Barkhor (), is the commercial center and busiest street of the old city of

Lhasa Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa (city), Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining ...

, Tibet. The Barkhor Ring Road is composed of Barkhor East Street, Barkhor South Street, Barkhor West Street and Barkhor North Street. The circumference of Barkhor Street is about 1,000 meters, originated in the 7th century A.D., better preserving the original style of the old city of Lhasa. Barkhor is the oldest street in Lhasa, the ancient Songtsen Gampo and

Princess Wencheng Princess Wencheng (; ) was a princess and member of a minor branch of the royal clan of the Tang dynasty, who married King Songtsen Gampo of the Tibetan Empire in 641. She is also known by the name Gyasa or "Chinese wife" in Tibet. Both Wencheng ...

led the migration to Lhasa, first built the Jokhang, where Tibetan Buddhism believers began to turn around the monastery, and gradually formed a road, became one of the three turnstiles of Lhasa in the turnstiles (the other two are Lingkhor and Woesor), the Tibetans call the Barkhor "holy road". Barkhor is a one-way street, walking on the eight silhouette, must be and the rotating direction of the cylinder, that is, clockwise walking (right around), there are many believers in the street in a step a long kneeling to turn the scriptures.

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{{Lhasa Tibetan culture Religion in Lhasa Chengguan District, Lhasa

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