City: Lhasa. Tibet
Remarks: Day 6
西藏一直是我的好想好想去的地方，或者應該說，這幾乎是每一個旅行者的夢想。尚未去西藏的时候，西藏是一個神秘寻夢园，去过以后是一個你會愛上的地方。我一直告訴自己，我一定會再回去的。
拉薩就像很多其他中國城市，很現代化，乾淨整齐，很宽的马路，很多的車。西藏現代的部分是枯燥的，但西藏的文化和宗教色彩令西藏非常豐富多彩的。其實在拉薩市内大多數的人都是從鄰近省份过来工作/做生意的，大部分跟旅客觸并不是藏人，是漢人。西藏人都很虔诚，藏傳佛教说的是來生，修的是今生來生。故此西藏人对目前的生活没有很重視，对做生意并不是很感興趣。每天早晨和晚上你可以看到許多藏人，特別是老人家，绕着寺廟走，边走边轉手上的轉經輪。轉經輪每轉一次代表念了一次經。
PS。記得轉轉經輪/绕着寺廟走的时候要順時針。如果不知道怎么做的话，只需要隨着人群做。
拉薩是一個非常有趣的地方。一個擁有亮藍色的天空的土地，一個可以让你親眼目睹藏民如何生活的地方，一個可以让你見證藏民如何延續他們的歷史和文化的地方，一個去过以后會愛上的地方。
Tibet has always been my dream place to go, or maybe I should say it is almost every traveler's dream . It was a mystery spectacular before visiting, and a place you will fall in love with after going. I am definitely going back.
Lhasa was just like all other Chinese cities, very modernized, neat and clean, with lots of cars on the road. The modern part of Tibet was boring, but the Tibetans and the temples make the place very colorful and culturally rich . Indeed most of the people in Lhasa are Hans from nearby provinces for work/ business, so most of the people you as a tourist dealing with are not Tibetans, but Hans. From what I have understood, most of the Tibetans, especially the elderly, are not very interested in doing business, instead very devoted in Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan Buddhism is about afterlife. It do not place much emphasis on the current life, but afterlife instead. One have to act in good faith in his current life for his afterlife. That is probably the reason why not many Tibetans are interested in doing business in Lhasa. You can find many Tibetans, especially the elderly, circling around the temples, spinning their Prayer Wheel in their hands during the mornings and evenings. Each spin of Prayer Wheel represents having chanted scriptures once.
PS. Always spin the wheel/ walk around the temples CLOCKWISE. If you have any confusion, just follow the crowd.
I found the Tibetans a very interesting ethnic. With them, Lhasa is a very interesting place. A place to witness how the Tibetans live their religion and believe. A land you can indulge yourself into the peace and culture, religion and spirit of the Tibetans under the bright blue sky. And it is not only a place with just culture and religion. It is also a place with lots of to see, lots to eat, and lots to shop. A place I felt in love with.
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