Shopping in Lhasa

Lhasa is most famous for Tibetan medicine and souvenirs. When you come to Lhasa for shopping, you must go to Barkhor Street, which is the centralized place for shopping. You can definitely buy your favorite things in shopping here. Not only the price is cheap, the quality is also guaranteed. Shopping in Barkhor Street, do rough goods, do not need special identification, a glance can be seen. There are a lot of handicrafts and ornaments here, only need to spend one-third of the price to buy their own satisfaction. On both sides of the street there are a lot of handicraft malls, the price is very low, is a good place to shop. If you want to buy Tibetan medicine, it is best not to buy it here. The Tibetan medicines here are basically fake. You can go to Lhasa Tibetan Medicine Factory to buy them, but you can't cut the price. There are art galleries everywhere here, and the main entrance of the Potala Palace is the biggest. There are not only ink paintings and panel paintings, but also a lot of handicrafts that will surely dazzle you. Lhasa has many specialties, and thangka is one of them. With strong religious characteristics, most of the paintings on thangkas are about Tibetan Buddhism. The pigments used to make thangkas are opaque plants and minerals with some cow bile and animal glue. The color of the thangka remains intact after thousands of years. All kinds of wooden bowls are available in Lhasa, with prices varying greatly. Wooden bowls are mainly used for drinking tea and are a practical product. Ordinary ones are mainly made of miscellaneous wood and roots without any decoration; precious ones are made of parasitic plants and decorated with silver, which are quite generous. Mask is called "Ba" in Tibetan, which is a kind of handicraft of religious art. It is usually divided into three parts: folk masks, Tibetan opera masks and religious masks. In the region, every religious festival, temples will hold ceremonies such as the Dance of the Immortals and the Dance of the Ghosts. The use of masks will vary in different regions. Tibetan knives are also famous crafts in Lhasa, with unique style and popular among tourists. Not only can it be used for self-defense, it can also be used as cutlery. Usually, men's clothes are rougher and women's clothes are more delicate. Buying Cordyceps in Lhasa is a good choice. It is a precious medicinal herb. It is grass in summer and worm in winter, with grass on the top and worm on the bottom. Cordyceps has a sweet and sour flavor, which is very good. In addition, it has the effect of tonifying the kidney and nourishing the lungs. In recent years, the over-excavation of Cordyceps sinensis has caused great damage to the vegetation, and a small amount of it can not get the "magical effect". Nowadays, it is difficult to distinguish between real and fake herbs, so you need to be careful when buying. /p