[Xinwei Xiong] · March 27, 2026

1 min · 103 words · EN | 中

This article is available in Chinese. An English translation is in progress.

From February to March 2026, I stayed in Lhasa, Tibet — a city that forces you to slow down before you can begin to understand it. The altitude arrives first, then the silence, and finally the weight of everything the city carries.

This piece explores what it means to be a stranger in a place where time moves differently, where the landscape is both physical and spiritual, and where the ordinary and the sacred exist side by side.

(Full English translation coming soon. See the Chinese version for the complete article.)