Approaching Gyantse
Markers on the Friendship Highway.
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Gyantse horse and cart
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Group meeting
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Entrance to Pelkor Chode Monastery
Approaching the main assembly hall through a path of flowers. It was...
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Fortress walls
In 1890, the British lead by Francis Younghusband attacked Gyantse and killed...
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Very curious symbolism
I am not sure what it is, perhaps the old Bon religion of Tibet.
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Sleeping dogs outside Assembly Hall
Apparently the dogs look after the place at night, and during the day they...
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Fort wall in distance
I believe the dogs stay inside the wall and guard the place during the night....
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The dogs were amazing
They didn't move. We all took pictures of them. This is looking the other...
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Pelkor Chode Monastery
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Prayer books
Tibetan prayers are usually printed on long sheets of paper and then held...
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Prayer Books
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Buddha statue withing the chorten
There are hundreds of statues, murals and decorations within this chorten.
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Tormas in front of the main shrine
Tormas are ceremonial butter sculptures.
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Street light in front of the fort
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Gyantse Kumbum chorten
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Gyantse Kumbum
There are six floors with 77 chapels that line the walls; 2 sets of 4 central...
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Entering Kumbum
Kumbum means 100,000 images and there are certainly a lot of things to see...
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Statuary inside
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Dingy ceiling cloths
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Main shrine
Butter lamps, offering bowls, donations, flowers, statues, scoops for the...
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Buddha statue
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Side view of Buddha statue
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Golden Tara?
Not sure if this is Tara or not, but it is one of many, many small shrines...
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Protector Deities
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Wrathful Deities
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I am not sure what this is
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Another shrine room
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Shrine room figure
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Gyantse Dzong
Dzong means fort
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Om Mani Padme Hum
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Om Mani Padme Hum
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Statues in shrine
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False teeth Buddha
I really don't get this. I am sure this can't be right.
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View from the roof
Fortress walls surround most of the city of Gyantse.
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The fort from the Kumbum
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Beautiful trees
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Fortress walls
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Higher still
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Me with the fort in background
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Building behind the Kumbum
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Valley and mountain fort
Some well organized farms at the bottom of the valley.
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Above a doorway near the top
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Golden Spires and Tibetan Old Town
Gyantse
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Variety of statuary
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Door and stairwell leading down
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Well worn stairs
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Be very very careful
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Orginal stairs - I think so
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Statuary
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A little better stairway
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Monks at Gyantse
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Prayer Wheels and sleeping dog
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Chinese police
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A last look at Pelkor Chode Monastery
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Gyantse
Note the covered pool table in the background. The Chinese have not...
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Hydro Lines on River Bank
Leaving Gyantse, heading for Shigatse
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Looking back at Gyantse
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On the way to Shigatse
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Chinese Buildings
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Carpet weaving
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Yaks and mountains
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On the road to Shigatse
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