Xiangcheng
Xiangcheng
Xiang Cheng (Tibetan: Chaktreng) at 3200m, in Sichuan is used as primarily as an overnight-stop on the route to Yunnan from Litang or Yading or vice versa but it is quite a pleasant town to stop. Coming over the mountain passes from either direction (Bamu mountains from Litang), you will at once see the beautiful villages scattered amongst wheat-field-paddies in the valley ground. The large, cubicle houses look like little castles and with their white-chalked exterior walls. Xiangcheng town occupies a high ridge above the river gorge and consists of an old village paired with a modern Chinese downtown. Above the town is large renovated Chaktreng Monastery of Gelukpa sect with great views of the town and the valley below.
Near Xiangcheng
More to see around Tibetans in Sichuan.
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Sight
Baiyu
A Khampa county on the upper Yangtze in western Sichuan, home to the Nyingma Palyul Monastery.
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Temples & Monasteries
Chode Monastery
Litang Chode or Ganden Thubchen Choekhorling Monastery was founded in 1580 by the third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso on the site of an older Bon-monastery.
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Sight
Daofu
Daofu (Dawu) at 3040m is laid out along the Jianshui River and it is a prosperous farming community with fine houses.
