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Xigaze covers an area of 182,000 square km. Extending 800 km east-west and 200 km south-north, it has a 1,573 km border with Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim to the south. Shannan lies to the east, Ngari in the west and Nagqu in the north... |
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Shigatse connects with three countries of Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim in the south, Ngari in the west, Nagqu in the north and Lhasa and Shannan in the east.Historically, Shigatse was called Tsang, which was an important administrative district of Tibet... |
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Summer is usually mild and wet, and brings most of the annual rainfall. Winter is cold, dry and windy... |
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Built in 1447, the Tashilhungpo (meaning auspicious Sumeru) Monastery is located on the southern slope of the Nyima Mountain to the west of the Xigaze city. It is one of the four monasteries of the Gelug Sect... |
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Atop the Rongpu Qinzhogma Hill at the foot of Mt. Qomolangma, the monastery is 90 kilometers away from the Tingri County seat and is 5,800 meters above sea level, the highest of its kind in the world... |
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Shalu Monastery is located 20 kilometers southeast of Xigaze. It was first built in 1087. It demonstrates a combination of the Tibet and Han architectural styles. It is famous for its sandalwood slips carved with Buddhist scripture and a jar for filling sacred water... |
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A separate sect of Tibetan Buddhism, named Sakyapa. Sakye is reputed as the "Tibetan Dunhuang", for its great amount of Mongolian fineries, porcelain, statues, fresco, precious Tangkas and original Buddhism Scriptures.... |
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The Tibetan name for Mt. Everest is "Mt. Quomolangma" which literally means "The Third Goddess". Located in bordering areas with Nepal in Tingri County... |
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Kumbum is a spectacular stupa temple, whose name means "Place of 100 Thousand Images", was the centerpiece of Palkhor Chode Monastery, and the pride of Gyantse... |
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A boundary mountain range of Nyalam and Tingri counties, there are three peaks of an elevation of mora than 7,000 meters form the east to the west and the highest is 7,367 meters above sea level... |
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On the old road between Gyantse (4040m) and Lhasa, the dazzling Yamdroktso (4441m) can be seen from the summit of the Kamba-la pass (5030m )... |
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Palha located in the Banjorlhunbo Village of Jangra Town 4 kilometers southwest of Gyangze County. Palha was originally the chief of a tribe in Budan... |
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Dzong fortress lies at Dzong Hill at the center of Gyangtse. In 1904, British troops invaded into Tibet and occupied parts of Tibetan territory... |
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Also known as Kasa, Zhangmu perches on a mountainside 10km (6 miles) inland from the Friendship Bridge across the Bhotekoshi River (Sun Kosi River)... |
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The fifth highest peak, the Makaru Mountain is 8,463 meters above sea level and its straight distance to Mt. Oomolangma is 24 kilometers. Its northern slope is in China while the southern slope in Nepal... |
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In Nyalam County, the lake is the highest of its kind in Xigaze Prefecture and covers an area of more than 300 square kilometers... |
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