Delivery men arrive at Medog. (Photo provided to Xinhua)

For days, neighbors and friends have been visiting Lhagye's home -- just to have a look at his new refrigerator.

Delivery men send the fridge to Lhagye's home in Medog. (Photo provided to Xinhua)

It is not the machine itself that draws the visitors, but how Lhagye has got it. The fridge was delivered to Lhagye's home in Medog, Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China from Chengdu, almost 4,000 km away in neighboring Sichuan Province.

Nobody in Medog had ever purchased a major appliance this way before.

Lhagye's brother shows the order of the fridge on his cellphone. (Photo provided to Xinhua)

Early in December, online shopper Lhagye was surprised to discover that Medog, China's last county to have a highway link, had been classified as "reachable" in e-commerce giant JD.com's logistics system.

So he ordered a fridge for 699 yuan (101 U.S. dollars). Eleven days later, it arrived at his door.

Lhagye's brother receives the fridge. (Photo provided to Xinhua)

"It's not like we've never seen a fridge before. It's just no one had ever sent anything this size to Medog, no matter how big the company," says Lhagye, who still finds it hard to believe.

Road that leads to Medog. (Photo provided to Xinhua)

Medog is surrounded by high mountain ranges and did not have a permanent road access until 2013.

From Chengdu to Lhasa then to Medog, the fridge has traversed some of the world's most rugged terrains, including mountains higher than 5,000 meters above sea level and the most dangerous sections of the Sichuan-Tibet highway.

Delivery truck on its way to Medog. (Photo provided to Xinhua)

It took five drivers 11 days to complete the delivery.

Delivery truck on its way to Medog. (Photo provided to Xinhua)

The county has three home appliance stores, but they have a limited range of supply and have no big brands. In addition, "the prices are almost 50 percent higher than those of the online stores," says Lhagye, an ethnic Moinba. "With JD's delivery, people in Medog are very excited. Many have asked me to help buy appliances online." Lhagye is a school teacher.

Online shopping has become more popular in Tibet, thanks to the rapid development of the Internet and logistics.

Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2016 shows a delivery truck near Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak. (Xinhua/Wu Haoyi)

"People are now buying clothes, accessories and other things online. It may take a while, but no longer than around 10 days," says Yang Li, owner of a hotel in Medog.

Promotions by e-commerce providers can also spark shopping frenzies in Tibet as elsewhere in China.

The Potala Palace in Lhasa (Xinhua/Wu Haoyi)

"During the largest annual promotion this year, about 400 to 500 packages piled up in our outlet daily," says Zhang Qingjie, a JD delivery man who works for the Jokhang Temple area in Lhasa.

Tibet's booming delivery business has attracted other major service providers such as EMS. And now too, Tibetan products are carried to other parts of China and the world.