Why is Lhasa called "Sunlight City"

Because the average total sunshine hours in Lhasa are 3005.3 hours per year, with an average of 8 hours 15 minutes per day. So it is called "Sunlight City".

Although the sunshine time in Lhasa is very long, there is a lot of rain. The annual rainfall is 453.9 mm, and the annual rainfall days are 87.8 days, which is more than that in southern Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, northern Hebei, Jilin and western Liaoning in the east, but the sunshine time is longer.

This is because more than 80% of the time it rains in Lhasa is between 8 pm that day and 8 am the next day. It rained a lot at night, but it was sunny the next day.

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Lhasa was called "Yosa" in ancient times, Tibetan "goat" was called "Yosa" and "earth" was called "Sa". "Lhasa", translated from Tibetan into spoken "Yes", only needs to respect and obey the sacred decree of the Buddha. If it is reasonable, it also means accuracy, no doubt and change, and tiny differences are thousands of miles away. This place was built by Buddhist temples, hence the name Lhasa.

The word "Lhasa" first appeared in historical records and was found in the Gaqiong Temple Monument written by Tibetan King Chidesongzan in 806 AD. The name Lhasa has appeared for nearly 1200 years.

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