Zimchongpa are foot soldiers based in Shol, Lhasa, supposedly descended from Gushri Khan, the Mongol ruler who held power in Tibet in the 17th century. They were given the task of carrying Banners in processions at various festivals or transporting the Dalai Lama‘s Mongolian-style tent when he travelled.

View of some of the 500-strong Zimchongpa warrriors at the Trapshi Tsisher review which took place on the twenty-third day of the first Tibetan month at Trapshi.