Trekking in Tibet

Tibet lies at the centre of Asia, with an area of 2.5sq.km with 6 million people lies to the northeast past of Nepal and the southeast past of China. Tibet is comprised of the three provinces of Amdo (now split by Chaina into the provinces of Ainghai, Gansu and Sichuan), Kham (provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai) and U-Tsang (together with western Kham), is today referred as Tibet Autonomous Region: TAR. It’s called the Land of Mt. Kailash, home of Gods and the holiest pilgrimages site for Buddhists, Hindus and Bon religion. Tibet is the land of robed monks, monasteries, droning deep voiced horns, religious chants reverberating drums and clanging cymbals. The characteristics of the Plateau climate are the great difference of different heights and of days and nights. The northern part is arid and cold. On the whole, Tibet claims a low temperature, long-day sunshine, strong radiation, rare rainfall and thin air. Tibetan culture originated from Tibet. Human activities traced back to the later ages of the Paleolithic. The king of Tibet, Songzangarbu, unified Tibet in the 7th century A.D. and established Tibet dynasty, which twice weaved matrimonial relations with Tang Dynasty in the 7th and 8th centuries. In the 13th century, Tibet became an administrative region of Yuan Dynasty; a Gedanpozang government was established during the rule of the fifth Dalai Lama, and it was confirmed by the Qing Dynasty government; a standing minister to Tibet was authorized. After the 1911 Revolution, administrative agencies were set up in Tibet by the Government of the People’s Republic of China. (September, 1, 1965).