Alongside Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple is one of the most important sites in Tibet. The Jokhang Temple was built in the seventh century to promote Buddhism in Tibet, and as such earned the ...

The map says you're in China, but you're really in the Tibetan capital, home to the Potala Palace, the Dalai Lama's former residence, and Jokhang Temple, the holiest site in Tibetan Buddhism.

Barkhor Street is one big circular street that goes around Jokhang Temple and is filled to the brim with shops and stalls catering to those who want to take a little piece of Tibet home.

In 2005, Qambalin was built by its first chief priest, now 84-year-old Eibin Morishita, and modeled after the Jokhang Temple Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Lhasa. "Qamba," also spelled ...