Zanda County News Today

An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 30, 2024 shows the landscape of earth forest in Zanda County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest Chinas Xizang Autonomous Region. Zanda is famous for the unique landscape of earth forest. With gullies, ravines and steep mountainsides, the unique landscape was shaped as a result of gradual geological movements of the Himalayan region ever since the Quaternary Period from 2.5 million years ago and the impact of perennial water erosion and airslaking.

With gullies, ravines and steep mountainsides, the unique landscape was shaped as a result of gradual geological movements of the Himalayan region ever since the Quaternary Period from 2.5 million years ago and the impact of perennial water erosion and　　airslaking.

This aerial photo taken on Nov. 3, 2023 shows the landscape of earth forest

This photo taken on May 26, 2023 shows a lion in a mural in a grotto in Zanda County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest Chinas Tibet Autonomous Region.This aerial photo taken on May 26, 2023 shows the Piyang grottoes in Zanda County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest Chinas Tibet Autonomous Region.

This aerial photo taken on May 26, 2023 shows the scenery of the ruins of the Guge Kingdom at dusk in Zanda County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest Chinas Tibet Autonomous Region. The ancient Guge Kingdom was probably founded in the 10th century but it was abandoned by the end of the 17th century.

GLOBALink | A guardian of Tibetan Buddism grottoes in remote western Tibet-

This photo taken on May 25, 2023 shows the rainy landscape of earth forest in Zanda County, southwest Chinas Tibet Autonomous Region. Zanda is famous for the unique landscape of earth forest, which was formed by geological movement and soil erosion. These "forests" look yellowish, but the color varies in different parts.

Known as the Donggar and Piyang grottoes, the 1,000-year-old caverns in the Tibet Autonomous Regions Ngari Prefecture hold one of the worlds greatest collections of Tibetan Buddhist murals.

Murals seen in Donggar and Piyang grottoes in Tibet-

Pic story: guardian of caverns in Zanda County, SW China-