Travel Guide East Asia China

The Sally’s Cafe Tagong is a very good place to venture a little farther inland Tibetan Sichuan. On the advice of the owner, we leave for two days to celebrate the horse (Saima), which takes place every year in a valley near Tagong.
We are loaded for a destination that remains unclear even today. We leave [...]

The Onkor Festival (Harvest Festival) is one of the most popular and busy festivals in the rural areas of Tibet. During that time, people enjoy with horse racing games, costume fashion show, songs and dance archery and picnic etc. The best places to catch this festival are in rural Tibet.
It is said that the Onkor [...]

The Bathing Festival usually falls on the first ten days of July according to Tibetan calendar. Lasting a week, it is also known as the Bathing Week. As the Qishan star(or Venus) rises to the sky, the mass bathing starts. Tibetans believe that at this time the water in the river becomes its purest and [...]

The Butter Lamp Festival, Chunga Choepa in Tibetan, falls on the fifteenth day of the first Tibetan month. The event was also established in 1409 by Tsong Khapa to celebrate the victory of Sakyamuni against heretics in a religious debate. In his dream, all beautiful flowers and trees appeared in front of Buddha. He commissioned [...]

Saga Dawa Festival on the 15th of the fourth month of Tibetan calendar is a unique festival of Tibet. It is observed by Tibetan Buddhist as one of the important festival in their society. It therefore occupied an important position in the Tibetan society held each year on the full moon day of the fourth [...]