The Norbulingka Park
There is a beautiful park in the western suburbs of Lhasa.It used to be the Summer Palace for the dalai Lamas where they handled political affairs,and practised religious activities The construction started in 40s of the 18th century,covering a floor space of 46 ha. The whole park has more than 370 rooms of different sizes,and lawns,shaded by green trees and embrided by various flowrs.With the clear water,and the flowers and trees around,it is known as the "park ithin the park"

The Sakya Monastery-an Art Gallery
The Sakya Monastery is divided into the south and the North two parts.The construction of the monastery was started in 1073 by Kung GungQuijiepuo with the order from basba.It is of typical Yuan Dynasty style resembling castles. There are a lot of historical articles in the monastery,among them are found a lot of the imperial certificates,gold signets,crowns,costumes bestowed by the Yuan Dynasty emperors.There are also a lot of statues of Buddha,ritual articles,and articles of lections of handwritten scriptures in gold powder or cinnabar.It has over 10,000 volumes of tibetan books on astronomy, medicine, callingraphy, and history.So the Shaja Monastery enjoys the title " the Second Dunhuang Cave".

The Xialu Monastery
The Xialu Monastery is situated in Rikuozuo. The onstruction was started in 1000.Its architecture is of typical combination of the Tibetan and Chinese styles with th archways,carved pillars,tiled roofs and the Song and Yuan style murals. Besides the various sorts of statues of Buddha,it also has 4 treasures to be enshrined. The first is a scripture printing board carved out of sandalwood.The 2nd is a copper jar to contain holy water.It is said that the water is changed every other 12 years,but the quantity and quality of the water do not change even if it has been in the jar for 12 years.The 3 rd is a stone basin which is said to be used by Shaja Banzhida.The 4th is a stone Board with the 6-character principle engraved on ti.On the 4 corners of the board are also engraved four clarit pagodas.It is said that when the construction first started,the board was Unearthed.

The Kubum Monastery and the 10,000 Baddha Pagoda
The Kubum Monastery was built in the 15th century,It is situated in the west of Gyantse Town With mountains enclosing from the east,west and north 3 sides,its uniqueness is that its three Sects of Buddhism-shaja,Ningma and Guolu are living harmoniously under one roof.Each sect Has 6-7 courtyards in the monastery. There are various kinds of thangas, a huge bronze statue of jiangba,the jainrese of a Thousand Hands and a Thousand Eyes in the monastery.There is a hall of arhat mad during the Ming Dynasty.The arhats are so vivid that they look very much alive.
Besides the monastey is the world famous 9-storey 10,000-Buddha Pagoda.It stands 32 m,has 108 Doors,77 buddhist chambers and countless shrines.Enshrine in the Pagoda are 10,000 statues of Buddha.The Pagoda opens 8 doors which are decorated with relief sculptures of lively flying dragons,running lions and walking elephants.It is a masterpiece of the joint efforts of the Nepalese,Tibetan and Chinese.