The shopping strategies of the Barkhor Street

Shopping is one of the necessary things when you get to a new place; especially there are a lot of national and cool souvenirs. For the tourists, the Barkhor Street is the characteristic shopping heaven and tour sight in the Lhasa. And it has become the unique view in the snow plateau; also it is different from the another shopping market, so how do the tourists should pay attention to the way of the shopping when they want to get some thing in the Barkhor street? Let us share some shopping strategies!

The outline about the Barkhor Street!

If you want to have the Tibet travel from Shanghai and get Lhasa for sightseeing, it should be said that the Barkhor Street with the spreading granite is the first choice of the tourists. It is not only the religious street, cultural street, folk street, and, but it was a famous sightseeing street and shopping street. What is more, you will not have any language obstacle when you shopping in the Barkhor street. There are a lot of various people who come from all over the world, even the business man. Maybe you will meet some one who is similar to you, also comes to Nepal and do the business or has the Tibet travel from Nepal.

The wealthy and special souvenir which you should take away!

When you get to the Barkhor Street at the first time, you will feel pretty dazzle about the perfect goods. Now I will tell you the ten things you should get.

1. Jewelry

Tibetan jewelry contains the pearl, the agate, the gold and the silver products, etc. and the different Tibetan jewelry has different meaning, also the same kind of Tibetan accessories but in different style mean is different meaning, but it basically means blessing.

2. The Ox bone ornaments

Yak is Tibetan's best friend, it is praised as the beautiful sacred animals by the Tibetan, the ox bone as a kind of unique adornment, it is original and natural, straightforward, also bold and unconstrained, give the wearer a kind of wild charm!

3. Tibetan knife

Tibetan knife is the necessary thing which the Tibetan carry with them, not only can be used to cut meat, can also be used for self-defense, or a special kind of decoration. Men's Tibetan knife is commonly straightforward and sharp; lady's Tibetan knife is delicate and small.

4.  The Mask

Tibetan mask is a kind of handicraft which derived out from religion, Tibetan called "ba". It generally divided into three kinds—“TiaoShen mask”, “hang mask” and “Tibetan opera mask”. The TiaoShen mask designs have ghost, guardian deity, fairy, animal totem, etc. mainly used in ceremony which is held in the temple or every major festival. The hang mask basically is all kinds of sight of the god, such as the guardian deity, the auspicious goddess, the heaven etc. Tibetan opera mask is more in the folk, contain the blue masks and white mask, according to Tibetan opera drama, there are all kinds of character types of facial makeup in operas; such as king, princess, fairy and the devil, etc.

5. Thangka

It is the scroll painting which is with a full-bodied Tibet amorous feeling, mostly figure of Buddha and bodhisattva; there are also some wall charts about the flowers and birds, landscape and medicine, astronomy.

6. Tibet wool

Tibet wool is translated in Tibetan; actually it is the handmade cloth. There are so many kinds of color, the black, red, green and so on, it is the main material and durable to make the Tibetan clothing, Tibetan shoes, and Tibetan cap; also it is with good warmth.

7. The Tibetan blanket

The Tibetan blanket is the Tibet's traditional handicrafts, the style is with each customs and each different in accordance. The weave of the Tibet carpet is unique; and has the bright color; carpet surface is soft and exquisite; also has the washing fastness. In addition has the rich colorific design and decorative pattern, so there is a very high appreciation value for collection.

8. Tibetan incense

It is A kind of very good tourism souvenir, the Tibetans also use it when they toward the Buddha, make the exorcism and hold religious activities. The Tibetan incense fragrance is pure and honest, put it into the wardrobe, not only clothing will be fragrance, but also prevent the insect-resistant. Some special ingredients can prevent and control the infectious disease, epidemic disease, etc.

9. The Tibet medicine

When the Tibetan people struggle with the nature and various disease, it form the unique Tibetan medicine system, many medicine have good curative effect for the cardiovascular disease, cancer and other diseases. “Pearl seventy” “A ka jiu a” “the alpine snow lotus”, "rhodiola" and "musk", all of these are rare medicine, you can buy in general pharmacy or tourist shop.

10. Religious souvenirs

At the mention of Tibetan religion, people will associate with local ethnic Lamaism and its mysterious atmosphere. And the related technology souvenirs also give a person with mysterious dignified feeling can be said to be a symbol of Tibetan religious history; such as: prayer wheel, stone carvings, etc.

You should make the Bargaining in the Barkhor Street.

Just as the several shopping streets, the price of the Barkhor Street is in different level. You can not so impulse that get the high price goods but in low quality. Well, Travelers should shop around more, and then decide which shop you more prefer and which good will choose. So you can take away the souvenirs have excellent quality and reasonable price on your Tibet travel from Beijing.

What the Barkhor Street is like? How is the scène of the bargaining? Which souvenir you will prefer? All of the questions must be answer by yourself after you have the Lhasa and Tibet travel. Come and have the heaven travel, take away the “heaven” and then put it in your pocket.