What season is best to go to Shangri-La?

The best time to go to Shangri-La is late spring and early summer.

May to June is the late spring and early summer, which is the most beautiful time.

From the end of May to the beginning of June, there is mainly a sea of ??azaleas (but the time may be postponed due to weather changes). In mid-June, there is a sea of ??wild flowers, such as large and small irises.

Every year around the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Horse Racing Festival is held in Shangri-La. The Horse Racing Festival is the most solemn traditional folk festival for people of all ethnic groups in Shangri-La County, and it is also a grand event for Tibetans in spring. assembly. Today's Horse Racing Festival has developed into a grand exchange event for national sports competitions and folk cultural and artistic activities. The Horse Racing Festival is usually held around the Dragon Boat Festival of the lunar calendar and usually lasts for three days. The location is at Wufengshan Arena.

Beautiful scenery of Shangri-La at other times

July and August are the months when various wildflowers bloom in Shangri-La, but this is the rainy season. The Denba Festival in Shangri-La is held every year on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. The Denba Festival is one of the traditional Tibetan festivals with strong characteristics, and it is also a productive traditional festival in Tibetan agricultural areas. At that time, men, women, old and children put on festive costumes and hold collective sacrifices to mountain gods, immortal caves and Yumani Sutra rituals to ward off disasters and exorcise evil spirits, and pray for a bumper harvest and prosperity for livestock. In addition, entertainment activities such as horse racing, target shooting, bullfighting, and Guozhuang dance are also held.

September to October is Shangri-La’s autumn, with rich colors and wolfberry flowers blooming. The scenery is also beautiful at this time and is suitable for photography.

If you go to Shangri-La in December, you will mainly see the snow scenery, and you can see black-necked cranes.

Every year from December 26th to 29th in the Tibetan calendar, it is the Gedong Festival in Shangri-La. A religious activity specially organized by the temple to dance around gods and drive away ghosts. The time of Gedong Festival in each temple is different. Shangri-La Gaden Songzanlin Temple falls on December 26th to 29th in the Tibetan calendar. The 26th is the rehearsal for the God Dance; it will be held in the temple; the 27th and 28th will be the chanting ceremony; the 29th will be the God Dance Mask Dance. There are various masks, including horses, deer, monkeys, yak, dogs, crows, pigs, tigers, etc. , the dance is accompanied by instrumental music such as suona, drums, and postscript, and the atmosphere is very mysterious. It lasts for one day.