Tagong Grassland - Sichuan Travel Service

The Tagong Grasslands (3 hours bus ride from Kangding ) is a vast expanse of green meadow surrounded by snow-capped peaks and dotted with Tibetan herdsmen and tents. The Tagong village is a vibrant Tibetan community that lies in the midst of this. Here, you can see prayer wheels in constant motion, monks chanting in the corners of temples, and old women circumambulating the monastery walls. A visit to the stunning collection of over 100 chortens behind the Tagong Gompa is a must and one can finish off a visit with a clockwise kora ( circuit ) of the site. There are great views of the rolling grasslands and stunning 5820m pyramid peak of Haizi Shan from the prayer-flags and chortens-topped velvety hills around the town. Tagong is also the stage for an annual Horse-Racing Festival held at the beginning of the 8th lunar month and attended by thousands of local Tibetan herdsmen. This is a perfect stop to get the flavour of Sichuan's wild west.

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