http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardSELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1886) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 2 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTlavender0108http://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/miscellaneous/celebrated-figures/As a place of origin of culture, Lhokha region has been the home of lots of eminent scholars and artists. The fifth Dalai Lama Luosangjiacuo, born in Qiongjie, composed a book Tibetan Kings and Rulings in which he gave a brief account of Tibetan history from the very beginning to 10 century B.C, when the king Gushi was in power. The book was written in an easy and fluent style with full and accurate historical facts. After that, the fifth Dalai Lama wrote other 30 works like New interpretatio...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1888) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 2 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTlavender0108http://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/miscellaneous/lhokha-barter-fair/Initiated in 1981, the Lhokha Barter Fair is held yearly from 1st, December to 7th, December. In this fair, the local residents, inhabitants of the border area, merchants from home and neighboring countries will come together, exchange their goods in a unique but traditional way. Bustling with excitement and activity, the barter fair brings the ancient Tsetang city prosperity and magnificence....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1890) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 2 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTlavender0108http://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/miscellaneous/paintings/Frescos and Thangkas in the monasteries of Lhokha are the typical reflection of Tibetan painting style. The Thangkas are painted or embroidered images rendered on cloth, silk or paper which is mounted on a cloth backing and may be rolled up like a scroll when not hung. Paintings in Lhokha cover a wide range of subjects. They include the images of historic legends, religious service, scenes of manual labor and the stories of lives from the Tubo period to Ming and Qing dynasty. All of these pai...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1889) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 2 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTlavender0108http://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/miscellaneous/pilgrimage-festival-(mountain-worshiping)/The third, August each year is taken as a holy day when Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, began his first lecturing on Buddhism, therefore, the Buddhists will dress themselves in new costumes and make a pilgrimage to monasteries on famous mountains. After the pilgrimage the Buddhists will feast together hilariously along with songs and dances....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1287) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 2 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/attraction/samye-monastery/Samye Monastery is one of the oldest Tibetan Monasteries. It was built a little later than Jokhang and the main monastery built during the first flourishing period of Tibetan Buddhism which is of great significance in the development of Tibetan culture. 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. ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1286) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 2 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/attraction/trandruk-monastery/Tran means roc and druk means dragon in Tibetan. The monastery got is name from the legend that it could only be built after Songtsan Gampo had turned into a roc and conquered an evil dragon. Its said that renowned figures in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, such as Padmasambhava and Milariba, had practised Buddhism nearby after it was built and the remaining relics are Sacred land for the devotees. Trandruk was built during the reign of Songtsan Gampo, and later extensionswere designed by Juequ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1887) AND (ServiceType = 44) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 2 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTlavender0108http://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/miscellaneous/yarlung-cultural-festival/The annual Yarlung Cultural Festival will be held from 25th, July to 27th, July with a wide range of ethnic subjects, such as traditional sports meeting, Tibetan songs and dances, Tibetan drama, and gorgeous dress show, etc....]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1285) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 2 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/attraction/yumbulagang-palace/Summary: Perched on the mountain top, the towering and outstanding Yumbulagang looks like a blockhouse. Yumbu means female deer named after the shape of the Jormo Zhaxi Ceri Mountain which looks like a female deer. lagang means sacred palace. Yumbulagang , palace of mother and son in Tibetan dialect, is the first palace and one of the earliest buildings in Tibet and it has a history of more than 2,000 years. Its said that it was built for Nyatri Tsanpo, the first Tibetan King by Bon believers i...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 13) AND (ServiceType = 33) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 1 Jul 2008 21:48:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/food/yamdrok-air-dried-meat/Air-dried meat, one of the staple food for local herdsmen, is made of beef or mutton stripped and air-dried. Every household in the Yamdrok lake area has a special room for air-drying. The room has four walls around but one window on the top for ventilation, and usually in use in October in Tibetan calendar (November or December in solar calendar). Air-dried meat is made mainly of mutton in a simple way, whole sheep or stripped, and the whole process lasts to next January (February in s...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2151) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTlavender0108http://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/attraction/chimpu-meditation-centers/It is an ideal place for preventing sun strikes and keeping off the cold, very suitable place for trekking. Its not only a sacred place for pilgrims, the tourists may enjoy much more fun there. Chim refers to the Chim clan while Pu means the upper part of a ravine. The ravine where Chimpu lies is a basin with a surrounding of mountains to three sides, which are just like two hands holding Chimpu in the middle, and then faces gradually to open slopes into a vast valley of the Yarlung Tsangpo Riv...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2152) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTlavender0108http://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/attraction/lake-lhamo-nhatso/Brief introduction: Lhamo Nhatso means auspicious heavenly mother lake or numinous mother lake in Tibetan and another name for it is Qiongguoje Lake. Standing on the mountain top as high as 5,100 meters and looking down, the holy lake is surrounded by mountains. And it takes a head bones skeleton shape like a mirror at the foot of the mountains and the scenery is elegant. Lake Lhamo Nhatso is a high mountain freshwater lake with an area of about 1 square kilometers. The lake surface keeps on fr...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5866) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTlavender0108http://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/attraction/the-tombs-of-tibetan-kings/Buried here are the kings, the ministers and the royal concubines from the 29th Tsanpo to the last(the 40th). It is also the largest tumuli group in Tibet. From all of the tombs, the most remarkable one is King Songtsan Gampos. Situated on the Muchong Hill opposite to the Yarlung River, which shows that Tobu had focused on fengshui that centered on with its back to the mountains and facing the waters, The tombs erect on the plateau, with west wind blowing and sunset shining, and the Yarlung ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2150) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTlavender0108http://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/attraction/yandrok-yumtso-lake/Summary: Yam means the upper, drok means pastureland, Yum means jade and tso means lake in Tibetan. So Yamdrok Yumtso means the jade lake in the upper pastureland or swan lake in Tibetan. With an altitude of 4,441 meters, Lake Yamdrok Yumtso 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 T...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2154) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTlavender0108http://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/attraction/yarlung-folk-culture-center/Covering 2,866 square meters, the Yarlung Folk culture center is a combination of Tibetan style and Han style in architecture. As an auxiliary project, the Tibetan Garden has eight scenic spots, with Naidong history being the theme. The scenic spots are as follows: Gate to holy land is comprised of a series of such landscapes as subsidence square, Peace tower, Tibetan drama forum, Stonewall for Tibetan legends, Buddhism steamer, etc. extending from north to south. Pasture embodies the origin o...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2153) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 GMTlavender0108http://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/attraction/zhari-mountain/Brief introduction: Tibet, one of the last pure lands on the planet, lies in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the highest Plateau in the world. It is one of three most popular travel destinations in China. Tibet is also well-known for its mystery and sacredness. Zhari in Tibetan means a holy mountain or a luxuriant mountain. Viewed as a Xiangbala (an ideal and holy land) in Tibet, Zhari mountain has not only luxuriant plants, a large range of herbs, amiable climate, but also lots of wild flowers, grand w...]]>Fri 28 Dec 2007 13:43:00 GMThttp://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/restaurant/jinhe-restaurant-/Fri 28 Dec 2007 13:42:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/festival/guoxie/Fri 28 Dec 2007 13:42:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/festival/jibozhuoga/Fri 28 Dec 2007 13:42:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/festival/qiangmu/Fri 28 Dec 2007 13:42:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/tibet/lhokha/festival/tibetan-drama/