Bangongcuo Lake (班公措) 

Located in the northwest of Shiquanhe Town (Lion Fountain River) along the Xinjiang-Tibetan Highway, it takes 3 to 4 hours to reach there. Road condition will be bad especially in rainy season. 

Tibetans call it “Cuomu’anla’renbo”, which means Swan with a Long Neck. It covers an area of 604 sq. km with length about 150km but width just only 2 to 5 kilometers and the narrowest part only 5 meters. There are many fish and birds living in the lake and in the area respectively. You can rent a boat in the lake for sightseeing or watching birds on the bird-viewing island. It is interesting to know that the lake’s one part in China and the other in India. The former part is of fresh water and the latter part is salty and no fish inside. 

It is reminded that the birds there are the endangered species and protected by the state, you cannot bring the bird eggs home. The boat for rent will charge you 80 RMB per capita but you can bargain. A kind of fish without scales that grows slowly due to the harsh plateau climate, but so delicious. 

Tuolin Monastery (托林寺) (Ticket: 30 Yuan per capita) 

The monastery lies in the north of Zheda County besides the bank of Xiangquan River. It was built by Yixiwo (益西沃) the Emperor of the Guge Kingdom in 11th century. Because the kingdom promoted Buddhism so Tuolin Monastery became the center of the religion at that time. The scale and style imitated the ancient Tibetan Samye Monastery (桑耶寺). Although the monastery was damaged a lot in the past centuries, it has still been greatness with many temples and pagodas. 

Kejia Monastery (科加寺) (Ticket: 30 Yuan per capita) 

Kejia Town, 100 km southeast of Alipulan (阿里普兰) County and 19km from the Pulan city center. You need to hire van as far as there. 

Kejia in Tibetan means “settled down in one place”. Kejia Monastery was established in early 12th century and its name had appeared in many books and novels in 14th century. The origin of the monastery is quite interesting: one day the people in Ge’er (噶尔) area who mastered the technique of making Buddha statues were bringing the Goddess of Mercy (Kwan-yin) statue to another place by horse carriage, when they reached the Peacock River’ bank, it was stuck by stones and the problem couldn’t be solved by any method, so they built a monastery there and named it “Kejia”. 

Wenquan’hu’wenquan (Hot Spring Lake) 

The spring in the lake area is one of the three pilgrimage places in western Tibet. It was said that a monk had attained highest state of enlightenment in Buddhism there. The pilgrims who came here thought that they could free themselves from sin. There are many Buddha sculptures in the monastery. Although the Kejia Monastery is small, the efficacious power of Buddha has attracted many pilgrims to pray peace and wealth for nearly a thousand years. 

Tangga (唐嘎) International Market 

Trade activities in Ngari are mainly engaged in Tangga International Market in Pulan. It opens from 15 July to 15 October annually. Shops are owned and run principally by Indian, Nepalese and Tibetan merchants. It has just a 2km distance from Pulan Custom and Quarantine Complex, the Peacock River is just located between them. The Indian and Nepalese sell cloth, wool, bed sheets, brown sugar, perfume from France and India, hair gel, cosmetic products and jewelry etc. Some merchants also sell sugar or other merchandises to exchange wools from Tibetans. 

Qiaotou (桥头) Market 

There are two hanging bridges can reach the Tangga International Market. A small market near the entry of the bridge in older part of the city called “Qiaotou Market”, run by locals and Nepalese.