Name:Lhasa
Chinese Name:拉萨
Chinese Pinyin:la sa
Location:Southwest of China
Province:Tibet
Time Zone:(UTC+8)
Area Code:0891
Population:420,000
Geographic location: east longitude 91.60 degrees northern latitude 29.36 degrees
Area: 31662 square kilometers
Climate: Plateau semi-arid monsoon climate temperate zone
City flower: Gesang Hua
City tree: elm
Airport: Lhasa gonggar international airport
Famous attraction: Barkhor, Potala Palace, Ganden Monastery, Gyantse Dzong, Everest Base Camp
Xi’an Shopping: mutton chpo to explade, zanba, buttered tea, barley wine, yoghourt, saffron crocus
Lhasa Introduction
At an altitude is 3,490 metres,Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world,covering a flat river valley in the Himalaya Mountains.The air only contains 68% of the oxygen compared to sea level.
Lhasa and the prefecture cover an area of close to 30,000 km2.It has a central area of 544 km2 and a total population of 500,000; 250,000 of its people live in the urban area. Lhasa is home to the Tibetan,Han,and Hui peoples,as well as several other ethnic groups,but overall the Tibetan ethnic group makes up a majority of the total population.
Lhasa Brief History
By the mid 7th century,Songtsän Gampo became the leader of the Tibetan Empire that had risen to power in the Brahmaputra River (locally known as the Yarlung River) Valley.In 641 he founded the Rasa Trulnang or Jokhang.Lhasa soon became not only the religious,but the political centre.
By the 15th century, the city of Lhasa had risen to prominence following the founding of three large Gelugpa monasteries by Je Tsongkhapa and his disciples.The three monasteries are Ganden,Sera and Drepung which were built as part of the puritanical Buddhist revival in
Tibet.The scholarly achievements and political know-how of this sect eventually pushed Lhasa once more to centre stage.
The Norbulingka summer palace and gardens to the southwest of the city were constructed in the 18th century under the 7th Dalai Lama.
In the first half of the 20th century, several Western explorers made celebrated journeys to the city, including William Montgomery McGovern,Francis Younghusband,Alexandra David-Néel and Heinrich Harrer. As Lhasa was the centre of Tibetan Buddhism nearly half of its population were monks.
In the early 2000s,the city's population stood at about 255,000.
Lhasa Today
Today in Lhasa,Competitive industry and feature economy play key roles in the development of Lhasa.Agriculture and animal husbandry in Lhasa are considered to be of a high standard.
There is widespread electricity together with the use of both machinery and traditional methods in the production of such things as textiles,leathers,plastics,matches and embroidery.The production of national handicrafts has made great progress.
Welcome to Lhasa
The tourism industry now brings significant business to the region, building on the attractiveness of the Potala Palace,the spectacular Himalayan landscape together with the many wild plants and animals native to the high altitudes of Central Asia.Many of Lhasa's rural residents practice traditional agriculture and animal husbandry.Lhasa is also the traditional hub of the Tibetan trading network for you to see a real Tibet.
