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Lhasa, Tibet Chartered Tour-Let me rediscover this city

Coming to Lhasa again, this chartered car tour allowed us to appreciate the most quintessential humanistic charm and intangible cultural heritage of Lhasa, which was very impressive. At the same time, we chose to book a chartered tour as soon as possible, so that we can follow the local tour guide in Lhasa to get to know this different Lhasa in depth. When you walk into this most magnificent building on the snowy plateau, your heart will also be shocked by it. Life is short and journey is difficult. These tiny but dense beauties continue to fill our unsatisfactory lives. Traveling may be the best medicine, because infinite beauty can be encountered on the road. The Potala Palace has stood on the Red Hill in Lhasa for 1,300 years and is known as the "Pearl on the Roof of the World". This majestic palace, the highest in the world, houses countless precious cultural relics. The Potala Palace was originally built by Songtsen Gampo, the king of the Tubo Dynasty, to marry Princess Wencheng. After being rebuilt in the 17th century, it became the winter palace of successive Dalai Lamas and the theocratic ruling center of Tibet. The most sacred place in Tibet is Lhasa, and the most sacred place in Lhasa is Yeba. This temple standing on the edge of a cliff is lonely and mysterious. There are actually quite a few temples around Lhasa, but Zhayeba Temple is little known, and most of the people who come here to make pilgrimages are local Tibetans. Zhayeba Monastery is one of the four major hermitages in Tibet. It was built in the 7th century during the reign of Songtsen Gampo. It has a history of 1,500 years and is older than the Potala Palace. Finally, we walked into the Xueduibai Traditional Handicraft Art School in Tibet and watched the Tibetan students following their teachers to learn thangka painting, Tibetan scripture wood carving boards, clay sculpture pottery, and metal forging. This can be regarded as the protection and inheritance of Tibetan culture! As a tourist, I am also very interested in studying this intangible cultural heritage, which enables me to understand the profoundness of Tibetan culture at a deeper level. Xueduibai means "Auspicious Workshop under the Potala Palace". It was a manufacturing place for Buddhist statues and various religious supplies specially organized and established by the Tibetan local government in the Qing Dynasty to meet the special needs of political and religious affairs. It was a relaxing and rewarding in-depth tour. The tour guide, a local from Lhasa, answered all our questions along the way, and was attentive and enthusiastic, like an old friend. This is the kind of trip I still want!
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