Thimphu's Food Culture
The living habits of Thimphu people are similar to those of China people. They also eat jiaozi. However, Thimphu cuisine is even more spicy than Sichuan cuisine in China. People in Thimphu regard peppers as vegetables, not spices. Every roof is covered with red peppers. In daily life, people in Thimphu not only add a lot of dried peppers to any dishes, but also like to eat raw peppers instead of chopping them directly in cold dishes.
There is another "strange" thing in Thimphu: the status of women in Thimphu is higher than that of men in social life. A Thimphu person said: "According to the folk custom in Thimphu, after marriage, a man must be adopted by his wife's family and become a member of her extended family. Husband and wife share the cost of family life and housework. " Because the son will eventually "insert the door backwards" and the daughter will take care of her parents, the daughter will naturally inherit most of the family's property, and the son can only get a small part. More interestingly, in Bhutan, as long as the husband agrees, the wife is even free to remarry at the same time.
Attractions in Thimphu
The famous Zhaxize Castle and Denjolin are located in Thimphu. Among them, the king's office and the royal secretariat are located in Zhaxiche Castle, while the royal bedroom and palace are located in Denchelin. In addition, there is a national memorial tower in Thimphu in memory of King Jigme Dolgigi wangchuck III. There are also rose gardens and the famous Simtoka in the suburbs of Yanbu.
Simtoka Castle was built in A.D. 1627, 8 kilometers away from Thimphu. This is a temple literature research institute, with eight most realistic portraits of bodhisattvas and some beautiful murals and sculptures. There are handicraft shopping malls, royal hotels, banquet halls, herbarium, luxury hotels, golf courses and markets.