Barkhor Street

introduce

Barkhor Street, also known as Barkhor Street, belongs to Lhasa, Tibet. It is a thousand-year-old street that can represent Tibetan folk customs. Because of its quaint cultural heritage and long historical tradition, it was shortlisted for the "Top Ten Famous Streets of National History and Culture". In a narrow sense, Barkhor Street can be understood as a circular turning around the Jokhang Temple. In a broad sense, Barkhor Street refers to a residential area built around the Jokhang Temple. It is a residential area composed of many alleys extending in all directions. The bustling part of Barkhor Street is a circular turning road next to the Jokhang Temple. With the deepening of the religious status of the Jokhang Temple, Tibetan Buddhism believes that taking the Jokhang Temple as the midpoint clockwise is a "turning around", expressing respect for the people enshrined in the Jokhang Temple. The worship of the Sakyamuni Buddha statue in the temple made Barkhor Street one of the three major prayer passages in Lhasa. This street integrates sales of Tibetan native products, tourism, representative folk customs, ancient buildings with Tibetan characteristics, etc. It is a good place to visit in Lhasa.

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Open all year round

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