Explore Tibet

It all started with a simple dream: to see the land where mountains touch the sky and ancient traditions still shape everyday life. Travel from Belgium to Tibet—a country of flat landscapes and medieval towns—the idea of traveling to China and Tibet felt like stepping into another world. I arrived in China full of curiosity and a touch of nervous excitement. My first stop was Beijing, where the pace of life was both fast and orderly. Walking through the Forbidden City, I couldn’t help but imagine the emperors, warriors, and scholars who once roamed those red-walled courtyards...

High in the windswept plateaus of western Tibet, where the sacred Mount Kailash stands as a sentinel to ancient mysteries, once flourished the enigmatic Zhangzhung Kingdom. This ancient civilization, shrouded in myth and legend, existed long before the rise of the Tibetan Empire. Yet, by the 7th century AD, it had vanished into the mists of history, leaving behind only ruins and whispers of its former glory. The Zhangzhung Kingdom, with its capital at Khyung Lung Dngul Mkhar (the Silver Palace of...

Tibetan prostration, also known as "chagtsal" in Tibetan, is a form of pilgrimage and prayer practice that holds deep cultural and spiritual significance in Tibetan Buddhism. This ancient tradition involves the act of full-body prostration, where a person lies face down on the ground, extends their arms and legs, and then rises to repeat the process, symbolizing reverence and devotion. Prostration is considered one of the most profound and sincere ways to express devotion and to accumulate merit in Tibetan Buddhism. It is believed that by performing prostrations, one can purify negative karma, accumulate positive merit, and progress along the path to enlightenment...