Self-driving tour of Sichuan Qingxiaohuan Line (Fifteen) Dege Sutra Printing House

Dege Sutra Printing House, established in 1729, is located on Culture Street in Dege County Town, and is known as the 'Encyclopedia of Tibetan Culture', 'The brilliant cultural pearl of the Tibetan region', and 'The treasure house under the snow mountain'. The printing house has a unique structure, with high red walls, swaying green trees, and it is quiet and spectacular. The courtyard is divided into Tibetan version library, paper library, sutra drying tower, plate washing platform, paper cutting and bookbinding room, as well as Buddha hall, sutra hall, etc. Here, there is a nearly 300-year-old woodblock printing skill, which is permeated and moisturized by the baptism of time, revealing the strong and heavy cultural heritage. The brick walls and black tiles here, the towering ancient trees, the shrubs and beautiful grasses are so calm and orderly, simple and heavy, quiet and mysterious. Every morning when the first ray of sunlight falls, the local people will come here, turning the scriptures clockwise around the printing house, endlessly.