————陈璐亭(清苓歌)T——Touch触摸/Towards向,朝,将近I——Inspire使……产生灵感/I我B——Best最好的/Belief信仰E——Eastern东方的/Echo共鸣T——Temple寺庙,神庙/Terrific极好的/theHolyland圣地1.Gerographyoverview2.Touristattractions3.Religion4.FoodinTibetLocatedinthesouthwestpartoftheQinghai-TibetPlateau,theTibetAutonomousRegionbordersonSichuanandYunnanprovincestotheeast,QinghaiandXinjiangtothenorth,andsharesborderswithIndia,Nepal.Theaverageheightofthewholeregionismorethan4,000metersabovesealevel,forwhichTibetisknownasRoofoftheWorld.Top1.PotalaPalace(布达拉宫)ThePotalaPalace(布达拉宫)ThePotalaPalaceisconsideredtobeamodelofTibetanarchitecture。In641,SongtsanGambo,ruleroftheTuboKingdom,hadthePotalaPalacebuiltforPrincessWenchengoftheTangDynasty,hisfuturebride.MountEverest(珠穆朗玛峰)Asthesupremepointoftheworld,themountaintopiscoveredwithsnowalltheyearround,andwhentheglaringsuncomesout,thepeakbecomesverypureandbeautiful.NamtsoLake(纳木措)NamtsoisoneofthethreeholylakesinTibetAutonomousRegionandshouldnotbemissedbyanytravelertoTibet.InTibetan,Namtsomeans“HeavenlyLake.”Itisfamousforitshighaltitudeandimposingscenery.TheYarlungZangboGrandCanyonisoneofthedeepestandlongestcanyonsintheworld.Thecanyonishometomanyanimalsandplantsbarelyexploredandaffectedbyhumaninfluence,whileitsclimaterangesfromsubtropicaltoArctic.YarlungZangboGrandCanyon(雅鲁藏布大峡谷)FormersiteofGuge(古格王国)GugewasanancientkingdomfoundedbyabranchofdescendentsofthelastkingofaunifiedTibetinthe10thcentury.Itflourishedformorethan700yearsbeforeencounteringcivilstrifeandforeignattacksandfallingintodisrepair.Now,visitorscanseeitsruinsoftemplesandpalaces,whoseinscriptions,statuesandmuralsstillremainintact.JokhangTemple,locatedonBarkhorSquareinLhasa,isTibet'sfirstBuddhisttempleandispartofthePotalaPalace.ItistheultimatepilgrimagedestinationforTibetanpilgrims.JokhangTemple(大昭寺)ThemainreligioninTibetisLamaism.Kowtow(磕长头)TibetansbelievethatinthelifepracticeBuddhism,atleasttoknockonehundredthousand(100000)longhead,allbarefoot,thatispious.PrayerWheel(转经轮)TheprayerwheelisanindispensablepartoftheTibetanpeople’slife.AccordingtothedoctrineofTibetanBuddhism,everyturnoftheprayerwheelisequivalenttoonechantingofthescriptures.Whenaprayerwheelisrotatedrapidly,Tibetanswouldbelievethattheirmeritsandvirtuesareaccumulatingatafasterpace.(转经轮是藏族人民生活中不可缺少的一部分。根据藏传佛教的教义,对转经轮都是相当于一个诵的经文。当祈祷车轮快速旋转,藏民认为自己的功德是以更快的速度积累。)Thestaplefoodincludesroastedhighlandbarleyflour,wheatflour,meat,orredfood,andmilk,orwhitefood.TheflavoroftheTibetanfoodisfresh,light,andtender.Salt,onion,andgarlicarethemainingredientsThebutteredteaisthefavoritedrinkofTibetanpeople.Itismadefromtealeaves,yakbutter,waterandsalt.Becausebutteristhemainingredient,butterteaprovidesplentyofcaloricenergyandisparticularlysuitedtohighaltitudes.Thebutteralsomayhelppreventchappedlips.ButterTea(酥油茶)TsambaservesasamajorsnackinTibetandiseatenbythelocalseveryday.Itismadeofparchedflourwhichcomesfromdriedandfriedhighlandbarley.Tibettsamba(西藏糌粑)Barleywine(青稞酒)Tibetnoddles(藏面)