Barkhor Street is a very ancient round street surrounding the Jokhang Temple that located in the old area of Lhasa City, Tibet which theTibetan people are always proud of it. As a symbol of Lhasa, this street is also a must-see place for the tourists.

Barkhor Street is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts assemble and a place to which a visit must be paid. It was said that in the seventh century when Songtsen Gampo, the first Tibetan King (617 or ?-650) who unified Tibet, married Chinese Princess Wencheng and Nepal princess Tritsun. Later Princess Tritsun built Jokhang Temple to accommodate the Jowo Sakyamuni aged 12 brought to Tibet by Princess Wencheng. Barkhor is the road which pilgrims tramped out around Jokhang Temple through centuries.

Some pilgrims walking or progressing body-lengths by body-lengths along the street. Even some of them are teenagers or have experienced thousands of miles' walk to reach this sacred place. The way they express their piety could make you understand how strong the power of the holiness of religion.

Barkhor, the sacred pilgrim path, is also a marketplace where shaggy nomads, traders, robed monks and chanting pilgrims join together. Shops and stalls, clustering, sell printed scriptures, cloth prayer flags and other religious vessels, jewelry, Tibetan knives, ancient coins and etc. which are a unique art of Tibet with the themes of religion, history, literature, science and customs. Occasionally you can also find some articles from India and Nepal in this street as well.