Useful Information for Nagqu Horse Racing Festival
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Useful Information for Nagqu Horse Racing Festival

Update: Jan. 23rd, 2013

Nagqu Horse Race Festival

Nagqu Horse Racing Festival is held on June 14th in Tibetan Calendar. During the festival, there is a large number of travelers from everywhere of the world coming to enjoy this bustling festival. Tibet Tour provides you some useful information for enjoying Nagqu Horse Racing Festival. It will help you to have a wonderful and unforgettable Tibet tour experience.

Useful Information for Nagqu Horse Racing Festival – Transportation

Railway

The Nagqu Railway Station is the freight station and supplying station of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, as well as the railway station with highest altitude in the world. Nagqu Railway Station is located in Ema Dige Village of Mendi Country. It is about two kilometers away from west of Nagqu. It is near to Qinghai-Tibet Highway. Presently, train T27 from Beijing, train T22 and train T23 from Chengdu, train T222 and train T223 from Chongqing, train K917 from Lanzhou, trains K9801, train K9811 and train L9815 from Xining, train T264 from Guangzhou and train T164 from Shanghai will stop at Nagqu Station. Hence, it is very convenient to take train to Nagqu. Furthermore, you can enjoy the wonderful scenery on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau when you take train to Nagqu.

Highway

Nagqu is an important city of Tibet. At the same time, it is also important city of communication on Qinghai-Tibet Highway. Hence, the transportation from Nagqu to other districts is very convenient. Especially, the transportation from Nagqu to Lhasa and Qinghai is very convenient. There are many scheduled buses from Nagqu to Lhasa and Qinghai. In Nagqu, there are several kinds of vehicles to Lhasa, such as Santana, Jinbei minibuses and minibuses. The fare varies from 60 CNY to 100 CNY. The vehicles will depart Nagqu at any time from morning to afternoon. Hence, it is very convenient to go to Lhasa after enjoying Nagqu Horse Racing Festival.

Useful Information for Nagqu Horse Racing Festival – Delicacy

With the effect of plateau geographical environment, the diet of Nagqu is typical Tibetan style. The diet of Tibetan mainly is animal by-products. The beef, mutton and pork are meat dishes, while ghee, cheese and vegetables are vegetarian food. At ordinary times, Tibetans mainly drink tea, fresh milk, yoghurt, etc. The cooked wheaten foods and staple foods in Nagqu are developing toward foods in hinterland of China. But traditional butter tea, dairy products and the consumption custom of beef and mutton are as them were. The restaurants in Nagqu mainly gather in large towns. Among towns of Nagqu, the Nagqu Town is relatively more bustling. The restaurants in Nagqu Town mainly are on Zhejiang Middle Road.

When you go to enjoy the Nagqu Horse Racing Festival in Tibet tour, please do not eat too much to add the burden of digestive system when you just reach Tibet. If you want to visit some remote towns in Nagqu before or after Nagqu Horse Racing Festival, you are kindly suggested to take some solid foods and drinking water with you because it is not very convenient to find restaurants to have meals in some districts.

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