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Yongbu Lhakhang, The 1^st palace of Tibet. It has history of over 2000 years, when Princess Wenchen of Tang Dynasty married to Tibet King Songtsam Ganpo. Yongbu Lhakhang was the palace that Princess Wenchen lived. It now still has statues of Tibet King Songtsam Ganpo and Princess Wenchen.

According to the Base Camp of Everest. 14 chinese mountain climbing enthusiast have all successfully climbed up Mt Everest from Everest North Slope on May 20^th.

From May 1^st, The entrance tickets for visiting Potala palace has been activated High-season ticketing policy. The entrance fee is increased from 100rmb / pp for low travel season to 200 rmb pp for high travel season.

There are two ways to buy this entrance tickets:

• at ticket – office of potala palace
• log in the official website of Potala palace, a 7 days prior to visit can be reserved online;

The online reservation on Potala palace website is only open one hour from 14:30pm – 15:30pm

Nyingtri is one important traffic hub that to connect the central Tibet and the east Tibet of Kham, which current Garze Tibetan prefecture of Western Sichuan Province. In addition to of being a traffic hub, Nyingtri is getting to be well-known for its unforgetable nature view, the Peach flower valley (also Monkey valley) grows cuntless wild peach trees. Monkeys keep some peachs in some secret sites, which those creatures could not find themselves, after years, those hidden peaches gradually becomes delicious wild Peach-Wine

Tibet Yak grows in high altitude, and cold areas. It lives in harsh condition, good at walking on the steep dangerous road, and Snowy swamp, and can swim crossing rivers. It is also called “The boat of the Plateau”

Each winter, Tibetan family begin to make the traditional Tibetan local flavour food, the Dried Yak Meat; Butcher shops and some of families even built ventilated room to produce dried meat. Each rope covered with strips of beef. In winter, the dry and cold wind blow-dry the yak meat, which is one of the best food that Tibetan family host guests visitors.

The travel on the northern Sichuan-Tibet road in the east Tibet of Kham will encounter another traffic issue.

According to Kanze Tibet Prefecture Traffic authority that the period from 2016 May 16^th to 2016 October 10 31^st, the road between Bamei (K0+000) to Tagong town (K28+400) will be rebuilt. The traffic on this part of road will be under control.

08:00am to 12:00 at noon; 13:00 to 18:00 is the time that the road is closed for rebuilding; from 12:00pm to 13:00pm, the Bus and small size vehicle is permitted to drive throgh; from 18:00pm to the next 08:00am, all type of vehilce is permitted to drive on the road;

Control post: 3km to the beginning of the road from the two ends

Sera monastery is also called “Tibet Wild Rose Park”. It is the 2^nd largest monastery of Tibet. It is one the Three Major monastery of Lhasa. The other two are Drepung monastery and Ganden monastery.

Sera monastery was built in 1419. The monks and lamas of Sera monastery practise their study of Tibetan Buddhism by debating in the afternoon from Monday to Saturday. Sera’s Top treasure is Hayagriva Buddha Thangka