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Kham
Once a major area of ancient Tibet, Kham is the easternmost part of the Tibetan Empire. Kham is a large area covering over 924,000 kilometers. Kham is amazing and beautiful, it in possession of amazing scenery (nomadic grasslands, glaciated peaks, alpine lakes, evergreen forests, and deep river valleys) and equally amazing culture. Some of the best-preserved Tibetan cultural areas are located in Kham. Chamdo (3300m) is the unofficial capital of KhamThe Chamdo Bamda Airport, is only served by flights from Chengdu, Lhasa, Chongqing, and Tianjin,
Once a major area of ancient Tibet, Kham is the easternmost part of the Tibetan Empire. Kham is a large area covering over 924,000 kilometers. Kham is amazing and beautiful, it in possession of amazing scenery (nomadic grasslands, glaciated peaks, alpine lakes, evergreen forests, and deep river valleys) and equally amazing culture. Some of the best-preserved Tibetan cultural areas are located in Kham. Chamdo (3300m) is the unofficial capital of KhamThe Chamdo Bamda Airport, is only served by flights from Chengdu, Lhasa, Chongqing, and Tianjin,
Parts of Kham lie in the eastern portion of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), western Sichuan, southern Qinghai and northwest Yunnan provinces.
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Drakza Monastery
Drakza Monastery is in Chiknyisep Township of Nangchen County. The monastery is situated on a rocky cliff surrounded by mountains. The locals believed that this place resembled of lotus flower, and thCheck More Photos -
Kekexinlin National Sanctuary
The Kekexinlin National Sanctuary is located in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Haixi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Tibet autonomous region (TAR), and some parts from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous RCheck More Photos -
Mount Minya Gonkar
The Minya Gonkar is located nearby Kangding County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, China. It is the highest mountain in Sichuan Province. It is also known as Minya Gonkar RCheck More Photos -
Yading Village
Chinese Name: 亚丁 English Name: Yading Village Location: Daocheng county, Kham Ganzi Opening Hours: All-day Yading Village is a small rural establishment in Daocheng County of the Ganzi Tibetan ACheck More Photos -
Longtang Dolma Lhakhang
Longtang Dolma Lhakhang is located in the north of Kham Dege, a place known as Denma which is located in the Sichuan Province of China. Today it is called Loshong Town and lies next to theCheck More Photos -
Tana Monastery
The Tana monastery is located in the Nangchen county of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. The Tana Monastery is a seat of Yelpa Kagyu, one of the earliest monasteries in TiCheck More Photos -
Nangchen Surmang Monastery
Nangchen is one of 6 counties located in Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture in the southernmost Qinghai part of Kham province. It is one best places to travel in Tibet during summer season. The countCheck More Photos -
Tagong Monastery
The Tagong monastery is located in Tagong town of Kangding County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. It is also called as Lhagang monastery in the Tibetan language, which meansCheck More Photos -
Palpung Monastery
The Palpung monastery is located in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Prefecture, Sichuan province. It is almost 3900m above sea level. The Palpung monastery also known as Palpung Thubten Choekhar Ling, trCheck More Photos -
Yushu Princess Wencheng Temple
Princess Wencheng Temple (Nampar Nangzed Lhakhang), or Nampar Nangzed Chok-hangis in Tibetan and situated in Pathang, 12km the south of Yushu Township, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai ProCheck More Photos -
Yachen Monastery
Yachen monastery is located in Pelyul county of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan province, China. It is lies 4000m above the sea level at the isolated valley of Pelyul county. The valleCheck More Photos -
Palyul Monastery
The Palyul monastery is also known as Playul Namgyal Jangchup Choling Monastery and its one of the six main monasteries of Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in eastern Tibet oCheck More Photos -
Yilhun Lhatso Lake
The Yilhun Lhatso lake is located in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is a glacial lake which is at an altitude of 4000 m above sea level. It has an average depCheck More Photos -
Nangchen Gar Monastery
Gar monastery is located at one of most beautiful scenic locations of the remote part of the Kham Nancheng surrounded by mountains, verdant forests and inhabited by many kinds of bird and wildlife. OnCheck More Photos -
Shechen Monastery
Shechen monastery is located in the eastern Tibet where there are nearly a hundred and sixty monasteries. It was founded in 1695 by Rabjam Tenpai Gyaltsen who had been sent by the fifth Dalai Lama toCheck More Photos -
Garze Monastery
Garze monastery is located in Garze County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, China. It was built in 1662 by Qosot, who belonged to Oirat or Khoshud tribe. They were one of mostCheck More Photos -
Dzongsar Monastery
Dzongsar monastery is located in the southeast town of Derge county in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan, China. The monastery was built in 746 AD by a Lama from Bon Sect of TibCheck More Photos -
Katok Monastery
Katok monastery also transliterated as Kathok or Kathog Monastery is one of the six principal monasteries of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in Baiyu County, Garze prefectCheck More Photos -
Dzogchen Monastery
The Dzogchen monastery is located in Dege county of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province and it was founded by His holiness Dzogchen Padma Rigzin in the mid-1600s as he had the visionCheck More Photos -
Larung Gar Monastery/Serta Monastery
The Larung Gar Monastery or Serta monastey is located in the valley of Larung and it’s under Serta County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China. From the east of Serta coCheck More Photos -
Dege Parkhang
Dege Sutra-Printing House (Tib. Dege Parkhang), also called Dege Auspicious and Wisdom-Gathering House, whose full Multi-Auspicious Gate of the Great Dharma Stack-Room of Dege Sutra-Printing House ofCheck More Photos -
Yushu Gyanak Mani Temple
The Gyanak Mani temple is located at Senzi town of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province and it's about 6 kilometres from the centre of the Yushu town. It is in a valley surround bCheck More Photos -
Langmu Monastery
Langmu Monastery is located between Gansu Province and Sichuan Province in Southern Ruoer Gai County. It is not only a name for a monastery, but also a name for a township where Buddhist and Islamic bCheck More Photos
