Popular Garzê Attractions

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  Litang Temple

  Litang Temple, Ganden Thubchen Choekhorling Monastery, or Lithang Gompa is located in the northern edge of Litang County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Known as "the Buddhist Shrine in South Kham", the temple is the oldest and largest monastery of the Gelukpa sect (yellow sect) of Tibetan Buddhists in Kham Area. It was founded in 1580 by the third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso on the site...

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  Garzê Temple

  Garzê Temple, also called Ganzi Gompa in Tibetan Language, is located in Garzê County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. Built in 1662, the monastery is the biggest Gelugpa (a sect of Tibetan Buddhism) temple in Garzê Prefecture. It is also one of the famous "13 Huoer Temples" in Kham area (Kham area was once under the Mongols' control in the old days, and Tibetans call the Mongols...

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  Yading Nature Reserve

  Yading, a paradise for photographers and trekkers, is a national level nature reserve in Daocheng County, Ganzi Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, in the southwest of Sichuan Province. Unknown to the outside world until it was discovered by the famous American botanist and explorer Dr. Joseph Rock in 1928, it is a mountain sanctuary and major Tibetan pilgrimage site comprising three peaks sanctified by the 5th Dalai Lama. The...

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  Huiyuan Temple

  Huiyuan Temple, also called Garthar Chorte in Tibetan Language, is located in Daofu County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province. It is at an elevation of 3,550 meters, 110 km away from the county seat of Daofu, and 13 km away from the Stone Forest in Bamei Town. The initial Huiyuan Temple was built in 1729 when the Zungar (a Mongolian tribe) forces invaded Tibet. For the safety of the 7th Dalai...

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  Luding Bridge

  Crossing over the Dadu River in Luding County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, Luding Bridge is an iron chain bridge located about 80 kilometers west of the city of Ya'an. In 1935, during the Long March, soldiers of the Fourth Regiment of the Chinese Workers and Peasants' Army secured the bridge as a river crossing vital to the Red Army.Luding Bridge is considered a historical landmark whose histor...

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  Jiaju Tibetan Village

  Jiaju Tibetan Village, home to the Gyarong Tibetans, is located in Zhanggu Town, about 8 km away from the county seat of Danba County in eastern Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. Perched at the foot of the Kapama Mountains, it features gorgeous watchtowers and traditional Tibetan fortress-like houses, which constitute remarkable scenery with the natural surroundings. The village was proclaimed as...

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  Shouling Temple

  Shouling Temple, or Drango Monastery, also called Drango Gompa in Tibetan Language, is located in Luhuo County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is a famous monastery of the Gelugpa sect of the Tibetan Buddhism. Drango means “wishing longevity and safe” in Tibetan language, hence the name.  The temple was founded in 1650, had experienced three times relocation. Now the temple has a const...

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  Moxi Town

  Moxi Town is a center for the ancient Tea Horse Road, located in Luding County in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan, about 304 km away from Chengdu. Standing at the gateway to the Hailuogou National Glacier Forest Park, it served as the tourist reception base and entrance of the park. At roughly 1,600 meters above sea level, Moxi old town is a settlement of Han, Yi and Tibetan. Moxi town retains...