China Cultural Chronicles December 28, 2012

• Beijing: beijing798
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• The Glacier Stops Here

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  Along the Krakoram Highway between Kashi and Lake Karakul.

• Forbidden City granite floor

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• Gu Chu river valley, Tibet 2012

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  Allong the river valley of Gu Chu going south (upstream), passage thru a ravine, you wil reach the capital of Repkong county "Rongpo Gyakhar".
  Repgong county, in central Amdo and just south of the Ma chu རྨ་ཆུ་ ( Yellow River) in the hart of Amdo, contains a large proportion of the Tibetan population. Farmers and nomads are spread through the verdant valleys and plains, and there are many monasteries dotted around the region. Its principal monastery predates Labrang and Kumbum by several centuries, and the county itself possesses 36 smaller monasteries, mostly of the Gelukpa school, although there are also important Nyingmapa and Bon hermitages here.
  The main river of Repkong is the Guchu, which flows north to converge with the Ma chu རྨ་ཆུ་ ( Yellow River) below Lamo Dechen.
  The capital, Rongpo Gyakhar, is both the administrative centre for Repkong county and for the entire South Ma chu རྨ་ཆུ་ ( Yellow River) Prefecture.
  Area:3.353 sq km.
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