Picturesque Larima Grassland (Photo/Xin Longxuan)
Larima Township, at an altitude of 3,600m, run through by the Ancient Tea Horse Road, is about 60km away from Xinlong County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Herds of yaks on the grassland (Photo/Xin Longxuan)
Larima means “a fairy land where people lead a peaceful and contented life” in Tibetan. It is said that a deity travelled to Larima and was attracted by the gorgeous scenery there. The deity then decided to settle down and guard the land. Therefore, Larima is also called “the land a deity once lived”.
Drazong Village has preserved its primitive style. (Photo/Xin Longxuan)
Larima Township has a village called Drazong, which features stone slab residences. Wooden fences, green stone slab paved streets and slate roofs there are rustic and practical.
Stone slab houses are common but a cluster of stone slab houses like Drazong Village is rare in Tibetan-inhabited areas.
Unique glamour of the stone slab Tibetan village (Photo/Xin Longxuan)
Stupas and stone carved Kangyur in Drazong Village (Photo/Xin Longxuan)
Drazong Village – the stone stab Tibetan village in the sun (Photo/Xin Longxuan)
Stone stab residences become local feature. (Photo/Xin Longxuan)
Drazong Village in the morning (Photo/Xin Longxuan)
