Gong Ga Xue

Gong Ga Xue

visiting a small farmer's village outside of Lhasa to see the real life
Gong Ga Xue - visiting a small farmer's village outside of Lhasa to see the real life

Location: 

Gangbacun 岗巴村

Duration: 

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Persona highlights

  1. Gong Ga Xue: one of many small villages outside of Lhasa
  2. Village Life: traditional farmers are living like in the past times
  3. Monastery: destroyed during the Chinese cultural revolution
  4. Journey: quick stop on our drive from Yamdrok back to Lhasa
  5. Stopping: persuading our guide to visit a real village was hard

Image sources

  1. Old kettle for boiling water
  2. Destroyed monastery on the hill
  3. Separating the wheat from the chaff
  4. Hard working Tibetan farmer women
  5. Tibetan woman stitching cloths

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