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Tibetan Top Ten
Friday, April 8, 2005-11:05 PM
TIBETAN PRIMER: Practical information for first-time visitors to the Himalayan Kingdom
PART 4: TEN THINGS TO DO IN TIBET: Lhasa's Hotspots
10. Sera Monastery
Witness exciting Buddhist debates at the Sera monastery founded by Sakya Yeshe.
9. Dralhalupuk Temple
King Songsten Gampo's temple getaway, the Dralhalupuk cave temple has restored cave paintings dating back a thousand years.
8. Drepung Monastery
Tibet's largest monastery, the Drepung Monastery is nicknamed the "rice pile" because it apparently looks like a pile of rice.
7. Ganden Monastery
The premiere monastery of Tibet's yellow hat Buddhists who brought about a pivotal reform in Tibetan Buddhism centuries ago.
6. Norbulingka
Three palaces that served as summer palaces for various of Tibet's Dalai Lamas. The palaces include the Daktonmiju Palace, Gesang Palace, and Jianse Palace.
5. Ramoche Temple
Built on the site where the Chinese Princess Wenchang's carriage got stuck on it's way to Lhasa.
4. Barkhor Market
Make sure to walk around this temple that surrounds the Jokhang Temple in a CLOCKWISE fashion.
3. Jokhang Temple
The Chinese Princess Wenchang used astrology to pinpoint the location of this temple such that it would lie exactly on the heart of an evil demon in the hopes that the temple would subdue the demon.
2. Namtso Lake
The second largest lake in China and the highest lake in the world at an altitude of 4627 meters above sea level, Namtso lake is a few hour's drive Northwest of Lhasa.
1. Potala Palace
Built in the seventh century, the thousand-room hilltop Potala Palace in the center of Lhasa was divided into a Red Palace for political affairs and a White Palace for religious matters in the seventeenth century.
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