Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Lhatse County is located in the western part of Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region of China, between the Himalayas and the Gangdisê Mountains, with an average elevation of about 4010 meters above sea level, making Lhatse an important agricultural county and a famous historical and cultural city in Tibet. As the intersection of National Highway 318 and National Highway 219, Lhatse is known as the "Transportation Hub of Western Tibet" and is an important transit point to Mount Everest and the Ali region.
Lhatse has a rich intangible cultural heritage, and is famous for its "heap harmony" dance, which is known as the "township of heap harmony". In the territory, there are religious shrines such as Pinchorin Monastery, which was built in the 15th century, as well as the famous Lhatse Tibetan knife hand forging technology. Every year in June of the Tibetan calendar held the "Lhatse heap harmonious cultural tourism festival" to attract a large number of tourists. Sitchin Hot Spring and Gyatso La Pass (5,248 meters above sea level) in the county are popular tourist attractions, offering magnificent views of Mount Everest.
Lhatse is located in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River basin, with agricultural production dominated by barley and oilseed rape cultivation and developed animal husbandry. In recent years, relying on the transportation advantage to develop tourism and service industry, gradually formed an economic model featuring national culture experience, plateau sightseeing and trekking, and is an important material distribution center and cultural exchange window in southwest Tibet.
Ziliujing District, located in the south of Sichuan Province, is a municipal district of Zigong City, named after the ancient salt wells that flowed from the city, and is known as the core area of the "Millennium Salt Capital". As the birthplace of Zigong's salt industry, Ziliujing District retains the former site of salt merchants in the Qing Dynasty, and the site of the Tianche (derrick) and other industrial cultural heritages, which have witnessed the glorious history of well salt mining in the BaShu region. The Zigong Dinosaur Museum in the district is one of the world's three major dinosaur site museums, treasuring a large number of complete dinosaur fossils, while the Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival is a national intangible cultural heritage, known at home and abroad for its grand scale and exquisite craftsmanship. Nowadays, Ziliujing District integrates salt culture, dinosaur culture and folk culture, becoming a cultural tourism destination integrating history exploration, science popularization study and folk experience, attracting tourists from all over the world to explore the unique charm of "Salt Dragon Lantern".