Detailed Introduction of Tagong of its attractions and activities. Included are hiking and trekking of Tagong, MOnasteries and temples, holy sites and significant festival information. Find useful travel guide and information about travel to Tagong in details.
Tagong is located 110 kms northwest to Kangding near the airport. It is rather a pasture of rolling land than a flat plain. Grassland and yaks, monasteries and Lamas, anthentic Tibetan lifestyle can be witnessed on the pasture. Greens, clear sky and snow-capped Yala mountain sum up the natural highlights. Buddhist rituals at the begining of each Lunar year and horse racing festivals during summer time attracts tons of people flowing in.
Tagong monastery was built in 600s AD when princes Wencheng start her journey to Lhasa, earlier than many monasteries in Tibet. It is a widely-worshiped Sakya sect monastery across Kham. It has a taste of ancient Chinese style, located at the end of Tagong Xiang(Town).
Tagong is a hidden gem of Sichuan. With easy access by both flight and car, it is within one day's time to get to and it is an authentic Kham Tibetan place that nowadays difficult to expect. For some Tagong is still far.
Tagong is one of the best places to do horse riding in Sichuan Province. Tagong has open views of grassland, mountains, village and monasteries that are located on a vast area that a horse-riding is one of the best ways to see its beauty.
A visit to an authentic family of the Khampa Tibetan People in Tagong, to experience the real local Tibetan life by going into a family, learn its tradition, food and making local food, learn the histoty and custom and its cultures.
Piles of Mani stones are another form of prayer in Tibetan Buddhism. Some piles with stones inscribed some are not. At Anigongma, which is 6km north to Tagong, there sits the second largest Mani Stone pile in eastern Tibet. The stones are piled up by local devoted Buddhists by hand. It is an amazing site of Tagong.
If you look to do some hiking in Kangding, then this is the one. From Kangding to Mount Yala and the into Tagong, primitive, not spoiled and most importantly, it is beautiful. The hiking is in the valleys of primitive landscape and beautiful lakes and mountains. It ends in Tagong, a Buddhist town of Kham with stunning Buddhist constructions and interesting local Tibetan people. This is truly an adventure into the wild Sichuan.
The Great Peace Prayer is a performance of sutra chanting and peace praying?It is a common practice in Tibetan Buddhism. The Peace Prayer in Tagong is held in the villege called Geremah on Tagong Grassland once in a while from the tenth Tibetan Lunar month up to the first month of the following year.
It is also named Zhara Lhaste in Tibetan meaning the mountain of white yak in the east making itself one of the important mountains in Tibet. It is generally believed to be one of the eight holy mountains in Tibet along with the well-known Kailash and Kawa Karpo. Its hight being around 5800 makes it higher than the mountains around.
Read our exploring trip to Tagong Grassland and beyond. There are a lot to be explored around Tagong to its hidden beauty of lakes, mountains and the vast grassland of nomads people. This article is about many hidden places of interests around Tagong.
Horse racing Festival is held on Tagong Grassland on the 15th of the 5th month of Tibetan calendar(usually falls into the late July or the head of August). It is a tradition of games of horse racing, archery and horse riding contests. participants are cowboys from around.
Daofu Xian, or Dawu as local people call it, is a county in Garze Prefecture. It is next to Tagong of Kangding and home to authentic Tibetan People. Dawu is a beautiful place with various forms of landscapes including grassland, mountains, stone forest and valleys.
Huiyuan Temple is located in Xiede Township, Daofu County, Sichuan Province, and within a small mountain basin 8 kilometers from the provincial highway No. 303 on the road from Bamei to Danba, at an altitude of 3600 meters. It is 89 kilometers from Daofu County, 9 kilometers from Bamei Stone Forest, more than 20 kilometers from Tagong.
Route: Tagong / Anigongma / Dola Gamo / Tagong
Route: Tagong - Balang Shengdu - Tagong
Route: Tagong - Mt. Yala - Tagong
