Strong whiff of ethnic culture

It was destroyed by an earthquake, but the disaster has brought new attention to the once obscure outpost, which unwittingly finds itself attracting curious visitors

It's a city built amid mountain ranges. Tucked away from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the city grabbed the world's attention when a massive earthquake convulsed it in 2010.

I did not notice any devastation caused by the earthquake during my trip there in late July.