Lhasa is famous for its beautiful scenery, long history, unique customs and strong religious color. It has successively won the honorary titles of: the favorite tourist city of tourists, the charming city with China characteristics, and the safest city in China. Being able to come to Lhasa is one of the dreams of many donkey friends. The unknowns and mysteries here attract tourists from all over the world. Today, Raiders Jun summed up some reasons why Lhasa attracts everyone.
Lhasa's sweet tea
Most tourists to Tibet are not used to butter tea, but they like to drink sweet tea from Lhasa, which is very famous in Tibet. Its main raw materials are black tea and full-fat sweet cow milk powder. In Lhasa, sweet tea house is a place for people to relax and a popular social place.
Soaking in a sweet teahouse is the favorite of Lhasa people. Since sweet tea is just milk tea, the meaning of soaking in sweet teahouse is certainly not tea. Here, speaking is not criticized, whispering is not welcome, and silence is the only sin. Needless to say, friends and relatives can chat happily soon even when strangers sit together. In that cup of sweet tea, the most leisurely time in Lhasa was reflected. Not only ordinary citizens in Lhasa, but also some lamas in nearby temples will stay in the fragrant teahouse for a while after reading the Bible.
Slow life in Lhasa
Do you want to go somewhere quiet to vent? Then come to Lhasa. This is a gathering place for devout believers. For a long time, countless believers and thousands of long heads have bumped into it. In recent years, many friends have come here by hiking, cycling and hitchhiking, which is also a rapidly developing city. If your imagination of Lhasa is an original ecological world, then it may give you different expectations. There are also high-rise business districts and dazzling streets. Hotels, banks and shopping malls all have them.
What Lhasa should experience most is slow life. Here, you will unconsciously slow down and follow the local Tibetans along the turning road of Barkhor Street and make some good wishes and wishes. Sit down and have a cup of sweet tea, bask in the sun in front of Jokhang Temple, and talk about a few friends who will become "like-minded" for life.
Lhasa's gourmet
Tibetan food has a long history and is very distinctive. There are many ways to cook and put food at Tibetan banquets. The oldest method is to take the form of tray meal, hand-delivered meal, napkin meal or buffet according to the social status of the guests. Tibetan food is also divided into vegetarian feast and meat feast. Like Chinese food, Tibetan food now includes hot dishes, cold dishes, soup, staple food and dessert snacks. Tibetan food is generally divided into three categories: staple food, vegetables and soup, and its taste is light and peaceful.
Beef and mutton are important raw materials in Tibetan food. The beef in Tibetan food is mainly plateau yak meat, and mutton is mostly mutton. Yak meat has bright red color, tender meat, delicious taste, low fat and high protein. People often say air-dried meat refers to air-dried beef and mutton. With the development of the times, the improvement of living standards and the change of people's taste demand, there are more and more kinds of air-dried meat, and various seasonings will be put into the production. In addition to home-made, many food companies have also cooked different flavors of air-dried meat.
Ciba is the staple food of Tibetans, and the raw material is flour ground after parching highland barley or peas. Ciba is rich in nutrition, delicious, hunger-resistant, convenient to carry and easy to preserve.
Butter is extracted from milk. Pour milk into a mixing bucket or special pottery, and stir it up and down or left and right for hundreds of times to separate oil from water. The light yellow fat floating on it is ghee. Then wrap it in a leather bag for home use or sale.
The food in Lhasa is simple, but once you eat it, you will never leave.
The slow life in Lhasa is almost everyone's dream. Without the intrigue in the workplace and the fast-paced life in big cities, everything slowed down. I believe you will fall in love with Lhasa after you have been there.