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Ganden Monastery Academy, together with the Sera Monastery and the Drepung Monastery, is called “Great three” Gelukpa Academy of Tibet. It is located at the top of Wangbur Mountain in Tagtse County. It was built in the 7^th year of the Yongle Reign (1409) during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Ganden Monastery consists of over 50 structures and main halls include the Main Assembly Hall, Zacangs, Khangtsens, and Myicuns. The assembling Hall is the largest in Tibet and being built in the northern part of the temple and faceing south; There are three storeys with 43.8 meters wide and 44.7 meters long. It features the statues of the Maitreya Buddha and the master of Tsong Khapa, whom was the creator of Gelugpa tradition. It also contains many rare and precious cultural relics, such as Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) armor…etc,

Tibetan carpet making is an ancient, traditional craft. It is traditionally made from Tibetan highland sheep’s wool, called “Changpel“. Tibetans use capet for many purposes ranging from flooring to wall hanging to horse saddles, though the most common use is as a seating carpet. A typical sleeping carpet measuring around 3ftx5ft (0.9m x 1.6m) is called “khaden” in Tibetan.

In this Feburary, the 1^st Tibetan Carpet Expo was held in Lhasa that last 10 days, and more than 1,500 carpets are displayed on this expo. Gangqing, the director of Culture Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, said that this carpet industry expo aims to produce Tibet carpet’s culture, promoting the business on Tibet carpets and improving Tibet carpet’s craft technology. Following this Carpet Expo, the Tibet carpet museum is now being planned to be built

Sichuan Tibet Railway is one of the 5 railways that goes to Tibet Lhasa. There are 26 bridges and 7 tunnels in Sichuan province are being built in the beginning of 2017. It goes through Pujiang, Yaan, Kangding, Litang, Dzongong, Nyingtri, Tsetang and arrive at Lhasa, its length is about 1629 km, and its design speed is 160 km per hour, it takes about 16 hours or so to reach Lhasa from Chengdu.

Sichuan Tibet railway includes three parts, of which are Chengdu to Kangding; Kangding to Nyingtri and Nyingtri to Lhasa. it is planned to be completed in 2025

Black necked crane is one protected creature in China. It prefers to spend the winter in the plateau of Tibet.

In recent years, Tibet has been enhancing the environment protection, which has made Tibet becoming a paradise for wild creatures. Black necked crane is one of the creatures that has come to Tibet regularly and increasing in the recent years; according to the Eco-scientists of Tibet that the number of Black necked crane is now more than 8,000

According to Tibet Tourism Conference which is held in Lhasa recently, there were 23.15 million tourists including foreign tourists visiting Tibet in 2016. This is 14.8% increasing to compar with 2015; Till the end of 2016, there are about 246 star-rated hotels, 448 star-rated Family Inn, 212 catering enterprises, 19 transportation companies, 117 class-A scenic spots and 244 Tour operators and Travel agencies. Tibet tourism has gained a tremendous increasing in the past years

In 2017, Tibet expects to welcome more than 25 million tourists including foreign tourists and providing 380,000 jobs, which can help local 32,500 families out of poverty. In addtion, two 5A class-scenic area and more than ten of 4A class-scenic area will be built or completed

All-region Tourism is a new concept that is brought up during this conference. In 2017, There are about 8 All-region Tourism Region begin to be built, i.e, Lhasa, Nyingchi, Shigatse and Purang County of Ngari, and Chengguan District of Lhasa, Tohlung Dechen District, Gongbo gyamda County and Pome County;

Katok Monastery is one of the six principal (“mother”) monasteries of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located on a top of mountain with altitude of 4200 meters above sea level approxiamtely 70km from Pelyul county that has made this small Tibetan Town becomes the most convenient town to begin the journey onto Katok Monastery

Katok Festival is also “Katok Monk Mask Dance Festival”. It is one of the major events that Katok Monastery holds almost annually. The 10^th day of the 6^th Month on Tibetan Calendar is the birthday of Padmasambhava (‘Lotus-born’), whom was an 8^th-century master of Buddhist tantra, and is credited with bring [simple_tooltip content=’ Vajrayana is the tantric corpus of Buddhism, refers to one of three routes to enlightenment, the other two are Srovakayona and Mahoyona’]Vajrayana [/simple_tooltip]to Tibet and Bhutan. He is revered today as one of the great patriarchs of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of the Nyinma Pa. He is also called “Guru Rinpoche,” and “the Buddha of our time”.

Katok Festival is in memory of Padmasambhava with programs of Mask Dance that to banish the evil, chanting, and Unfolding the Thangkar at noon time when the sun is at the stongest moment of a day; 2017 Katok Festival date will be held from July 31^st to August 2^nd, for attending this festival please visit this page

2017 Tibetan New Year, the Losar Festival date is on February 27^th

Sakya monastery is located in the middle of Tibet, some 130 km southwest from Shigatse. It is the first monastery of Sakya pa, which was founded by one Nyingma Pa lama in 1073