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Introducing Sêrshu
There are two places commonly called Sêrshu (or Sershul) : the traditional monastery town to the west (Sêrshu Dzong) and the modern county town of Sêrshu (Shíqú Xiàn), 30km to the east, which has most of the hotels and transport connections.
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While you’ll probably stop in Shíqú Xiàn en route between Manigango and Yùshù in Qīnghǎi. The huge monastery of Sêrshu Dzong and its intensely Tibetan village, full of wild-haired nomads (there’s not a Han Chinese in sight here), is by far the more interesting place and well worth a stopover.
Sêrshu Gompa houses 1200 monks and has two assembly halls, a Maitreya chapel and several other modern chapels and a shedra, with a kora (circular pilgrimage trail) encircling the lot. The road westwards from here towards Qīnghǎi is classic yak and nomad country, passing several long mani (prayer) walls and dozens of black yak hair tents in summer.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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