Tent, adobe, buildings with barriers and houses feature the residential buildings of Tibetans..
With the improvement of animal husbandry, Tibetans began building adobe houses and settled down. In the old urban area of Lhasa, the buildings were mainly made of stones. The adobes are always with a flat top. The middle part is courtyard, while rooms are in four directions, with a corridor linking them all. It is wide in the lower part and becomes narrower going up, in the shape of a trapezoid. The stonewall at the lower part nearly reaches 1 meter. People usually worship god, entertain themselves, walk and enjoy scenes on the flat top. The mansions of old aristocrats had three to four stories, while those of common people were two to three stories. Many households lived in the same courtyard.
The houses with a flat top are popular in western, central, northern and northeastern Tibet. Most of the houses built in recent years by herdsmen belong to this kind. Most of them have only one storey. The wall is mainly made of stone or adobe. Due to conditions in different areas, this kind of houses differs in size and decoration.
Besides, as people's living standards improve, cities in eastern and southern Tibet and their suburbs began building a new kind of residences, which feature independent courtyard and surrounding garden. Tourists call them garden-villa houses. They are in different stories, elegant, bright and broad, with complete facilities of water drainage system and electricity supply. They add new features while preserving the traditions of old Tibetan residence; therefore, they are greatly welcomed.
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Hi, I plan to arrive in Lhasa on the 9th of March in 2020 by train and would like to do a 4 day tour. Unfortunately there are no tours scheduled between January and April, will there be tours added or are there not any planned?
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Julian Franz
Hello Mr. Ju***,
Thanks very much for your inquiry. We currently have no group tour in February and March, if you would like to travel Tibet in these months, we are able to arrange a private tour for you. While there are several confirmed departure date for the group tour in January and April, if your time is flexible, you may consider joining a group tour in April. I will send detailed itinerary to your email, please check it. Warm regards.
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