid in the frescos. Special mineral pigments were used for the frescos, and the color hasn’t faded even after hundreds of years.
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Meimo Lava Cave Nagqu Attraction

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Hunan China travel destination Meimo Lava Cave Nagqu Attraction. View more details including related videos clips reviews comments and rating.

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Brief introduction Housing many stone ladders, the cave has two man-sized stone pillars standing on both sides of the entrance. Inside the cave are numerous sub-caves filled with ice pillars from which water drops fall onto the ground, sending sing-song sounds throughout the quiet environment. Ice blocks resemble whatever you think them to be.
There is one block resembling three sitting people, referred to as the underworld king and two of his assistants-the black and the white. There are also many naturally formed statues of deities. Further inside are two red and blue lava caves that are comparatively large in size. Strong torches do not work here, so that when in the caves one has to move ahead inch by inch. Local people say one cave extends over 100 km long and the other extends over 200 km long. Meimo Lava Cave is really good for scientific research and exploration.
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Rongbuk Monastery Shigatse Attraction

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A 78-kilometer (48-mile from the check point entering the Mt Qomonama mentioned before) trek leads to Rongbuk Monastery, which is the highest monastery on the earth. Its altitude is 5,100 meters (16728 feet).
The monastery was built in 1899, as a Nyingmapa monastery since it was said that once Padmasambhava, founder of Nyingmapa, preceded his religious cultivation here. The monastery destroyed in the Cultural Rongbuk Monastery TibetRevolution, having 8 sub-monasteries including a nunnery, is gradually restored. It houses Lamas and nuns in the same monastery. Sakyamuni and Padmasambhava are enshrined in the small temple. Pilgrims trek a long way to pay votive offerings or see lamas playing operas during big Buddhist days.
There is a hostel in Rongbuk with100 beds, a dinning room and a store, where tourists and mountaineers may have cooked food and instant food, even beer. 300 meters (980 feet) south of the monastery is the famous Rongbuk Glacier. A distance of 10 kilometers (6 miles) lies between the monastery and Everest Base Camp.
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