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Travel Advice and Tips

Here, we show you some practical travel tips to help you plan better before you go and deal with emergencies or unpredictable situations on your trip. If you choose us, we will do our best to provide you with first-class service and sincere travel tips and suggestions.

Thangka painting
Handmade art has been an indispensable part of people's lives such as Thangka, Tibetan incense, Tibetan medicine, Tibetan ornaments, etc.

Tibetan Handicrafts

Eric
Eric
Travel Advisor
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Kham is one of the 3 main traditional regions of Tibet, along with Ü‑Tsang and the Amdo. It includes parts of Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, and Qinghai Provinces.

Kham

Catherine
Catherine
Travel Advisor
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Tashi Delek is a simple Tibetan greeting word, conveying the wishes of blessing, good luck and happiness. Do you know the true and original meaning of it?

Tashi Delek

Freya
Travel Advisor
Tibetan incense is not only used to worship the Buddha, but also prevent disease from happening.
Nyemo Tunba is located in Tunba Township, Nyemo County. It's the birthplace of Tibetan incense, also famous for its traditional handicraft.

Nyemo Tunba

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Tibet History
The history of Tibet includes the Imperial age, Era of fragmentation, Sakya Rule, Pazhu Regime, Collapse of Serfdom, and Tibet Autonomous Region.

Tibet History

nance
Nance
Travel Advisor
Ngari scenery
Discover Ngari, Tibet’s remote gem, featuring Mount Kailash, Lake Manasarovar, and ancient ruins steeped in spirituality and breathtaking beauty.
Kailash is the main peak of Gangdise mountains.
Gangdise Mountain Range traverses the southwest of Tibet, parallel to the Himalayas. It's been a holy place for pilgrims since ancient times.

Gangdise Mountains

Eric
Eric
Travel Advisor
Pabonka Monastery
Pabonka Monastery is s located in the northern suburbs of Lhasa. Pabangka means the palace on the boulder in Tibetan.
Tibetan Chorten
Stupa is a mound-like structure for collecting Buddhist relics even preserved bodies of renowned lamas, symbolizing Buddha's presence.
Natural scenery in Tibet
Many people may ask the question - 'How beautiful is Tibet?' well, the 20 pictures will give you the answer and inspire you to travel to Tibet.
We’ve listed 10 of the most visited Tibetan monasteries.
Check the top 10 Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. You can not only see marvelous religious artworks but also discover the spiritual home of Tibetan people.
worship Mt.Kailash
Top four most famous Tibetan sacred mountains include Meili Snow Mountain(Kawagebo), Amne Machin, Mount Kailash, and Gado Jowo.
Tibetan art
Tibetan art is closely related to Tibetan Buddhism culture. Its art forms include murals, thangka, sand mandalas, Tibetan butter sculpture, Tibetan opera, etc.

Tibetan Art

Eric
Eric
Travel Advisor
Tibetan Buddhism belongs to tantric Buddhism.
Before traveling to Tibet, if you know more about Buddhist symbols, rituals, artifacts, etc., you can have a better understanding of Tibetan Buddhism.
Tibetan monk hat
Some Tibetan monks wear red Buddhist hats while some wear yellow ones. What's the difference? See types of Tibetan monk hats based on the sects, grades, etc.
Mala Beads
Ritual items of Tibetan Buddhism are objects used to conduct ceremonies. Buddhism gives them special functions, making them no longer ordinary artifacts.
Tibetan monks
Tibetan Buddhism is the branch of Buddhism introduced into Tibet. It is divided into five major sects: Kadampa, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa.

Tibetan Buddhism

Caroline
Caroline
Travel Advisor
A religious mask for Cham dance
Tibetan Mask is called "Ba" in Tibetan. Colorful Tibetan masks in various forms have deposited the essence of Tibetan culture.
Nichi is known as “the Switzerland of Tibet”.
Nyingchi is called “the Switzerland of Tibet”. Driving from Lhasa is the main way to enter Nyingchi. You also can fly to Nyingchi from Chengdu, Xian, etc.
Palden Lhamo
There's no concept of absolute evil demons as all sentient beings can improve their karma through practice in Buddhism. Here're the top 10 demo-like deities.

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