Songpan 松潘 ཕན་བདེ & Snow Mnt Ridge 雪山梁

Songpan 松潘, ཟུང་ཆུ། in Tibetan and formally known as Songzhou 松州, was an important military post. It was also an important economic and trading center for horse and tea exchange between Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet. This area was strategic during China’s Long March.

Click or tap the rectangles to explore Songpan and the breath taking view as we drove to Huanglong.

Wedding Dowery

We just happened to take a walk early i the morning and caught a wedding about to take place. We learned that when the groom comes by to take the bride he must place a dowery in the bag being lowered. The bag is lowered several times before the bride's family is satisfied. At which time, the doors are unlocked and the groom can get his bride. The bag was lowered 2-3 times.