China's Picturesque Tibet Autonomous Region: News & Images

[Jlaw]

Beautiful city. Puts a certain south asian neighbor to shame.

 

[Jlaw]

27名来自西藏的幼教实习生在天津大学附属幼儿园开始了幼儿保育阶段的实习。此前，这些藏族学生已在幼儿园里进行一周的见习，熟悉了幼儿园教学流程，未来一个半月里，他们将完成从幼儿保育到独立带班阶段的实习。这27名实习生是天津幼儿师范学校西藏中职班的学生，班里75名西藏学生已在该校进行了两年半的学习。目前，她们被分配到天津五所幼儿园进行毕业实习。完成学业后，他们将返回西藏，在当地幼儿园从事幼教工作。

27 students from Tibet vocational classes of Early Childhood Educations, Tianjin Normal College are getting their internships in a local kindergarten affliated toTianjin University. . Previously, these Tibetan students have already experienced a week of training in nursery teaching; In the next one and a half months, they will be expected to acquire the knowledge in Early Childhood Care and in Independent Classfroom Management.

The 27 interns are amongst the class of 75 Tibetan students who have been studying in Tianjin Normal College for two and a half years. Currently, they are assigned to five Tianjin kindergartens for graduation internship. After graduation, they will return to Tibet to start their careers there .

来自西藏的实习生扎桑在天津大学附属幼儿园与孩子们一同做游戏。 　新华社发 游思行摄

来自西藏的实习生次仁央宗在天津大学附属幼儿园为孩子们讲故事。 新华社发 游思行摄

来自西藏的实习生仓决在天津大学附属幼儿园与孩子们一同做游戏。 新华社发 游思行摄

Not only is CPC building infrastructure but also improving the lives of ordinary Tibetans one by one through education and job opportunities.

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[Keel]

Graduation Day, Tibet

Tibetan Girl - Train Conductor
藏族女列车长索朗德吉

A Tibetan Dance Company performing in New York

Handmade Tibetan Incense - some blessed with scriptures

Beautifully handknitted Tibetan Yak Wool Shawls, Scarfs, Blankets

Not only is CPC building infrastructure but also improving the lives of ordinary Tibetans one by one through education and job opportunities.

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Welcome back Jlaw!

 

[TaiShang]

One nation, one flag, many colors and unfathomable riches.

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A grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region is held at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept 8, 2015. [Dong Ning/China.org.cn]

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A grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region is held at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept 8, 2015. [Dong Ning/China.org.cn]

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A grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region is held at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept 8, 2015. [Xing Bingshuai/Xinhua]

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A grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region is held at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept 8, 2015. [Dong Ning/China.org.cn]

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A grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region is held at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept 8, 2015. [Dong Ning/China.org.cn]

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A grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region is held at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept 8, 2015. [Dong Ning/China.org.cn]

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A grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region is held at the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept 8, 2015. [Dong Ning/China.org.cn]

 

[TaiShang]

Found some videos on Tudou, my friend.

Here you can browse from this link.

西藏50周年 – 搜库

Here:

Liberation of Tibet Gala, Part I:
CCTV1春节联欢晚会-走向阳光--庆祝西藏百万农奴解放50周年文艺晚会1-2_土豆_高清视频在线观看

Liberation of Tibet Gala, Part II:
CCTV1春节联欢晚会-走向阳光--庆祝西藏百万农奴解放50周年文艺晚会2-2_土豆_高清视频在线观看

 

[TaiShang]

Yumbulagang Palace Picture

Yumbulagang Palace, known as the first imperial palace in Tibet, was built for Nyatri Tsanpo, the first Tibetan King in the 2nd century BC. It then became the summer palace of Songtsan Gampo and Princess Wencheng. In the 7th century AD, Songtsan Gampo moved the capital to Lhasa and Yumbulagang gradually became a Buddhist palace, and then the 5th Dalai Lama changed it as the monastery of Old-Yellow Hat Sect (Kadamspa). The palace is an antique fort located in Yarlung River Valley near Tsetang Town. "Yumbu" means female deer named after the shape of the Jormo Zhaxi Ceri Mountain which looks like a female deer. "lagang" means sacred palace. Hence the name of Yumbulagang "the sacred palace of mother and son" in Tibetan dialect, the palace is mainly divided into two parts: the front part is multi-layer palace, while the back part is a square watchtower of a high blockhouse connected with the front part…

The Jokhang Temple, situated in the centre of old Lhasa, was originally built in 647 A.D. It is said that the site was chosen personally by the wife of King Songtsan Gampo, the Tang Princess Wen Cheng. It was built by craftsmen from Tibet, China and Nepal and thus features several architectural styles. The Jokhang is the spiritual centre of Tibet and the holiest destination for all Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims.

In the central hall is the Jokhang's oldest and most precious object -- a sitting statue of Sakyamuni when he was 12 years old. This was carried to Tibet by Princess Wen Cheng from her home in Chang'an (the present Xi'an city) in 700 A.D. It is a gilded statue adorned with many jewels, in an elaborate setting. Pilgrims have prostrated themselves in front of this statue for centuries. In front of the Jokhang stands an old and withered willow tree said to be planted by Princess Wen Cheng. In front of the willow is a 3 meter high pillar, which is a treaty stone recording the alliance between the King of Tibet and the Emperor of China in 823 A.D.

Potala Palace is a model of Tibetan architecture, initially built in 641. Located on the Red Hill in Lhasa of Tibet, it is 3,700 meters above sea level and covers an area of over 360,000 square meters, measuring 360 meters from east to west and 270 meters from south to north. The palace has 13 stories, and is 117 meters high. Songtsan Gambo, ruler of the Tubo Kingdom, had the Potala Palace built for Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty, whom he married with. This structure was later burned to the ground during a 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 Lama lived and worked and a place for keeping the remains of successive Dalai Lama. The stone-and-wood-structured Potala Palace consists of the White Palace and Red Palace. The White Palace, comprising halls, temples and courtyards, serves as the living quarters of the Dalai Lama. The Red Palace includes various chambers for worshipping Buddha and chambers housing the eight stupa that contain the remains of fifth through thirteenth Dalai Lama. All the stupas are covered with gold foil. The most magnificent stupa belongs to the fifth Dalai Lama. It is 14.85 meters tall and inlaid with pearl and jade. The palace also collected a large number of sculptures, murals, scripture and other valuable cultural relics…

Palkhor Monastery is reputed as the lord of Tibetan stupas and famous for unique architecture, sculpture, and mural painting art. It is also named Palcho Monastery and very different from other monasteries. Palkhor Monastery lies at the downtown of Gyangts County. Palkhor Monastery is a kind of typical Tibetan Buddhism monastery architecture combined stupa and temple, with temples in the stupa, stupas in the temple. The stupas and temples stay harmoniously and bring out the best in each other. Its architecture fully represents a typical style of monasteries from thirteenth century to fifteenth century in Later Tibetan area, which is also the unique monastery with both the temple and stupa being kept well today. So it is reputed as a monument of architecture period. The Palkhor Monastery (meaning lucky and happy monastery) has a Chinese name Baiju Monastery. It has two features: there are three classes of Buddhism (Sakys, Gedang and Gelugpa) existing harmoniously this monastery. Those three classes of Buddhism had experienced repulsion and rivalry for a long time, peaceful with each other. So both the oblation and the architecture style in the monastery embrace and adopt good points from all quarters…

Samye Monastery is the first monastery in Tibet featuring Buddhist, laws and monks, where the famous debate of the doctrines between ancient Indian Buddhism and inland Buddhism happened. The construction of Samye Monastery began in 762 AD and was completed in 779 AD. The monastery is modeled on the Odantapuri Temple in Bihar, India. After several dynasties' extension, it now covers a large scale of more than 4,900 square meters. The monastery was once ruined by Lang Darma (Lang Darma was an ancient Tibetan King who banned Buddhism and destroyed Buddhist temples). It has been damaged throughout repeated wars and remains the present scope, which should be well cherished…

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 is located at the foot of the Wuze Hill in Sera to the north of Lhasa. 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. Sera Monastery is famous for its "Buddhism Scriptures Debating". Monks can be seen preparing for monastic exam by staging mock debates in the ritual way. Some sit cross-legged under the trees, while others run from group to group giving vigorous hand-claps to end a statement or make a point. Master and dignitaries sit on the raised tiers when a real exam takes place…

Tashilhunpo Monastery is one of the four great monasteries of the Gelugpa School of Tibetan Buddhism. The Monastery is seat to the Panchen Lama, the second most important spiritual leader of Tibet. In 1447 the Monastery was founded by His Holiness the 1st Dalai Lama, Gyalwa Gendun Drup, in Shigatse, Tibet's second largest city. It is one of the four great monasteries of Central Tibet and was supervised and looked after by the Dalai Lamas and Panchen Lamas of the Gelugpa, or Yellow Hat tradition. It has the glory of producing thousands of renowned scholars in the field of Mahayana Buddhist Philosophy and Tantra. The Monastery seeks to provide the Tibetan monks the best possible modern education, along with a deep and intimate understanding of the heritage of Tibet…

 

[TaiShang]

Grand ceremony held to mark 50th anniv. of Tibet's autonomy
September 08, 2015



A drum dance phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A female militia phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A child Tibetan opera phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A Tibetan opera phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A Tibetan resident performs Reba dance as he attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A cattlehide raft phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A float of Qamdo City attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.

An armed police phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.

 

[Place Of Space]

Grand ceremony held to mark 50th anniv. of Tibet's autonomy
September 08, 2015



A drum dance phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A female militia phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A child Tibetan opera phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A Tibetan opera phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A Tibetan resident performs Reba dance as he attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A cattlehide raft phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.



A float of Qamdo City attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.

An armed police phalanx attends a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 8, 2015.

I watched the live broadcast, it's a colorful carnival.

 

[CHN Bamboo]

Xizang!
beautiful Xizang!

 

[TaiShang]

Tibet Shoton Festival Picture in China's XiZhang (Tibet)

Tibet Shoton Festival, as one of great traditional festivals in Lhasa, is also known as Sour Milk Drinking Festival. It is held yearly between the 15th day of the sixth month of Tibetan calendar and the 30th day of the seventh Tibetan month. "sho" means the sour milk and "ton" has the meaning of banquet in Tibetan. Dating back to 11th century, the celebration of Shoton Festival was originally a religious activity in which secular people sacrificed sour milk to monks who had just finished spiritual cultivation in the closet. In the second half of 17th century, it changed to a festival for entertainment and was also called "Buddha Painting Unfolding Festival" and "Tibetan Opera Festival"

The Jokhang Temple, situated in the centre of old Lhasa, was originally built in 647 A.D. It is said that the site was chosen personally by the wife of King Songtsan Gampo, the Tang Princess Wen Cheng. It was built by craftsmen from Tibet, China and Nepal and thus features several architectural styles. The Jokhang is the spiritual centre of Tibet and the holiest destination for all Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims.

In the central hall is the Jokhang's oldest and most precious object -- a sitting statue of Sakyamuni when he was 12 years old. This was carried to Tibet by Princess Wen Cheng from her home in Chang'an (the present Xi'an city) in 700 A.D. It is a gilded statue adorned with many jewels, in an elaborate setting. Pilgrims have prostrated themselves in front of this statue for centuries. In front of the Jokhang stands an old and withered willow tree said to be planted by Princess Wen Cheng. In front of the willow is a 3 meter high pillar, which is a treaty stone recording the alliance between the King of Tibet and the Emperor of China in 823 A.D.

Potala Palace is a model of Tibetan architecture, initially built in 641. Located on the Red Hill in Lhasa of Tibet, it is 3,700 meters above sea level and covers an area of over 360,000 square meters, measuring 360 meters from east to west and 270 meters from south to north. The palace has 13 stories, and is 117 meters high. Songtsan Gambo, ruler of the Tubo Kingdom, had the Potala Palace built for Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty, whom he married with. This structure was later burned to the ground during a 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 Lama lived and worked and a place for keeping the remains of successive Dalai Lama. The stone-and-wood-structured Potala Palace consists of the White Palace and Red Palace. The White Palace, comprising halls, temples and courtyards, serves as the living quarters of the Dalai Lama. The Red Palace includes various chambers for worshipping Buddha and chambers housing the eight stupa that contain the remains of fifth through thirteenth Dalai Lama. All the stupas are covered with gold foil. The most magnificent stupa belongs to the fifth Dalai Lama. It is 14.85 meters tall and inlaid with pearl and jade. The palace also collected a large number of sculptures, murals, scripture and other valuable cultural relics…

Palkhor Monastery is reputed as the lord of Tibetan stupas and famous for unique architecture, sculpture, and mural painting art. It is also named Palcho Monastery and very different from other monasteries. Palkhor Monastery lies at the downtown of Gyangts County. Palkhor Monastery is a kind of typical Tibetan Buddhism monastery architecture combined stupa and temple, with temples in the stupa, stupas in the temple. The stupas and temples stay harmoniously and bring out the best in each other. Its architecture fully represents a typical style of monasteries from thirteenth century to fifteenth century in Later Tibetan area, which is also the unique monastery with both the temple and stupa being kept well today. So it is reputed as a monument of architecture period. The Palkhor Monastery (meaning lucky and happy monastery) has a Chinese name Baiju Monastery. It has two features: there are three classes of Buddhism (Sakys, Gedang and Gelugpa) existing harmoniously this monastery. Those three classes of Buddhism had experienced repulsion and rivalry for a long time, peaceful with each other. So both the oblation and the architecture style in the monastery embrace and adopt good points from all quarters…

Tibetan Opera is representing the traditional Tibetan art. Tibetan art is a traditional art form depicting the representational Deities of Tibetan Buddhism. The opera, called "ache lhamo" in Tibetan, plays an important part in the social life of Tibetan people. It is a unique form in China's various theatrical arts. "ache" means elder sister or a female, and "lhamo" means a fairy. Tibetan opera is an all-round performing art that tells the story by the form of dances and songs. Folk troupes of Tibetan opera are easily encountered any time and anywhere, with the audience from miles away to crowd the performer. This art style is influenced by Tibetan Buddhism from the view of skills and contents…

Tibet Shoton Festival, as one of great traditional festivals in Lhasa, is also known as Sour Milk Drinking Festival. It is held yearly between the 15th day of the sixth month of Tibetan calendar and the 30th day of the seventh Tibetan month. "sho" means the sour milk and "ton" has the meaning of banquet in Tibetan. Dating back to 11th century, the celebration of Shoton Festival was originally a religious activity in which secular people sacrificed sour milk to monks who had just finished spiritual cultivation in the closet. In the second half of 17th century, it changed to a festival for entertainment and was also called "Buddha Painting Unfolding Festival" and "Tibetan Opera Festival"…

Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is one of the great holiest lakes in Tibet which means "the jade lake in the upper pastureland" or "Swan Lake" in Tibetan language. Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is an out-flowing lake which is connected with the Yarlung Tsangpo River. Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is 130 kilometers long from east to west and 70 kilometers wide from north to south and covering an area of 638 square kilometers. It enjoys equal popularity with Lake Namtso in North Tibet and Lake Manasarovar in Ali, which are called "three Holy Lakes" in Tibetan Plateau. It's a continental lake supplied with rain, thawing snow and icebergs. The lake has an elegant view and it is said that a fairy maiden left the Heaven and turned into the lake on earth. There are more than 10 islands in the lake, the large ones can hold 5 to 6 households while the small ones are only 100 square meters or so. Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is a salt lake of low consistency and it begins to freeze every mid-November and the ice can be as thick as 0.5 meter…

 

[Jlaw]

Tibet Shoton Festival Picture in China's XiZhang (Tibet)

Tibet Shoton Festival, as one of great traditional festivals in Lhasa, is also known as Sour Milk Drinking Festival. It is held yearly between the 15th day of the sixth month of Tibetan calendar and the 30th day of the seventh Tibetan month. "sho" means the sour milk and "ton" has the meaning of banquet in Tibetan. Dating back to 11th century, the celebration of Shoton Festival was originally a religious activity in which secular people sacrificed sour milk to monks who had just finished spiritual cultivation in the closet. In the second half of 17th century, it changed to a festival for entertainment and was also called "Buddha Painting Unfolding Festival" and "Tibetan Opera Festival"

The Jokhang Temple, situated in the centre of old Lhasa, was originally built in 647 A.D. It is said that the site was chosen personally by the wife of King Songtsan Gampo, the Tang Princess Wen Cheng. It was built by craftsmen from Tibet, China and Nepal and thus features several architectural styles. The Jokhang is the spiritual centre of Tibet and the holiest destination for all Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims.

In the central hall is the Jokhang's oldest and most precious object -- a sitting statue of Sakyamuni when he was 12 years old. This was carried to Tibet by Princess Wen Cheng from her home in Chang'an (the present Xi'an city) in 700 A.D. It is a gilded statue adorned with many jewels, in an elaborate setting. Pilgrims have prostrated themselves in front of this statue for centuries. In front of the Jokhang stands an old and withered willow tree said to be planted by Princess Wen Cheng. In front of the willow is a 3 meter high pillar, which is a treaty stone recording the alliance between the King of Tibet and the Emperor of China in 823 A.D.

Potala Palace is a model of Tibetan architecture, initially built in 641. Located on the Red Hill in Lhasa of Tibet, it is 3,700 meters above sea level and covers an area of over 360,000 square meters, measuring 360 meters from east to west and 270 meters from south to north. The palace has 13 stories, and is 117 meters high. Songtsan Gambo, ruler of the Tubo Kingdom, had the Potala Palace built for Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty, whom he married with. This structure was later burned to the ground during a 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 Lama lived and worked and a place for keeping the remains of successive Dalai Lama. The stone-and-wood-structured Potala Palace consists of the White Palace and Red Palace. The White Palace, comprising halls, temples and courtyards, serves as the living quarters of the Dalai Lama. The Red Palace includes various chambers for worshipping Buddha and chambers housing the eight stupa that contain the remains of fifth through thirteenth Dalai Lama. All the stupas are covered with gold foil. The most magnificent stupa belongs to the fifth Dalai Lama. It is 14.85 meters tall and inlaid with pearl and jade. The palace also collected a large number of sculptures, murals, scripture and other valuable cultural relics…

Palkhor Monastery is reputed as the lord of Tibetan stupas and famous for unique architecture, sculpture, and mural painting art. It is also named Palcho Monastery and very different from other monasteries. Palkhor Monastery lies at the downtown of Gyangts County. Palkhor Monastery is a kind of typical Tibetan Buddhism monastery architecture combined stupa and temple, with temples in the stupa, stupas in the temple. The stupas and temples stay harmoniously and bring out the best in each other. Its architecture fully represents a typical style of monasteries from thirteenth century to fifteenth century in Later Tibetan area, which is also the unique monastery with both the temple and stupa being kept well today. So it is reputed as a monument of architecture period. The Palkhor Monastery (meaning lucky and happy monastery) has a Chinese name Baiju Monastery. It has two features: there are three classes of Buddhism (Sakys, Gedang and Gelugpa) existing harmoniously this monastery. Those three classes of Buddhism had experienced repulsion and rivalry for a long time, peaceful with each other. So both the oblation and the architecture style in the monastery embrace and adopt good points from all quarters…

Tibetan Opera is representing the traditional Tibetan art. Tibetan art is a traditional art form depicting the representational Deities of Tibetan Buddhism. The opera, called "ache lhamo" in Tibetan, plays an important part in the social life of Tibetan people. It is a unique form in China's various theatrical arts. "ache" means elder sister or a female, and "lhamo" means a fairy. Tibetan opera is an all-round performing art that tells the story by the form of dances and songs. Folk troupes of Tibetan opera are easily encountered any time and anywhere, with the audience from miles away to crowd the performer. This art style is influenced by Tibetan Buddhism from the view of skills and contents…

Tibet Shoton Festival, as one of great traditional festivals in Lhasa, is also known as Sour Milk Drinking Festival. It is held yearly between the 15th day of the sixth month of Tibetan calendar and the 30th day of the seventh Tibetan month. "sho" means the sour milk and "ton" has the meaning of banquet in Tibetan. Dating back to 11th century, the celebration of Shoton Festival was originally a religious activity in which secular people sacrificed sour milk to monks who had just finished spiritual cultivation in the closet. In the second half of 17th century, it changed to a festival for entertainment and was also called "Buddha Painting Unfolding Festival" and "Tibetan Opera Festival"…

Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is one of the great holiest lakes in Tibet which means "the jade lake in the upper pastureland" or "Swan Lake" in Tibetan language. Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is an out-flowing lake which is connected with the Yarlung Tsangpo River. Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is 130 kilometers long from east to west and 70 kilometers wide from north to south and covering an area of 638 square kilometers. It enjoys equal popularity with Lake Namtso in North Tibet and Lake Manasarovar in Ali, which are called "three Holy Lakes" in Tibetan Plateau. It's a continental lake supplied with rain, thawing snow and icebergs. The lake has an elegant view and it is said that a fairy maiden left the Heaven and turned into the lake on earth. There are more than 10 islands in the lake, the large ones can hold 5 to 6 households while the small ones are only 100 square meters or so. Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is a salt lake of low consistency and it begins to freeze every mid-November and the ice can be as thick as 0.5 meter…

You and @AndrewJin have to stop posting pics. I do not have the time to visit all these beautiful places you guys post!

 

[AndrewJin]

You and @AndrewJin have to stop posting pics. I do not have the time to visit all these beautiful places you guys post!

Quit your job!

 

[TaiShang]

You and @AndrewJin have to stop posting pics. I do not have the time to visit all these beautiful places you guys post!

Resettle back to China!

 

[Keel]

Hi altitude thin air railway building technology

The Incremental Train Control System of Lhasa Express combines automatic block, train station interlock control, and train speeding control in one package.

The wireless network system implemented is for the automatic backup of ITCS System Event Log when the train enters the station. Qingzang Railway has 78 locomotives in total. Each locomotive is equipped with one ORing TAR-120, while the train station control center is also equipped with one ORing TAR-120 – for a total of 79 TAR-120s used. On each locomotive, the TAR-120 is connected to the DVR that records the ITCS System Event Log. When the train enters the station, the TAR-120 on the locomotive communicates with the TAR-120 in the train station control center, and the ITCS System Event Log would be successfully uploaded to the train station control center.

Customized cars of Lhasa Express (Tibet Train) supply passengers with extra oxygen and are fortified against the harsh conditions of the Tibetan plateau.

 

[AndrewJin]

Hi altitude thin air railway building technology

The Incremental Train Control System of Lhasa Express combines automatic block, train station interlock control, and train speeding control in one package.

The wireless network system implemented is for the automatic backup of ITCS System Event Log when the train enters the station. Qingzang Railway has 78 locomotives in total. Each locomotive is equipped with one ORing TAR-120, while the train station control center is also equipped with one ORing TAR-120 – for a total of 79 TAR-120s used. On each locomotive, the TAR-120 is connected to the DVR that records the ITCS System Event Log. When the train enters the station, the TAR-120 on the locomotive communicates with the TAR-120 in the train station control center, and the ITCS System Event Log would be successfully uploaded to the train station control center.

Customized cars of Lhasa Express (Tibet Train) supply passengers with extra oxygen and are fortified against the harsh conditions of the Tibetan plateau.