Tibetan Culture Records

Here, we document the culture, history, and current situation of Tibet. Please also follow us on X and Facebook for the latest updates.

Mount Everest

“Everest”, “Sagarmatha”, and “Qomolangma” redirect here. For other uses, see Everest (disambiguation), Sagarmatha (disambiguation), and Qomolangma (disambiguation). The area surrounding Mount Everest, located…

The Shoton Festival

The Sho Dun Festival (Tibetan: ༄༅། ཞོ་སྟོན།; Chinese: 雪頓節; pinyin: Xuědùn Jié), commonly known as the Shoton[1] or Yogurt Festivalor Banquetsince “Sho” means Yogurt and “Dun” means Banquet, is an annual festival held at Norbulingka or…

The Pala Manor

The Pala Manor

Located in Jiangzi County, Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, is the estate of the former Tibetan aristocratic Pala family.…

The Palcho Monastery 

The Palcho Monastery or Pelkor Chode Monastery or Shekar Gyantse is the main monastery in the Nyangchu river valley in Gyantse, Gyantse County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. The monastery precinct…