What should you pay attention to when traveling to Tibet?

1. The Lhasa area belongs to the Tibetan Autonomous Region, and most of the residents are Tibetan. Visitors are asked to respect local customs. The temple visits arranged in the itinerary are Tibetan Buddhist temples. Please respect your religious beliefs and follow the tour guide's arrangements.

2. Based on the actual local conditions, our company has the right to adjust the order of the itinerary, but will not reduce the attractions.

3. Since Tibet is located on a plateau, please remember to "walk slowly, talk less, sleep more, don't drink, and prevent colds" before entering Tibet.

4. Lhasa is known as the Sunshine City and the sun is strong. Visitors are asked to bring their own sunscreen.

5. Patients with high blood pressure, heart disease, and asthma are not allowed to enter Tibet. They should avoid catching a cold before entering Tibet and do not take a shower on the day of entering Tibet.

6. Please provide the name that exactly matches the flight ID for ticket issuance (if there is any error, the guest will be responsible for the cost).

7. Due to long-term driving on the plateau and heavy vehicle loads on the way, the car may break down and affect the trip. The travel agency will quickly take remedial measures for this situation, so tourists are asked to be mentally prepared. , but cannot be used as a reason for complaint.

8. Increased expenses or inability to follow the normal itinerary due to force majeure factors such as landslides (road closures due to local government actions), mudslides, avalanches, floods and other natural phenomena, or airline flight delays and cancellations, etc. Our company does not assume any liability for compensation during the tour.

Tips for joining the group:

1. The tour guides at Lhasa Railway Station and Airport will present you with a white hada after greeting you.

2. Each tourist bus is provided with two free spare oxygen bags for use. If you need it again, you will be responsible for the cost.

3. The meals are mainly Sichuan cuisine. If you have dietary restrictions, please inform the travel agency in advance. If you are not used to dining in Tibetan areas, you can bring your own food.

5. In addition to travel agency liability insurance, please advise guests to take the initiative to purchase travel safety accident insurance.

6. Arrange 6-8 trustworthy shopping spots (handicrafts, Tibetan medicine, local products) throughout the entire journey, and there will be no forced shopping.

7. In order to protect the historic sites of the Potala Palace, ticket sales are limited (limited to 1,500-1,800 tourists per day). Therefore, the time to visit the Potala Palace may affect the adjustment of the overall route and attractions. There will be no reduction. Please inform us in advance.

8. Personal belongings: The plateau has high altitude and strong sunshine, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large. You need to prepare long-sleeved clothes, sweaters, jackets, sunglasses, sun hat, sunscreen, lip balm, cold Medicines, gastrointestinal medicines, aspirin, diazepam and other items.

9. Friendly reminder: Please bring enough film, camera batteries, cash, GSM mobile phone, wet wipes, and personal hygiene products.

10. Appreciate the natural scenery along the way (stop at six major stops on the way: Shijiazhuang, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Xining, Golmud, Nagqu.

Introduction to shopping arrangements: on average, one shopping store per day, No compulsory shopping

1. Tibet Tibetan Medicine Culture Expo Center: Visit time is 1 hour

2. Tibet Hengkang Biological (Sheep Placenta, Plateau Fish Oil) Health Products Store: Visit Time: 1 hour

3. Tibetan Tea Horse Road Tibetan Tea and Butter Tea Specialty Store: 1 hour of visit

4. Tibet Yufeng Yipin Kitchenware Co., Ltd.: 1 hour of visit

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5. Tibet Zangyi Pavilion Crafts Store: 40 minutes of visiting time

6. Tibet Tashi Delek Tibetan Carpet Co., Ltd.: 40 minutes of visiting time

7 , Tibet Qisheng Yak Meat Store: 40 minutes of visiting time

8. Tibet Tunbai Tibetan Incense Factory: 1 hour of visiting time

9. Tibetan Museum Shengbaoyuan Dzi Beads Tibetan Style Handicraft shop: Visiting time is 40 minutes

10. Tibetan famous specialties include Cordyceps sinensis, saffron, rhodiola rosea, snow lotus, Ganoderma lucidum, etc. Cordyceps sinensis and saffron are especially valuable, and Tibetan medicine has good curative effects, so you can buy them as appropriate. There are a lot of counterfeit goods in the Bajiao Street area, so please be cautious when making purchases.

Introduction to self-financed items: Our company promises that we will never force consumption of any self-financed items. Tourists have absolute autonomy in the consumption of the above items

1. Roast whole pig, roast whole lamb: 1,600 yuan /only

2. Lulang Scenic Area: 180 yuan/person (including stone pot chicken)

3. Yangbajing Hot Spring: 98 yuan/person (normal), 168 yuan/ Person (advanced)

4. Linzhi Kadinggou Scenic Area: 80 yuan/person

5. Linzhi Millennium Walnut Village Folk Garden: 60 yuan/person (performance time 40 minutes)

6. Visit the Tibetan Mastiff Association breeding base: 50 yuan/person, time is about 50 minutes

7. Tibetan song and dance - Tanggula style: 180 yuan/person, time is about 2 hours (Including Tibetan meals)

8. "Himalaya" large-scale song and dance performance: vip: 580 yuan/person a: 280 yuan/person b, c: 230 yuan/person (time is about 2 hours)< /p>

9. Large-scale song and dance poem "Happiness on the Road": a: 380 yuan/person b: 280 yuan/person (time is about 2 hours)

10. Tibetan home visit: 60 Yuan/person (including butter tea, tsampa and other simple Tibetan foods)

National customs:

1. When receiving guests, whether walking or talking, always let the guests or long Put the person first, and use honorifics. It is taboo to call the person by his first name.

2. When greeting or seeing off guests, you should bow down and smile.

3. When sitting indoors, sit cross-legged, do not straighten your legs, put the soles of your feet facing people, and do not look around.

4. When accepting gifts, you should receive them with both hands. When giving gifts, you should bow down and raise your hands above your head.

5. When offering tea, wine or cigarettes, you should offer them with both hands and do not put your fingers into the mouth of the bowl.

6. Tibetans are absolutely prohibited from eating donkey, horse and dog meat. In some areas, they also do not eat fish.

7. When toasting, the guest must first dip a little wine with his ring finger and flick it into the air three times in a row to show his sacrifice to heaven, earth and ancestors, and then take a sip. The host will refill it in time before drinking. After refilling it in one gulp, drink three gulps in a row. When you refill it for the fourth time, you must drink it all in one gulp.

8. When eating, be sure to keep your mouth full, bite or drink without making a sound.

9. When drinking butter tea, the host pours the tea, and the guests can only take it and drink it when the host holds it in front of them.

10. It is taboo to spit on other people’s backs or clap your hands.

11. When you encounter religious facilities such as temples, Mani piles, and pagodas, you must go around from left to right.

12. Do not cross the ritual objects or braziers. Prayer tubes and prayer wheels cannot be reversed. It is taboo for others to touch the top of your head with their hands.

Ethnic food customs:

1. Zanba - that is, highland barley fried noodles are the staple food of Tibetans, butter tea is a daily drink, and Tibetans, regardless of gender, like to drink highland barley wine. When you are a guest at a Tibetan home and have a drink, the host fills the cup first, you take a sip first, then refill it, three times in a row, and finally the cup is full and drained, and then you can drink freely. If you really can't drink, you can dip your index finger into the wine and flick it three times - respect the heaven and the earth, respect the gods, and then politely decline.

Tour guides:

1. There are Tibetan and Han tour guides in Tibet who can explain in Tibetan, Mandarin, English and other languages. Tibetan tour guides are familiar with Tibetan history and culture, but they are simple and introverted. Tourists can encourage them to explain more. Tibetan tour guides have mainly received foreign guests for many years, and it is customary to charge tips. If they ask for a tip, pay it based on their service or decline it. Tibetan Buddhism has a profound and long-lasting influence, and the long-term political form of integrating politics and religion has given many activities in Tibet a strong religious flavor. The most magnificent building is the temple, and the most precious cultural relics and works of art must also be treasured in the temple. Tibetan compatriots have deep-rooted worship of Buddhism, and Buddhist teachings are well-known to every household. When interacting with Tibetans, you should pay attention to respecting the culture and beliefs of Tibetan compatriots and avoid discussing sensitive issues such as politics and religion. Do not enter the temple without permission. Photography, smoking, and laughter are not allowed in the temple. Do not touch the items in the temple without authorization. Visitors should proceed in a clockwise direction. It is recommended to bring some change to offer to the Buddha statues. Religious beggars are accepted by Tibetan society. Yes, it is a good deed to donate some money and materials to pilgrims, usually two cents to one yuan. Tibetan Customs There are more than 2.3 million Tibetan compatriots living in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The Tibetan people have a long history, are hardworking, brave, honest, kind, and hospitable. All aspects of their lives show traces of the influence of Tibetan Buddhism. Entertainment: Tibetan people are good at singing and dancing, and spontaneous singing and dancing performances can often be seen.

Presenting Hada:

1. Tibetans must present Hada during weddings and funerals, worshiping Buddha, paying homage to elders, and welcoming guests. This is the most common and respectful etiquette for guests. Hada Most of them are white, which represents pure and beautiful wishes and blessings. To receive the hada, you should take it with both hands and hang it around your neck or hang it directly around your neck. Do not take it off immediately.

Warm reminder:

Preparation before entering the plateau:

1. Before entering the plateau, you can consult people with experience in plateau life for precautions. Know what to expect and avoid unnecessary stress.

2. Before entering the plateau, smoking and alcohol are prohibited to prevent upper respiratory tract infections. Avoid being overtired and recuperate and get enough rest. Take American ginseng appropriately to enhance the body's ability to resist hypoxia. If you have respiratory infections or colds, you should cure them before entering the plateau.

Prepare several bottles of anti-hypoxia drug Rhodiola rosea or oral liquid.

3. Good psychological quality is a panacea for overcoming and defeating altitude sickness. A large number of cases have proven that maintaining an open-minded and optimistic mood and building strong self-confidence can reduce the physical discomfort caused by altitude sickness. On the contrary, worrying, overthinking, and being highly nervous at the slightest discomfort will increase the oxygen consumption of the brain tissue, thereby aggravating the physical discomfort and prolonging the self-healing time.

4. If you have never been to a plateau, you must undergo a strict physical examination before entering the plateau. Patients with severe anemia or high blood pressure or asthma should not enter the plateau blindly.

Things to note on the way into the plateau:

1. Prepare oxygen and drugs to prevent and treat acute altitude sickness as much as possible, such as nifedipine (also known as Xintongding), aminophylline, etc. , and also need to prepare cold prevention and treatment drugs, antibiotics and vitamin drugs, etc., just in case. Prepare several bottles of anti-hypoxia drug Rhodiola rosea or oral liquid.

2. Due to the cold climate on the plateau and the large temperature difference between day and night, be sure to prepare enough cold-proof clothes to prevent colds. Both cold and respiratory infections may trigger acute mountain sickness.

3. If serious symptoms of mountain sickness occur on the way to the plateau, you should deal with it immediately and take aminophylline or 20 mg of nifedipine sublingually. In severe cases, oxygen should be administered. If you have severe chest tightness, severe coughing, difficulty breathing, coughing up pink frothy sputum, or are unresponsive, apathetic, or even comatose, in addition to the above treatment, you should go to a nearby hospital for rescue as soon as possible, or transfer to a place at a lower altitude as soon as possible. area for treatment recovery.

4. Due to the long time required to enter the plateau by car, poor rest on the way, and high physical exertion, in addition to preparing the above items, you should also prepare water or drinks and delicious and easy-to-digest food. , in order to promptly replenish the body's necessary water and calories.

How to adapt to altitude sickness as soon as possible:

1. You must have good psychological quality and do not overthink about altitude sickness. If you are highly stressed, it will increase the oxygen consumption of the brain tissue. .

2. Get a good rest a few days before entering Tibet, and do not enter Tibet if you are sick. If possible, you can drink anti-hypoxia "Rhodiola Oral Liquid" for a few days before and after entering Tibet. It is best not to be addicted to tobacco and alcohol. After entering Tibet, eat high-calorie, easy-to-digest foods, pay attention to hygiene, and avoid overeating.

3. In the first two days after entering Tibet, it is not advisable to overload your body or engage in too many activities. Tibet has a big temperature difference between day and night, so you should bring some warm clothes even if you go to Tibet in summer.

4. In the first few days after entering Tibet, you must not take a bath before adapting to altitude sickness to avoid hypoxia and colds.

5. When going out under strong sunlight in Tibet, you should wear radiation-proof sunglasses and a sun hat, and apply sunscreen cosmetics. Men should also apply sunscreen.

6. Prepare some common anti-cold, enteritis and other medicines. In the absence of portable oxygen equipment and anti-hypoxia drugs, do not rush to areas above 5,000 meters above sea level to prevent accidents. Prepare several bottles of anti-hypoxia drug Rhodiola rosea or oral liquid.

Climate characteristics:

1. In summer, the temperature is basically around 20 degrees during the day and around 10 degrees at night. In winter, it is around 10 degrees during the day and several degrees below zero at night. , since our tourist activities are all arranged during the day, it does not feel hot in summer and not too cold in winter. The best and most suitable tourist season and time in Tibet is generally from April to the end of October every year, which is also the time when oxygen is most abundant. when.

Other notes:

1. Tibet is a special plateau ethnic area in China with limited conditions. We hope that all tourists will have reasonable expectations, live in harmony, and respect the culture of Tibetan compatriots. and beliefs and habits, and protect Tibet’s natural and cultural heritage and cultural environment. You must keep in mind that the folk customs in the Qinghai-Tibet area are deeply influenced by religion. Some habits cannot be measured by the mentality of urban people. Don't care about or blame them. Don't quarrel with the driver, and don't leave the group to watch the sky burials. If you are careless, you will offend the locals and cause unnecessary troubles. The tour guide will introduce in detail the customs, habits, taboos, etc. of the Tibetan and Hui people, so everyone should pay attention. Keep it in mind.

Photography Notes:

1. The sunshine on the plateau is strong and the scene contrast is large. It is easy to use a flash to fill in the light when shooting people in the backlight. In addition, the ultraviolet rays on the plateau are strong. If you add a UV filter in front of the lens , avoid the purple color of the photo, and the effect will be better. Friendly reminder: When taking pictures of Tibetan compatriots at close range, be sure to ask for their permission first. The architectural style of Tibetan temples is unique. During festivals, Tibetan people’s clothes are even more gorgeous and colorful. Some Place to indicate payment. Photography is allowed, the price is 50 yuan or more per photo, please do not take secret photos, the consequences of secret photos will be very serious. You should also be careful when photographing people, especially women. Not all Tibetans like to be photographed. To avoid unnecessary trouble, it is best to say hello before taking the photo. .

Friendly reminder:

1. Tibetan culture, Buddhist culture, folk customs, and natural scenery of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are the real historical and cultural heritage, which is far unparalleled! Due to its special plateau geographical location, living customs, national culture, natural scenery, etc., Tibet is known as "Mysterious Tibet" and "Legendary Tibet". It always feels like a thin veil to the world. You are welcome to visit Have a happy journey to Tibet, lift the veil of Tibet, and wish you a happy journey!

Tibet is the only pure land on earth that is not polluted. Please cherish and protect the environment of Tibet.