Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Chengguan, Volksrepubliek China

Druk — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) in Volksrepubliek China, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Regel

  Permit and guide requirement

  1 jan – 31 decSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter free-entry season (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) in Volksrepubliek China

• Festival

  Losar

  5 feb – 10 mrt · meestalChinees nieuwjaarSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter free-entry season (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Losar (5 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)), Winter free-entry season (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — May Day holiday, Saga Dawa

• Feestdag

  May Day holiday

  1–5 meiGolden WeekDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Saga Dawa

  10 mei – 20 jun · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Saga Dawa, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Saga Dawa (10 mei – 20 jun (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Volksrepubliek China, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Plateau summer rains

  1 jul – 31 aug · meestalMoesson

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Shoton Festival

• Festival

  Shoton Festival

  1–25 aug · meestalReligieus feestDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Bathing Festival

  25 aug – 15 sep · meestalGroot 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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Plateau summer rains (1 jul – 31 aug (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Bathing Festival (25 aug – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — National Day Golden Week, Lhabab Duchen

• Feestdag

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 oktDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Lhabab Duchen

  20 okt – 25 nov · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Lhabab Duchen

• Regel

  Winter free-entry season

  1 nov – 15 mrt · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Ganden Ngamchoe butter lamps

  25 nov – 31 dec · meestalLicht & vuur

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Lhabab Duchen (20 okt – 25 nov (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter free-entry season (1 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)), Ganden Ngamchoe butter lamps (25 nov – 31 dec (meestal))