Hva som skjer i Lhasa (Tibet), China gjennom året

Travelt — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Regel

  Permit and guide requirement

  1. jan – 31. desStengninger

  Foreign visitors cannot travel here independently. A Tibet Travel Permit arranged through a licensed agency, plus a guide for the whole stay, has to be in hand before you can board the train or the flight, and it takes weeks to issue. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Winter free-entry season (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China

• Festival

  Losar

  5. feb – 10. mar · vanligvisKinesisk nyttårStengninger

  The Tibetan new year is a family holiday rather than a spectacle: pilgrims walk the Barkhor before dawn, monasteries hold masked cham dances, and a good share of restaurants and shops close for several days. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Permit and guide requirement (1. jan – 31. des), Winter free-entry season (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Permit and guide requirement (1. jan – 31. des), Losar (5. feb – 10. mar (vanligvis)), Winter free-entry season (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Permit and guide requirement (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — May Day holiday, Saga Dawa

• Helligdag

  May Day holiday

  1.–5. maiGolden WeekMye folkBestill tidlig

  The second national travel week of the year, five days from 1 May. Train and flight tickets go the moment sales open, hotel rates jump, and the main sights take domestic crowds all week. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Saga Dawa

  10. mai – 20. jun · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The fourth Tibetan month is the year's merit month and the Barkhor kora runs day and night. The full-moon day is the peak, with pilgrims in from across the plateau and the Jokhang queue several hours long. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Permit and guide requirement (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Saga Dawa, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Permit and guide requirement (1. jan – 31. des), Saga Dawa (10. mai – 20. jun (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i China, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Plateau summer rains

  1. jul – 31. aug · vanligvisMonsun

  The plateau takes most of its rain in July and August and most of it falls overnight, so the days often stay clear. It is also when the overland roads in from Sichuan and the west are likeliest to wash out.

Fortsatt på gang: Permit and guide requirement (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Shoton Festival

• Festival

  Shoton Festival

  1.–25. aug · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folkBestill tidlig

  The yogurt festival opens at dawn with a giant thangka unrolled down the hillside at Drepung, then runs a week of Tibetan opera in the Norbulingka gardens. The busiest week of the Lhasa year and the hardest for beds. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Bathing Festival

  25. aug – 15. sep · vanligvisStor festival

  For a week at the end of summer, while one particular star is up, families take to the Lhasa river to wash clothes, hair and themselves and picnic on the bank all day. Entirely a local affair. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Permit and guide requirement (1. jan – 31. des), Plateau summer rains (1. jul – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Permit and guide requirement (1. jan – 31. des), Bathing Festival (25. aug – 15. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — National Day Golden Week, Lhabab Duchen

• Helligdag

  National Day Golden Week

  1.–7. oktMye folkBestill tidlig

  Seven days off nationally from 1 October and the biggest travel surge of the Chinese year. Trains and flights sell out weeks ahead, hotel rates rise sharply, and the best-known sights run at their visitor caps. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Lhabab Duchen

  20. okt – 25. nov · vanligvisReligiøs høytidMye folk

  One of the four great merit days: the kora circuits round the Jokhang and the Potala move shoulder to shoulder from before dawn and everyone gives something away. Autumn air, and the plateau at its clearest. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Permit and guide requirement (1. jan – 31. des)

Travelt — Lhabab Duchen

• Regel

  Winter free-entry season

  1. nov – 15. mar · vanligvis

  Most years the region waives or halves admission to its state-graded sights over the winter and airlines and hotels discount alongside it. Monasteries are excluded from the free list, and dates are announced late. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Ganden Ngamchoe butter lamps

  25. nov – 31. des · vanligvisLys og ild

  Tsongkhapa's memorial day, when rows of butter lamps are set along the roof parapets and window ledges of the old town after dark. Cold, quiet, and the least visited festival of the Tibetan year. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Permit and guide requirement (1. jan – 31. des), Lhabab Duchen (20. okt – 25. nov (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Permit and guide requirement (1. jan – 31. des), Winter free-entry season (1. nov – 15. mar (vanligvis)), Ganden Ngamchoe butter lamps (25. nov – 31. des (vanligvis))