Dege

The highlight of Dege (aka Derge) is its 280-year-old printing temple, the largest collection of Tibetan woodblocks in the world and a reservoir of Tibetan culture. The process remains traditional today and it was fun to observe the manual steps of block printing, authentication, and binding of the scripture. The temple stores an immense collection of Tibetan and Buddhist literature, some of which are the only remaining versions in the world.