9 Days Private Tour Xining – Tongren – Diebu - Tiebu – Langmu Si - Luqu – Zhuoni - Xiahe – Lanzhou
Monlam, also known as a prayer meeting (Smon-lam-chen-mo), is an extremely grand holyday in Tibetan area during the Spring Festival. Initially, back to 1409, Tsongkhapa – founder of Gelug Sect – organized a prayer meeting at Jokhang Temple. Thousands of monks gathered together for the praying and sutra-debate here. As the days go by, the followers from all directions are in an endless stream to join in the spectacular pageant.
"Monlam Tour 2021” will offer you a rare opportunity to participate in the splendid celebration with the numerous followers and the pilgrims, and experience the various sorts of rituals performed at different temples in East Tibetan cultural center Amdo in Tongren, Langmusi, Luqu, Zhuoni and Xiahe of Qinghai Province and Gansu Province. The highlight of the ceremony is thangka exposure. Ensuing along the hill, the marvelous jumbo thangka is 90 feet by 60 feet, showing to pray to the Buddha for blessings. All Kinds of vivid and vigorous mask dances, pray ceremonies and jewelry show will run through the whole Losar (Tibetan New Year, Monlam Festival) for two weeks.
Private travel, great experiences! Please contact us for your tailor-made travel offer.
With individual China Tibet travel, you can decide when, where and how you go on tour by yourself. What's more, you can choose the length of travel and whom you go with.
Hotel, program and itinerary are subjected to change with prior notice.
We must point out that you counter a basic tourism infrastructure in this region. You stay overnight mostly at simple hotel/guesthouse. Long journeys on bad roads and on high altitude and delays require good physical fitness, resilience and flexibility of the participants. Program and route changes due to unforeseen events are expressly reserved. If you desire the unknown and have an understanding of contingency, this is the right trip for you.
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Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Labrang Monastery | Photo by Prof. Hans Först
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Langmusi Monastery
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Tongren
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Tongren
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Tongren
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Tongren
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Tongren
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Tongren
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Tongren
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Tongren
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Tongren
Jewelry show in Xicang Monastery | Photo by Prof. Hans Först
Jewelry show in Xicang Monastery | Photo by Prof. Hans Först
Sika Deer in Tiebu Reserve | Photo by Liu Bin
Sika Deer in Tiebu Reserve | Photo by Liu Bin
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Tongren
Monlam Festvial (Losar) in Tongren | Photo by Prof. Hans Först