På gång i Lhasa (Tibet), China under året

Mycket folk — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Regel

  Permit and guide requirement

  1 jan – 31 decStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter free-entry season (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China

• Festival

  Losar

  5 feb – 10 mar · vanligtvisKinesiskt nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter free-entry season (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Losar (5 feb – 10 mar (vanligtvis)), Winter free-entry season (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — May Day holiday, Saga Dawa

• Helg

  May Day holiday

  1–5 majGolden WeekTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Saga Dawa

  10 maj – 20 jun · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Saga Dawa, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Saga Dawa (10 maj – 20 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i China, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Plateau summer rains

  1 jul – 31 aug · vanligtvisMonsun

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Shoton Festival

• Festival

  Shoton Festival

  1–25 aug · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Bathing Festival

  25 aug – 15 sep · vanligtvisStor 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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Plateau summer rains (1 jul – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Bathing Festival (25 aug – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — National Day Golden Week, Lhabab Duchen

• Helg

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 oktTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Lhabab Duchen

  20 okt – 25 nov · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Lhabab Duchen

• Regel

  Winter free-entry season

  1 nov – 15 mar · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Ganden Ngamchoe butter lamps

  25 nov – 31 dec · vanligtvisLjus & eld

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Lhabab Duchen (20 okt – 25 nov (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Permit and guide requirement (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter free-entry season (1 nov – 15 mar (vanligtvis)), Ganden Ngamchoe butter lamps (25 nov – 31 dec (vanligtvis))