Barkhor Street Market Place for Tibet Visitors

Barkhor Street is in the old area of Lhasa in Tibet. The way is rectangle and circles the Jokhang Forehead Tour of China. The Jokhang Forehead was designed in 647 and pilgrims started strolling clockwise around the temple rotating their prayer tires. Soon a direction was established by the a large number of pilgrims. The direction was designed upon and became Barkhor Street. Pilgrims can be seen everyday strolling or prostrating themselves clockwise around the street all day. Many pilgrims have come a large number of miles to achieve the street. Most pilgrims will travel by prostrating themselves as they move. They will take three actions, flat themselves at work, take a position up, take three more actions and do it again for a large number of miles.

Barkhor, a round street at the middle of old Lhasa , is the earliest street in a very conventional town in Tibet Travel. It is a place where Tibetan lifestyle, economic system, spiritual beliefs and artistry set up. Barkhor is the road which pilgrims tramped out around Jokhang Forehead through hundreds of years. Buddhist pilgrims move or improvement by body-lengths along the street clockwise every day into strong night. To the western of the northern street of Barkhor, at the front side of a juniper fireplace, the yearly wedding to come Maitreya (Buddha of the Future) is organised. Barkhor, the holy pilgrim direction, is also a industry where shaggy nomads, investors, robed priests and chanting pilgrims be a part of together. Grouped stores and booths offer printed scriptures, fabric prayer banners and other spiritual veins, jewellery, Tibetan blades, historical money and other Tibetan artifacts.

The street is a industry for guests of travel to China, with many small stores, inexpensive dining places on both ends of the street. The stores offer all types of hand-made gifts, such as: Buddhist Thangkas, prayer banners, sculptures, prayer tires, butter lights, incense, pellets and more. Many Tibetan housewares, such as: pillows kitchen, set hand bags, hand crafted blankets and floor coverings, blades, caps, and local style dishware. Furthermore, some stores offer "Thangka" ( the Tibetan search artwork ), which is an exclusive art with the styles of spiritual beliefs, record, literary works, technology and traditions. There are also some articles from Indian and Nepal at work as well. To sum up, whether your flavor on outstanding or memorabilia, Barkhor market has something of Tibetan lifestyle for every consumer's choice.