Things to see and do Lhasa 拉萨

In the park behind the Palace, on the dragon lake, there is an island often hidden by the vegetation and accessible by a small Chinese bridge. This is where the little temple of the Naga stands in this haven of peace. From 1986 to 1990, he sheltered a school where very young children learned to write Tibetan.

The dragon lake was made artificially to fill the hole left after the Palace construction (the mortar needed a lot of land). The 6 ^th Dalai Lama decided to build a sanctuary dedicated to the king of the Naga where he used to retire to meditate. It is a small three storey square building in a mandala style.

This small temple has exceptional murals that were unfortunately coated and coated. They represent the postures of the six Yogas yogas, and the energy channels (nadis). On the other wall, we recognize the peaceful and other divinités deities of the Members. The last wall includes the representations of the 80 Mahasiddhas and 25 Guru Rinpoche disciples, as well as the stages of construction of Samyé (the oldest Tibetan monastery). The first floor is devoted to the main image of Luwang Gyalpo, the king of the Naga on the coiffe of snakes, who spent his life to teach them.

Namtso Lake (Tengri nor in Mongolian) means "the lake of the sky" in Tibetan, a name predestined to draw on its hermits shores and pilgrims. Extending to 4 680 m above sea level, it is 2 000 km ², with an area of 113 km ², the second salé lake in Tibet, more northerly.

To the west of Namtso Chu is the sanctuary of migratory birds, a bay which can be observed from April to November, gulls, wild ducks, cormorants, grues and bruyère. It is a landscape of walking steppe strewn with nomadic pastors, where you can encounter marmots and pikas, kinds of little pigs of wild India.

One hour walk to the west, you arrive at Tashi Do (rock of Merit). The track departs from the lake to avoid the marshes and then to the shore on the right until the sight of two pillars of limestone which appear to mark the entrance of the small Tashi Do (Tashi Do tchoung-tchoung). It is the guardians of this amazing cave and cave sanctuaries complex. Polychrome frescoes still appear on the walls of the caves and the fumée ceilings show that they were inhabited. Some abandoned kitchen utensils report a recent human presence. It is possible to take the tour (kora) of this place in two hours. More to the east is the Tashi Do of recognition (Tashi Do thoudjé), with caves, but fewer.