2025 Lhunzhub Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in May)

Located in Danma Mountain of Guoji Village in Linzhou County, 80 kilometers from Lhasa, lies a temple with a stupa forest covered in "white snow," resembling an ice palace stretching across the mountain valley. This is Tibet's most beautiful nunnery, Xia Temple in Linzhou County. The full name of Xia Temple is Panyusha Tanang Temple, built during the Yuan Dynasty over 700 years ago, and belongs to the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Today, we are the only two visitors. As we step from the scorching sunlight into the stupa forest, the mountain breeze blows, making the bells on the stupa tips chime crisply, and our hearts become completely peaceful.

🏔️This 5-day, 4-night northern loop itinerary is tailor-made for Tibet newbies, starting from the "City of Sunlight," Lhasa, to Namtso Lake, and then to the hidden gem of Linzhou. Enjoy VIP treatment throughout the journey, experiencing the best of Tibet. Perfect for first-time visitors!✨ ❗【👇Click below for a Tashi Delek May Day trip to Tibet】❗ 🌄Must-do experiences: 1️⃣「Potala Palace」🚗Private car transfer, skip-the-line access, 📸professional photographer at the best photo spots, 🎙️expert guides unraveling the stories of the thousand-year-old palace walls. Visit Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street, observe pilgrims performing prostrations, and feel the power of faith. 2️⃣「Immersive Tibetan Cultural Experience」♨️Enjoy the Nyainqentanglha wild hot springs, a natural spa at the foot of snow-capped mountains, 🌿rejuvenate with a Tibetan herbal bath, and 📿try your hand at Thangka painting. 3️⃣「Namtso Lake」💎Visit the Namtso Lake Observation Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, listen to 📚expert lectures on geological wonders, and ☕️enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea by the lake. 4️⃣「Hidden Temple Pilgrimage」Explore the hidden gem of Linzhou, marvel at the 108 white stupas of Xia Monastery, and uncover the secrets of the cliffside Lion Forest Temple. ✨【Trip Highlights】 ✅Skip-the-line access to the Potala Palace with VIP private car service ✅Expert lectures by scholars from the Chinese Academy of Sciences ✅Private Tibetan herbal bath + hot spring SPA ✅Limited to 8 guests for an exclusive experience ❗【👇Click below for a Tashi Delek May Day trip to Tibet】❗

I went to Linzhou over the weekend and discovered a super beautiful rapeseed flower field. If you don't come here in person, you would never believe that such poetic pastoral scenery could be found in Tibet. This is the Dalong Temple in Linzhou, Lhasa, a place that even locals are hardly aware of. ▫️ 🌸 Around the temple, every June and July, it will be covered by golden rapeseed flowers. Looking around, it's like a colorful oil painting. ▫️ 🌸 Compared to those famous internet celebrity check-in spots, this place still maintains a rare tranquility. It's a day trip from Lhasa, and if you happen to have time, why not come here to experience the highland pastoral style? ▫️ 📷 Photo tips: 1️⃣ It is recommended to wear clothes in contrasting colors like orange, red, blue, white against the yellow flowers for better photos. Be sure to avoid wearing yellow or similar colors, or you'll end up with just a black head in the photos 😥 2️⃣ You can fly drones over the rapeseed field for even better shots. 3️⃣ There are almost no tourists in the rapeseed field, so you can take photos freely, but do not enter the fields and trample around. ▫️ 🌟Tips 📍 Address: Dalong Temple, Linzhou County, Lhasa City 🚇 Route: Depart from Lhasa, navigate to Dalong Temple, about a hundred kilometers and roughly two hours. The whole journey is on a cement road, with a flat roadbed, accessible by sedan. Nearby is the very worthwhile Shilin Temple, which you can choose to visit as well. 🎫 Ticket: Free 🌹 Best viewing period: Early June to mid-July

Xia Temple is located in Danma Mountain, Guoji Village, Qiangga Township, Linzhou County, Tibet Autonomous Region. It is 25 kilometers away from the county town and 90 kilometers from Lhasa. It is a holy place for pilgrimage in Tibet with a history of over 700 years. Linzhou Xia Temple is also known as the Nunnery. At its peak in history, Xia Temple had 100 nuns, and now the total number of nuns is 57.

With the climate warming up, the Hu Tou Shan Reservoir in Linzhou County, Lhasa, Tibet, located in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River valley within the Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve, is becoming increasingly lively. The black-necked cranes that wintered here have begun their spring migration, flying to the Selincuo Black-necked Crane National Nature Reserve, the Qiangtang National Nature Reserve, and other places in Gansu and Qinghai.

Xia Monastery is located in Guoji Village, Qiongga Township, Linzhou County, Tibet Autonomous Region, nestled in the Danma Mountain hollow, 25 kilometers from the county seat and 90 kilometers from Lhasa. It is a sacred place for Buddhist pilgrimage in Tibet with a history of over 700 years. There was originally a temple in Guoji Village, and legend has it that three girls came to the temple to worship Buddha. Because there was no place to stay at night, the three girls chanted spells to transform the temple into a nunnery, which is how the temple got its name. Later, to commemorate these three worshippers, three Buddhist stupas were built. Surrounding the three oldest central stupas of Xia Monastery, more than 100 stupas of various sizes have been built over time. The stupas are constructed following the undulating terrain, creating a magnificent sight. The entire stupa forest faces south from the north, and every year in the fourth month of the Tibetan calendar, devotees come to whitewash the stupas. The stupa bodies are decorated with milk, plants, and lime powder, making them pure white, resembling a palace of stupas under a blanket of snow in the mountain hollow.

On a clear winter morning, overwintering black-necked cranes dance gracefully at the Hutoushan Reservoir in Linzhou County, Lhasa. Linzhou County, in Tibetan, means 'a place naturally formed'. Here, with numerous rivers and reservoirs, it provides good conditions for irrigating farmland and is known as the 'granary' of Lhasa. As Linzhou County is mainly agricultural, large areas of farmland are connected, and the remaining straw after harvest is scattered in the fields, providing a guarantee for the black-necked cranes to find food in winter. The Hutoushan Reservoir, surrounded by mountains on two sides, is sheltered from the wind and faces the sun. The marsh is rich in aquatic plants. This group of birds, known as 'Chongchong' or 'auspicious birds', breed in northern Tibet in spring and migrate south along a fixed route after winter. The Lhasa River Valley and the Nianchu River Basin naturally become the favorite habitats of the black-necked cranes.