Punakha dzong served as the centre of government

Located on a stretch of land where the Pho chhu and Mo chhu converge, the Punakha Dzong served as the centre of government and the first session of the National Assembly was also held here in 1953.

 
Punakha Dzong was built in 1637 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, the founder of Bhutanese state. It was originally named Puntang Dechen Phodrang Dzong which means the Palace of Great Bliss. Indochinatourguide.com is pleased to offer genuine Bhutan tour for you.
Punakha Dong was built on the 8th day and 8th month of the Fire ox year in 1673. The dzong was attacked by the Tibetan in 1639 and 1644. The attacks were successfully repelled by the defenders. To commemorate the victory, a New Year festival was introduced and Yu Gyal Gonkhang Chen Mo, “the great shrine of the protective and victorious lord” was built.

Punakha is the least elevated of Bhutan's central valleys and famous for its benign climate in which fruit trees flourish within sight of the snow-crested Himalayan Mountains. The valley is about 3 hours drive from Thimphu town and is famous for the picturesque Punakha Dzong which is one of the most photogenic Dzong of Bhutan.

Nyainqentanglha Mountains is one of the major mountain ranges on China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Nyainqentanglha Mountains is one of the major mountain ranges on China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which serves as the ridge dividing Yarlung Zangbo River and Nujiang River. Stretching 1,400 kilometers and rising to 7,111 meters at its peak, Nyainqentanglha Mountains is capped with heavy layers of snow year-round. HRC is pleased to offer great service to build a unique China Tour or Indochina Tour for you.

 
The local folklore has it that in Nyainqentanglha there is a mysterious crystal palace. The palace door, inlaid with all kinds of precious stones, is dazzlingly brilliant. The palace itself, with the top surrounded by white clouds and the middle wreathed by colorful mist and light, is floating over the sea of amrita, with colorful fresh flowers flourishing around.

Legend The Nyainqentanglha that we can see today is grand and snow-capped. The local folklore has it that in Nyainqentanglha there is a mysterious crystal palace. The palace door, inlaid with all kinds of precious stones, is dazzlingly brilliant. The palace itself, with the top surrounded by white clouds and the middle wreathed by colorful mist and light, is floating over the sea of amrita, with colorful fresh flowers flourishing around.
Wreathed by cloud and mist all the year round and frequented by wrathful lighting and peals of thunder, the snow-capped Nyainqentanglha stands mysteriously tall and upright over plains, gorges and other snow mountains.

Bangong Tso Lake in Tibet

Bangong Tso Lake, meaning long neck swan in Tibetan, is located partly in China and the rest is in Kashmir that is controlled by India. This inland lake is about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from northwestern Rutog County, Ngari District of Tibet. It is 155 kilometers (96.3 miles) long from east to west and very narrow from south to north, 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) at the widest part and only 5 meters (16 feet) at the narrowest part. The depth of water is 57 meters (187 feet). And the entire lake is 4,240 meters (13,911 feet) above sea level. HRC is pleased to offer great service a China tour or Indochina tour for you.

 
The limpid water is so blue and looks like an opal in the earth. It mirrors the blue sky, white clouds and snowy mountains, forming a picturesque view. Its uniqueness is that the same lake has different characteristics in China and Kashmir: The water in China is clear and sweet, harboring a kind of freshwater fish without scales; but the water in Kashmir so salty that no creatures can survive.
Bangong Lake is about 155km in length from the west to the east, and its width ranges from 40meters to 15km, the average depth about 57meters. In the lake there are at least 5 islands such as Shu Island, Tu Island etx, and the largest one named Bird Island, is the kingdom of birds, also breeding place in Spring for some birds such as Anser ndicus. Photo taken on August 22, shows the tourists are preparing to board a pleasure-boat.

This vast lake is dotted with big and small islands like stars in the night sky. The central island is the kingdom of birds, and is named Bird Island. It is not that large, about 300 meters (984 feet) long and over 200 meters (656 feet) wide. However, around ten thousand birds of more than 20 species inhabit it. The main species include the bar-head goose, brown-head gull, seagull, crested duck and tadorna ferruginea. These birds feed on the fish and aquatic plants in Bangong Lake. During the birds’ breeding season, the whole island is almost covered with thousands of birds. Bird nests and eggs are everywhere. Because there are no natural enemies or anything to disturb their habitat, they live in a quiet and peaceful life. Thanks to the natural barrier of water protecting the birds, it becomes a special sight on the Ngari Plateau.

Ramoche Temple in Lasha

Ramoche located in Lasha City northeast of Barkhor Street about 500 meters north of Block west to east, from the courtyard of the Temple, the gatehouse, Sakyamuni like roofing golden dome and internal and external transfer The cloister, a total area of about 4,000 square meters. The temple named A up hot wood Qizulakang, "meaning" Han tiger god into the Temple. The Ramoche Chinese title; small, the corresponding Jokhang Temple; Zhao is a transliteration of the Tibetan "sleep lying", which means "Buddha. Temple for like the Sakyamuni eight-year-old life-sized pure gold and many statues and Thangka. 1962 as a regional key cultural relics protection units. HRC is pleased to offer great service a China tour or Indochina tour for you.

 
In the days of King Songtsan Gampo (617-649), founder of the Tibetan Empire, Ramoche Temple was originally built to house the famous statue of Sakyamuni, now found in the Jokhang, which was brought to Tibet by Princess Wen Cheng. Legend has it that when Princess Wen Cheng and her entourage arrived at the north gate of Lhasa, her carriage got stuck in the mud. Her assistants could not remove the statue and so they covered it temporarily with 4 pillars and white brocade. Later, the Princess ordered the construction of Ramoche as a shrine for the statue.
Ramoche was founded in the mid-seventh century AD, incense stretches than a thousand years. According to legend, Wencheng princess to Tibet with a 12-year-old Sakyamuni life-sized pure gold like, the line to Ramoche now,, wooden car into the sand. Princess calendar, Sakyamuni Buddha decided to put here to worship, was built Ramoche. Presided over the construction of the temple by Princess Wen Cheng started at the same time with the Jokhang Temple, see completed at the same time, the opening at the same time; door to the east, to the princess home parents miss sustenance.

Nowadays, the temple has become the very place for the Tibetan monks to study the Mi Zong (one of the sects of Buddhism).
Ramoche Temple of the original main supply Wencheng Princess Sakyamuni Buddha brought from Chang'an, the main shrine of the Jokhang Temple is the original main supply Princess of Nepal from Kathmandu statue of Buddha Sakyamuni, Later, two statues for a bit. According to the Fifth Dalai Lama book "Jokhang Temple directory and the book records: the first Xiaozhaoshi main supply Buddha Sakyamuni Buddha brought by Princess Wencheng. After the death of Songtsen Gampo, in accordance with the will of Princess Wencheng, Jokhang Temple and Xiaozhaoshi, Sakyamuni Buddha was on the exchange, Princess of Nepal brought Sakyamuni Buddha as Main St. for Ramoche.
Remoche Temple was originally built to house the famous statue of Sakyamuni, now found in the Jokhang Temple, which was originally brought to Tibet by Princess Wencheng, It was said that when Princess Wencheng and her entourage arrived at the North gate of Lhasa, her carriage got stuck in the mud. Her assistants could not remove the statue and so they covered it temporarily with 4 pillars and white brocade. Later, the Princess ordered the construction of Ramoche as a shrine for the statue.

Seda secluded Buddhist is on certain level the nature

Seda, the Tibetan word for 'Golden Horse' because historically been unearthed in the color of a horse-shaped pond habitat nugget named.
Sprawling across approximately four square kilometers at 4,000 meters above sea level, the “Buddhist metropolis” houses more than 10,000 disciples, who practice Nyingma, a major school of Tibetan Buddhism. Most wear traditional red gowns.Chinatourguide.com is pleased to offer great service to build a unique China tour for you.

 
Located in the Tibetan-inhabited part of Sichuan, the secluded Buddhist campus can be reached only after hours of bumpy riding on mountain roads. Nevertheless, Chan considers it her hands-down favorite destination in mainland China.
In 1980, Jigme Phuntsok, a Nyingma lama from the Dhok region of Kham, known by followers as a "living buddha" and believed to be the reincarnation of a holy figure, founded the Serthar Buddhist Institute in an entirely uninhabited valley.

The college is on certain level the nature, the mobility of students the school is difficult to master. According to statistics, the resident Lama has 1800 people, 2800 people of Han Buddhist nuns, monks and 240 people, 210 people of Han Han Buddhist nuns, more than 80 Tibetan Buddhist, more than 500 people, mainly from sichuan, Qinghai , Gansu Tibetan inhabited areas and other provinces and cities. In addition also has individual Singapore And Hongkong, disciple to this self as a short-term study. College admission students regardless of race, regardless of cultural level, with all the local government certificate and identity card. There are political problems, or conduct record once found, will be quantui.
A vast assembly of log cabins, spartan inside and out, covers a pair of steep hillsides, which will surprise every new visitor. At dusk, crowds of monks and nuns buzz in conversation, their hair shorn and their gazes serene, as they gather for evening prayers outside a ramshackle collection of meeting halls that are connected by a criss-cross of muddy pathways.

Potala Palace immense religious and administrative complex in Lhasa

Potala Palace is considered a model of Tibetan architecture. Located on the Red Hill in Lhasa, 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. Interesting in Potala Palace Tour? HRC is pleased to offer great service to build a unique China tour for you.

 
Potala Palace immense religious and administrative complex in Lhasa, southern Tibet Autonomous Region, southwestern China. It is situated atop Mar-po-ri (Red Mountain), 425 feet (130 metres) above the Lhasa River valley, and rises up dramatically from its rocky base. Potrang Karpo (completed 1648; White Palace) once served as the seat of the Tibetan government and the main residence of the Dalai Lama; from the mid-18th century it was used as a winter palace. Potrang Marpo (1694; Red Palace) houses several chapels, sacred statues, and the tombs of eight Dalai Lamas; it remains a major pilgrimage site for Tibetan Buddhists.

The central part of this group of buildings rises in a vast quadrangular mass above its satellites to a great height, terminating in gilt canopies similar to those on the Jokhang. This central member of Potala is called the "red palace" from its crimson colour, which distinguishes it from the rest. It contains the principal halls and chapels and shrines of past Dalai Lamas. There is in these much rich decorative painting, with jewelled work, carving and other ornamentation.

Ganden Monastery is attainable on a day trip from Lhasa

Ganden Monastery is attainable on a day trip from Lhasa. It lies 45km east of Lhasa, on the Sichuan highway. It is the most dramatically situated of the main temples near Lhasa, high up on the ridge.
The Ganden Monastery has been re-established in Karnataka, India by the Tibetan population in exile. The Ganden Monastery is located in the Tibetan settlement at Mundgod. This settlement of Tibetan refugees is the largest of its kind in India and was first established in 1966, from land donated by the Indian government.

 
In the Tibetan settlement near Mundgod are the Ganden and the Drepung Monastery. In 1999 there were in total about 13,000 residents. The Tibetan settlement consists of nine camps with two monasteries and one nunnery. They have established a credit bank for farms, an agricultural institute and a craft center. Modern technology and communication technology are being introduced. The curriculum of the Ganden Monastery remains similar to the teachings of the pre-1959 Ganden Monastery.

Ganden Monastery was completely destroyed during the rebellion of 1959. In 1966 it was severely shelled by Red Guard artillery and monks then had to dismantle the remains.[4] Most of Tsongkhapa's mummified body was burned but his skull and some ashes were saved from the fire by Bomi Rinpoche, the monk who had been forced to carry the body to the fire.[6] Re-building has been continuing since the 1980s and the "red-painted lhakang in the centre is the reconstruction of Ganden's sanctum sanctorum containing Tsongkapa's reliquary chorten called the Tongwa Donden, 'Meaningful to Behold.'

The word "Ganden" means "joy" in Tibetan and is also the name for the "western heavens" where the Maitreya Buddha (the Future Buddha) resides. Ironically, this Monastery was heavily damaged during Cultural Revolution bombings, making the place somewhat depressing. However, work is underway to repair the damaged buildings of the monastery, so that Ganden Monastery is being quickly restored to its must-see status as one of Lhasa's most impressive monasteries. Seek out the Golden Throne Room of the Dalai Lama. Placed upon the throne, there is a cloth bag containing his yellow hat that he left behind in his escape to exile in India.