Tingri is located in the southwest frontier, 244 kilometers from the Rikeze. It is the explorer's paradise. It is on Himalayas' center-section; south borders on the Kingdom of Nepal. The elevation is 4,300 meters with a total area of 14,000 square kilometers. The border length is 187 kilometers and there are 8,149 households, mainly Tibetan in the county-side. The geographical position is very important. There are 4 peaks like Mount Everest, which is above 8,000 meters. Topography fall variance caused the mountain ecology to appear vertically distributed, forming rich wild animals and plants and precious rare species in imminent danger.
The Cangda hot spring is located on Ganggezheng's hillock that has pleasant water temperature every year. The Qude temple, on the way to Mount Everest, has 700 years of history. It has several dozens main halls for consecrating the golden copper image of Buddha and collected ten thousand ancient Buddhist sciptures. It has unique folk custom character and style, folk dance, national handicraft product and mystical multi- colors humanities landscape.

Name:Lhasa Tingri (Dingri)
City:Lhasa
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Admission:Free

This article was posted on 2007-09-25
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