Barkhor Street is one big circular street that goes around Jokhang Temple and is filled to the brim with shops and stalls catering to those who want to take a little piece of Tibet home.

Like the Potala Palace, the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery holds a lot of significance in Tibetan Buddhism ... set up on the grounds. Do note, however, that it can take up to an hour to complete.

That is: all things Tibetan, and all things Uyghur ... He did such a good job, they sent him to Xinjiang in 2016, to do the same. Chen Quanguo was the Gauleiter in both places.

The Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) is a cultural institute established on August 11, 1959 to preserve Tibetan artistic heritage. The institute was founded by the 14 th Dalai Lama ...