China ( 中國 ). A voyage to China, Asia.

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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0g-oHLKQzq5w8AG4YEmYhdX1iX3m94Kj1sBjGOQFs1g3F1zjXWRwXe5J5bhH5TaKX0LmOOKB4RzrRWSn8R434NPwHsUNwU4NhDqfNg0VW-43tDm1EUqAl3vrM6tKjxrb1n2FTUdGrL0V/s1600/China+20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0g-oHLKQzq5w8AG4YEmYhdX1iX3m94Kj1sBjGOQFs1g3F1zjXWRwXe5J5bhH5TaKX0LmOOKB4RzrRWSn8R434NPwHsUNwU4NhDqfNg0VW-43tDm1EUqAl3vrM6tKjxrb1n2FTUdGrL0V/s640/China+20.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="copy--body"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4j8IwhioQKkxfELF-8m5bT-i57En3gG3ANQapXOVTUdq03uEwtuMsSaVchSkO2p_sFdfFwcA4efCnGYca5-SU8jpVHj99vFqzAeOBL9xvNjNaGFdO8uCU8pLrxkWBsi49nxSZpiPlpX2/s1600/China+13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4j8IwhioQKkxfELF-8m5bT-i57En3gG3ANQapXOVTUdq03uEwtuMsSaVchSkO2p_sFdfFwcA4efCnGYca5-SU8jpVHj99vFqzAeOBL9xvNjNaGFdO8uCU8pLrxkWBsi49nxSZpiPlpX2/s320/China+13.jpg" width="320" /></a>Antique yet up-to-the-minute, familiar yet unrecognisable, outwardly urban but quintessentially rural, conservative yet path-breaking, space-age but old-fashioned, China is a land of mesmerising and eye-opening contradictions.</div><div class="copy--body"><b>Awe-Inspiring Antiquity</b>China may be modernising at a head-spinning pace, but the slick skyscrapers, Lamborghini showrooms and Maglev trains are just eye-catching but wafer-thin gift-wrapping. Let's face it: the world's oldest continuous civilisation is bound to pull an artefact or two out of its hat. Travel selectively around China and you can quickly tap into a rich seam of antiquity: ponder the legends and myths of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/beijing/sights/historic-site/forbidden-city">the Forbidden City</a>, rediscover your sense of wonder on <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/the-great-wall">the Great Wall</a> or attempt to fathom the timeless expressions of the silent <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/sights/museum/army-terracotta-warriors">Terracotta Warriors</a>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Lz9Op56Z3slGw95xfhoEbHiC1IAni3NxECPDDmvWk6g9ed1PgHXCq8oaxGDuKXMDOeO1L_Nqag9rZkJAUaSeZOkB1tp2lkF-WDu920S_e7XbCgby2VaPgKkUg6OZvyxIQO9OX4VRMHw1/s1600/China+17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Lz9Op56Z3slGw95xfhoEbHiC1IAni3NxECPDDmvWk6g9ed1PgHXCq8oaxGDuKXMDOeO1L_Nqag9rZkJAUaSeZOkB1tp2lkF-WDu920S_e7XbCgby2VaPgKkUg6OZvyxIQO9OX4VRMHw1/s320/China+17.jpg" width="320" /></a> Submit to the unique charms of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/shanxi/pingyao">Píngyáo</a>– China's best preserved walled town – or get a glimpse of Nirvana at the serene Mògāo Caves outside <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/gansu/dunhuang">Dūnhuáng</a>. Meander among the historic villages of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/jiangxi/wuyuan">Wùyuán</a>, wake with the cock crow in an ancient Hakka roundhouse or join well-dressed Tibetan pilgrims on their circuitous kora around <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/gansu/xiahe/sights/tibetan-monastery/labrang-monastery">Labrang monastery</a>.</div><div class="copy--body"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TJ7FjUlvppc/UhVCMGpLJpI/AAAAAAAAvVI/zNSp6iVkMT0/s1600/China+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TJ7FjUlvppc/UhVCMGpLJpI/AAAAAAAAvVI/zNSp6iVkMT0/s320/China+10.jpg" width="320" /></a><b>Out-of-This-World Flavours</b>China is famously fixated with food but do yourself a favour and exchange your meagre local Chinatown menu for the lavish Middle Kingdom cookbook. Wolf down Peking duck, size up a sizzling lamb kebab in <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/henan/kaifeng">Kāifēng</a> or gobble down a bowl of Lánzhōu noodles on the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/xinjiang/southern-silk-road">Silk Road</a>. Spicy <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/hunan">Húnán</a> food really raises the temperature but find time for momo (boiled dumplings), tsampa (roasted barley flour porridge) and other titbits from <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/tibet">Tibet</a>. Impress your friends as you gānbēi (down-in-one) the local firewater, sip a frozen daiquiri in a slick <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/beijing">Běijīng</a> bar or survey the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/shanghai">Shànghǎi</a> skyline through a raised cocktail glass. Second to none, the never-ending culinary adventure is possibly the most enticing aspect of Middle Kingdom travel and you'll come back from China with highly stimulated taste buds and much-cherished gastronomic memories.</div><div class="copy--body"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-87YZCKdVUxw/UhVCPqiXaHI/AAAAAAAAvWA/djEWIr_51oo/s1600/China+18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-87YZCKdVUxw/UhVCPqiXaHI/AAAAAAAAvWA/djEWIr_51oo/s320/China+18.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EU5YhlfNTzb-DtApBAGsMEuk28uiksxBPXrF9RKpBZrvaamb9ATs-3exmVt2wdKvxMw57-67BUowoidK9fGE_hHtDIG4f6_AxITOz4N_vJOD5O3GsS0fLwg_1BO_khsIs4y-VMY5HD71/s1600/China+1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><b>Stupendous Scenery</b>China is vast. Off-the-scale massive. And you've just got to get outside: island-hop in <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/hong-kong">Hong Kong</a>, gaze out over the epic grasslands of Inner Mongolia or squint up at the mind-blowing peaks of the Himalayas. Trek your way around <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/yunnan/tiger-leaping-gorge">Tiger Leaping Gorge</a> or cycle between the fairy-tale karst pinnacles of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/guangxi/yangshuo">Yángshuò</a>. Ponder the desiccated enormity of the Taklamakan Desert or swoon at Huángshān's preternatural mists. Become entranced by the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/yunnan/yuanyang-rice-terraces">Yuányáng Rice Terraces</a> of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/yunnan">Yúnnán</a>, size up the awesome sand dunes of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/gansu/dunhuang">Dūnhuáng</a>, hike your way around the exquisite landscape of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/hunan/dehang">Déhāng</a> or, when your energy fails you, flake out for a tan on the distant beaches of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/hainan">Hǎinán island</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EU5YhlfNTzb-DtApBAGsMEuk28uiksxBPXrF9RKpBZrvaamb9ATs-3exmVt2wdKvxMw57-67BUowoidK9fGE_hHtDIG4f6_AxITOz4N_vJOD5O3GsS0fLwg_1BO_khsIs4y-VMY5HD71/s1600/China+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EU5YhlfNTzb-DtApBAGsMEuk28uiksxBPXrF9RKpBZrvaamb9ATs-3exmVt2wdKvxMw57-67BUowoidK9fGE_hHtDIG4f6_AxITOz4N_vJOD5O3GsS0fLwg_1BO_khsIs4y-VMY5HD71/s400/China+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="copy--body"><br /></div><div class="copy--body"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china">Show in Lonely Planet</a></div><div class="copy--body"><br /></div><div class="copy--body"><b>Ready to go?</b></div><a class="js-nav-item nav__item nav__item--secondary" href="http://www.blogger.com/china/places">Places</a><br /><a class="js-nav-item nav__item nav__item--secondary" href="http://www.blogger.com/china/things-to-do">Things To Do</a><br /><a class="js-nav-item nav__item nav__item--secondary" href="http://www.blogger.com/china/hotels">Hotels</a><br /><a class="js-nav-item nav__item nav__item--secondary" href="http://www.blogger.com/china/practical-information/health">Need To Know</a><br /><a class="js-nav-item nav__item nav__item--secondary" href="http://www.blogger.com/china/travel-tips-and-articles">Tips & Articles</a><br /><a class="js-nav-item nav__item nav__item--secondary" href="http://www.blogger.com/china/images">Images & Video</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiattpKtvQK8RYLsc-7raIfUXaE8A-4iYQgugIRy6H3VjLMKbtVtkCrl6HHsvb4iW7Ho2X42VRQ5qAjkwPU7H2bbZbIalfoAoMa4FWWQXicbu8rPXFVj1rFgcz0InE238v-ECJee-2vz5yX/s1600/China+11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Your first hint that Lhasa is close is the Potala, a vast white-and-ochre fortress soaring over one of the world’s highest cities. It’s a sight that has heralded the marvels of the Holy City to travellers for close to four centuries and it still raises goose bumps.<br /><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuInContent"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuInContent"><noscript> <div> <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=asia;cnty=china;dest=lhasa;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?"> <img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=asia;cnty=china;dest=lhasa;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" alt="Advertising" width="300" height="250"/> </a> </div> </noscript> </div></div></div>While the Potala dominates the skyline, the Jokhang, some 2km to the east, is the real spiritual heart of the city. An otherworldly mix of flickering butter lamps, wafting incense and prostrating pilgrims, the Jokhang is the most sacred and alive of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356122">Tibet</a>’s temples. It is here and the encircling Barkhor pilgrim circuit that most visitors first fall in love with <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356122">Tibet</a>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZIIwOqzylPvZkI44WfAPaSeKxxDKj0z1AFdRqr18jhbYIxuxtgQM9dYsczvgKUUn3N8s-zIyXjl9ytRix6tn5_vJjgemwB3xeNR1xwjGbcFP0THNU9dD-OXVjJVih62EWgaVRiJpMmAg/s1600/Lhasa+Tibet+China+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZIIwOqzylPvZkI44WfAPaSeKxxDKj0z1AFdRqr18jhbYIxuxtgQM9dYsczvgKUUn3N8s-zIyXjl9ytRix6tn5_vJjgemwB3xeNR1xwjGbcFP0THNU9dD-OXVjJVih62EWgaVRiJpMmAg/s320/Lhasa+Tibet+China+7.jpg" width="320" /></a>The old Tibetan quarter makes up a small area of Lhasa these days. The modern city is a Chinese boom town, where a new train line has fuelled massive growth in tourism, alongside new hotels, shops and supermarkets. The face of Lhasa is changing daily, with buildings rising and falling like the <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356068">Shanghai</a> stock market. <br />For all its modernisation Lhasa remains a fantastic cultural hybrid, its streets bustling with a diverse mix of people. As the gateway to the ‘real’ <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356122">Tibet</a>, out in the countryside, Lhasa deserves at least a week to see all the sights, soak up the backstreets and organise the adventures<br />that beckon at the city limits.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.adventuretrailblazer.com/">TO LHASA WITH  "ADVENTURE TRAILBLAZER"</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1orFbFIH8s9J93F6C2qhQC3rZudApCJD0ocBvVZP859qEeNB_tDlGPB_6r98CQ9iZ7WfrN8JYV9pHrPHVrDiB6FDILrNhEofwF_F7YSgVN32ZOQz1xQ58qgT0oXWExeAtvoMkDfN5Lesb/s1600/Lhasa+Tibet+China+21.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1orFbFIH8s9J93F6C2qhQC3rZudApCJD0ocBvVZP859qEeNB_tDlGPB_6r98CQ9iZ7WfrN8JYV9pHrPHVrDiB6FDILrNhEofwF_F7YSgVN32ZOQz1xQ58qgT0oXWExeAtvoMkDfN5Lesb/s400/Lhasa+Tibet+China+21.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="destinationMapLink clearfix"><a class="pin toggleMap closed" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/tibet/lhasa#" id="pinToggleMap" style="display: block;"><span class="showMapText">Show in Lonely Planet</span><span class="closeMapText"></span></a></div><div class="relatedLinks clearfix"><h3 class="themeHeading">More about Lhasa </h3><ul><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/tibet/lhasa/transport/getting-there-away">Getting there & around <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/tibet/lhasa/practical-information/money-costs">Practical information <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/tibet/lhasa/history">History <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/tibet/lhasa/travel-tips-and-articles">Tips & articles <span class="bottom"></span> </a> </li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/tibet/lhasa/hotels?lpaffil=hotels-beta">Hotels</a></li></ul></div><div class="relatedLinks clearfix"><h3 class="themeHeading">Make it happen</h3><ul><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/shopSearch?q=lhasa%5E2+or+China">Shop for travel guides</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/tibet/lhasa/hotels?lpaffil=hotels-beta">Search hotels</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bookings/flights.do">Cheap flights</a></li><li><a class="linkChevron" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bookings/insurance.do">Travel insurance</a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Lhasa ( ལྷ་ས, 拉萨 ). A voyage to Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia.

Lhasa, the remote abode of the Dalai Lamas, object of devout pilgrimage and heart and soul of Tibet , is still a city of wonders, despite th...

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