The sacred land of Tibet is famous for its long-standing culture and majestic natural scenery. Many interesting secrets about this place attract visitors to explore and learn.
Located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Tibet covers an area of 1.2 million square kilometers (about one-eighth of China’s total area). The sacred land of Tibet has a long-standing culture, with many world-famous temples and monasteries such as Potala Palace, Dai Chieu Pagoda, etc.
Most of the temples and monasteries in Tibet are built on mountains. People believe that the mountains are the abode of the gods. Therefore, these sites are considered sacred places for worship.
Every year, Tibet organizes more than 100 festivals, demonstrating the unique cultural and religious identity of its people. In each festival, there are many interesting activities such as traditional games, singing, dancing, etc.
Not only possessing many high mountains, Tibet’s terrain is also very diverse with deep valleys, glaciers and deserts. Accordingly, this place has many beautiful natural landscapes waiting for visitors to explore.
Lhasa in Tibet is known as the city of sunshine with 3,000 hours of morning every year.
With an average altitude of 4,500m above sea level, in the Himalayas, Tibet is the highest plateau in the world. Tibetans have different genes that enable them to live at such high altitudes.
According to researchers, Tibetans have healthier circulatory and cardiovascular systems than many other places in the world.
Tibetans cannot grow tea because the climate of the Tibetan Plateau is not suitable for growing this plant. Therefore, people here mainly use tea bought from India and other places.
Tibet has the third largest source of water and ice in the world, after the North Pole and the South Pole.
Interestingly, the sacred land of Tibet is the source of several major rivers in Asia such as the Mekong and the Yangtze.
