Go to the mysterious Guge Kingdom - Ali of Tibet

Ali is located in western Tibet that is with an average altitude of 4,500 meters.It has seven counties and one town. Shiquanhe is Ali's  political, economic and cultural center.Shiquanhe is 1,655 km away from Lhasa and it's altitude is 4200 meters. Tibet is the roof of the world, while Ali was on the roof ridge.And its peculiar style of landscape attracted many explorers to conquer it. Ali's Mapam Yumco Basin is the "holy lake", Kangrinboqê  is the "Kamiyama", In Tibetan people's minds they are the "center of the world", has a unique position. Now Ali has becoming more and more popular and  fashionable tour to Tibet.

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 Guge Dynasty is located 18 kilometers west of Ali Zada, it's  began to build in the first half of the 10th century. Guge Kingdom has 16 kings, Guge Kingdom Palace is constantly expanding from the 10-16 century , and achieve heyday.Tubo  collapse in the 17th century and  Palace's expanding is end. Guge Kingdom ruins  covering about 18 million square meters, from the foothills to the summit more than 300 meters high.It's  housing construction, stupas and cave clouds the whole mountain, more than 600 seats, formed a large group of ancient buildings. 20100322031716589.jpg

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