The Tibet
Autonomous Region is located in the southwestern border of the People's
Republic of China, which is the southwest of the Tibetan Plateau, between east
longitude 78 ° 25 'to 99 ° 06' and north latitude 26 ° 44 'to 36 ° 32'. Tibet
is famous for its magnificent natural scenery. She is vast in territory with
spectacular landforms and rich in resources.
Tibet is a distant and mysterious place in the minds of many people. They eager to go sightseeing, but fear plateau hypoxia and road risk. In fact, Tibet becomes Chinese domestic unique tourist destination with her amazing natural scenery, the unique characteristics of religious and honest folk customs. As an ordinary tourist please don't be fear to the plateau environment because what you arrive are all the beautiful environment and the more densely populated places therefore the transportation is becoming more convenient.
The Potala
Palace is commonly known as the second “Mount Putuo”, which is a grand scale
castle-style building standing in the Redhill where the northwest of Tibetan
capital of Lhasa urban. Initially the construction of the Potala Palace is to
celebrate the marriage of Songtsen and Princess Wen Cheng. After the
reconstruction of the 17th century, the Potala Palace became the Winter Palace
accommodation of the Dalai Lamas and the Tibetan theocracy Center. The whole
palace built on mountains with distinctive Tibetan style and magnificent
momentum. The Potala Palace is also collected countless treasures and called a
palace of art.
Jokhang
Temple is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery which is located in Lhasa's old city
center. It was built in the Tang Dynasty 21 year (647 years), Zao Songtsan
built to commemorate Foot Statue Princess came into Tibet. Then the Jokhang
Temple experienced several generation of repairs and additions, it became the
formation of huge buildings. The Jokhang Temple history dating back more than
1350, it is a national key cultural relics protection units and has a supreme
position in Tibetan Buddhism.
