Nowadays, china travel is more and more popular among foreign tourists. Beijing, Shanghai and Xi’an are always the most popular places to visit amongst travelers, however Tibet is now becoming more and more well-known for its unique culture and peaceful environment. Travel to Tibet could be your option for China Tours.
To get to Tibet, most foreign travelers arrive by plane. Chengdu, Beijing, Xi’an, Chongqing and Xining are all the starting points to Tibet. Gonggar Airport connects Lhasa with most cities. The airport is located in Gonggar County, about40.3 miles south of Lhasa city. It takes about 2 hours and costs approximately CNY 25 by shuttle bus to downtown Lhasa. By the way, traveling by train to Lhasa is another choice. The first section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway between Xining and Golmud was put into use more than 20 years ago. The second section between Golmud and Lhasa began to operate on the 1st of July, 2006. With a total length of 1,956 km (around 1,215 miles), Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the longest plateau railway and also the highest in the world beginning from Xining in Qinghai and ends in Lhasa. It shall be agreeable to enjoy the beautiful scenery on the train.
As for the air tickets, you can go to the websites of airlines, such as China Airlines, or you can seek help from travel agencies, such as China Youth Travel Service (CYTS), or click on www.chinatraveldepot.com, the official website of CYTS, here you can find different air tickets of different airlines, and generally speaking, more discounted information is offered to travelers.
Now, here is a brief introduction to Tibet—it is known as the Roof of the World. For centuries the mysterious Buddhist holy place has attracted millions of tourists, and Tibet is locked away in its mountain fastness of Himalaya, as a result, Tibetan people have exercised a unique hold on the imagination of the west. For adventurers and traders it was a land of treasure and riches. Tibet is without doubt one of the most remarkable places to visit in China, even in Asia. It offers fabulous monastery sights, breathtaking high-altitude treks, and stunning views of the world’s highest mountains and some of the nicest people you will ever meet. As the capital city of Tibet, Lhasa is rightly one of the most featured and dreamt-about cities in the world. Its impressive heritage of over a thousand years of cultural and spiritual history has helped to create the romantic and mysterious Tibetan religion.
One of the Must-See place in Tibet is the Potala Palace, which is now on the list of Chinese national key protected cultural relics. It is the most valuable storehouse in Tibet, having a huge treasure house for materials and articles of Tibetan history, religion, culture and arts. The Palace is widely known for the precious sculptures, murals, scripture, Buddha figures, murals, antiques, and religious jewelry treasured up, they are of great cultural and artistic value.
The Jokhang Temple(大昭寺) is constructed thousands years ago. Now the temple has been enlarged many times over the centuries and now also houses statues of King Songtsan Gambo and his two famous foreign brides. However, the original statue of Jowo Sakyamuni Buddha that Princess Wen Cheng brought from Chang’ an over 1300 years ago is definitely its most sacred and famous possession, and is perhaps the most venerated religious artifact in all of Tibet.
Travel to Tibet can be adventurous, and full of excitement. Traveling equals to the opportunities to learn something new and some thing you are interested in and I hope you can have a brief understanding about travels in China.
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