TibetOverview
verageheightofthewholeregionismorethan4,000metersabovesealevel,forwhichTibetisknownas"RoofoftheWorld"ighestpeakofTibet,alsothehighestinHimalayasandinthewholeworld,isEverestPeak,whichisashighas8,846.27metersabovesealevel.
AlthoughapartofChina,Tibethasauniquecultureofallthereown.ItismainlyinhabitedbyTibetans,aminoritynationalityofoldandmysteriouspeople.TouristattractionsincludethePotalaPalaceinLhasa,JokhangTemple,andanumberofBuddhistsacredplaces.
Tibet(XiZanginChinese)istothesouthofXinJiangUygurAutonomousRegionandQingHaiProvince,tothewestofSichuan,opulationof2.3millionpeoplecomefromavarietyofethnicgroupsincludingTibetan,Han,apitalcityisLhasa.
NorthwestTibet,mainlyQingHaiplateau,ssthenorthernexpanseofTibet,youcanseevastgrasslandswherehorses,orld’slowestvalley,theGrandYarlun-tzanpoRiverValleyliesineastTibet.
NearlyallTibetansfollowTibetanBuddhism,knownasLamaism,withtheexceptionofapproximately2,tanBuddhismwasgreatlyinfluencedbyIndianBuddhisminitsearlytime,butafteryearsofevolution,l-knownexampleisthebeliefthatthereisaLivingBuddha,whoisthereincarnationofthefirst,abeliefalientoChineseBuddhism.
touristscometovisitTibetonlyinthewarmestseasons,June,July,AugustandearlySeptember.
