On Tour in Tibet
Our group from Singles in Paradise traveled to Nepal and Tibet in November 2014. This video shows the Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple in Tibet.
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The Potala palace is perched on the top of the Red Hill and dominates the skyline of Lhasa. The palace can be divided into two sections, the White Palace and the Red Palace. It was built by Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century and used it as his centre of meditation. It was however in 1645 under the fifth Dalai Lama, Lozang Gyatso, that the palace took a massive shape as the white palace became complete. The construction of the Red Palace began in 1690 and was completed within a span of 4 years. It was the residence of the Dalai Lamas, until the 14th Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959. Today the palace serves as a state museum of China. The palace has vast inward-sloping walls and has many windows and its roofs are flat at various levels. The central part of this group of buildings is quadrangular. This towering central portion of Potala is called the Red palace. It contains the principal halls and chapels and shrines of past Dalai Lamas. It still holds items like murals, Holy Scriptures and sutras that are invaluable to Buddhism. Today the Potala Palace is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is one of the most visited structures in the world.
The Jokhang Temple is the most revered Buddhist temple in Lhasa and of Tibet, built by King Songtsen Gampo in about 642 AD. This temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was originally called, Rasa Tulnang Tsuklakang (House of Mysteries). In the 11th century a learned Buddhist monk named Atisha, taught here and it was after that, that the Jokhang temple got recognition. Today the temple covers an area of about 25,000 sq. ft. The Jokhang temple is a four storied structure. The style is basically Indian in its approach but has been well blended with Nepalese and well as Tibetan influences. The roofs of the temple are gilded with bronze. The rooftop has statues of two golden deer surrounding a Dharma wheel.
Potala Palace Aerial Video, Lhasa Travel Video, Tibet, China 4K
Potala Palace Aerial Video, Lhasa Travel Video, Tibet, China 4K.
The Potala Palace (Tibetan: ཕོ་བྲང་པོ་ཏ་ལ་, Wylie: pho brang Potala) in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China was the residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It is now a museum and World Heritage Site.
The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, the mythical abode of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. The 5th Dalai Lama started its construction in 1645 after one of his spiritual advisers, Konchog Chophel (died 1646), pointed out that the site was ideal as a seat of government, situated as it is between Drepung and Sera monasteries and the old city of Lhasa.It may overlay the remains of an earlier fortress called the White or Red Palace on the site,[4] built by Songtsen Gampo in 637.
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The Jokhang Temple, home of the most venerated statue in Tibet
The Jokhang, (Tibetan: ཇོ་à½à½„་; Wylie: Jo-khang; Chinese: å¤§æ˜ å¯º; pinyin: Dà zhÄosì), also called the Qokang,[citation needed] Jokang, Jokhang Temple, Jokhang Monastery or Tsuklakang (gTsug lag khang) , is the first Buddhist temple in Tibet, located on Barkhor Square in Lhasa. It was built during the reign of king Songsten Gampo (605?-650 CE) to celebrate his marriage with Chinese Tang Dynasty princess Wencheng, who was a Buddhist. The temple was called the Tsulag Khang or 'House of Wisdom' but it is now known as the Jokhang which means the 'House of the Buddha'.[1]
For most Tibetans it is the most sacred and important temple in Tibet. It is in some regards pansectarian, but is presently controlled by the Gelug school.
Along with the Potala Palace, it is probably the most popular tourist attraction in Lhasa. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace and a spiritual centre of Lhasa.
The Jokhang temple was constructed by King Songtsän Gampo (see also internet variant Songsten Gampo) probably in 642. It was originally called the Rasa Tulnang Tsuklakang or The House of Mysteries, The Magical Emanation at Rasa [the early name for Lhasa]. Both Bhrituti and Wencheng, the Nepalese and Chinese wives of Songsten Gampo brought important Buddhist statues and images to Tibet as part of their dowries, and the were housed here.
It was boarded up during the reign of the Bönpo king, Langdharma (reigned 838-841 CE). The famous Buddhist Master Atisha taught here in the 11th century and it has been considered the most important temple in Lhasa ever since.
This temple has remained a key center of Buddhist pilgrimage for centuries. It was sacked several times by the Mongols, but the building survived. In the past several centuries the temple complex was expanded and now covers an area of about 25,000 sq. meters.
There is a walled enclosure in front of the Jokhang which contains some willows called the Jowo Utra ('Hair of the Jowo') and a doring or inscribed pillar erected by the Chinese in 1793 during a smallpox epidemic. It records the Sino-Tibetan treaty of 822 concluded by King Ralpacan and includes China and Tibet's vow of eternal peace and mutual respect of the borders of their independent states as well as advice on hygiene measures to prevent smallpox.
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Pilgrims circumambulate The Jokhang Temple in Tibet:
The Jokhang Temple: Tibet
The Jokhang temple is a four-story construction, with roofs covered with gilded bronze tiles. The architectural style is based on the Indian vihara design, and was later extended resulting in a blend of Nepalese and Tang Dynasty styles. The rooftop statues of two golden deer flanking a Dharma wheel is iconic. Jokhang's interior is a dark and atmospheric labyrinth of chapels dedicated to various gods and Bodhisattvas, illuminated by votive candles and thick with the smoke of incense. Although some of the temple has been rebuilt, original elements remain: the wooden beams and rafters have been shown by carbon dating to be original; the Newari door frames, columns and finials date from the 7th and 8th centuries.
The Jokhang temple sits on Barkhor Square in the old section of Lhasa. The entire temple complex occupies approximately 25,000 sq.meters. Pilgrims circumambulate the temple as part a pilgrimage to the site. The circumabulation route is known as the kora in Tibetan and is marked by four large stone incense burners placed at the corners of the temple complex. After circumambulating the exterior, pilgrims make their way to the main hall of the temple which houses the Jowo Shakyamuni Buddha statue, perhaps the single most venerated object in Tibetan Buddhism. There are also famous statues of Chenresig, Padmasambhava and King Songtsan Gambo and his two foreign brides, Princess Wen Cheng (niece of Emperor Taizong of Tang China) and Princess Bhrikuti of Nepal. Many of the statues were destroyed during the cultural revolution but have since been recreated -- often including broken pieces of the original statues. A chapel to the south of the main hall houses many statues of various Bodhisattva many in yab-yum pose.
A walled enclosure in front of the Jokhang contains the stumps of willows known as the Jowo Utra ('Hair of the Jowo') which according to tradition were planted by Queen Wen Ching at the time the temple was consecrated. Two doring or inscribed pillars flank the north and south entrances to the temple. The pillar on the south side was erected by the Chinese in 1793 during a smallpox epidemic and records advice on hygiene measures to prevent smallpox. On the north side another far older pillar sits. It records the Sino-Tibetan treaty of 822 concluded by King Ralpacan and includes the following inscription: Tibet and China shall abide by the frontiers of which they are now in occupation. All to the east is the country of Great China; and all to the west is, without question, the country of Great Tibet. Henceforth on neither side shall there be waging of war nor seizing of territory. If any person incurs suspicion he shall be arrested; his business shall be inquired into and he shall be escorted back,
The third floor contains an image of Palden Lhamo, fierce protector of both Lhasa and the Dalai Lama.
Lhasa City Tour with Drak Yerpa Monastery
Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, is an ancient city with a history of over 1,300 years. It is also known as the City of Sunlight.” Stay over there for 4 nights will help you understand better this mysterious territory.
Day-by-day Itinerary
D01 Arrival in Lhasa
Arrive at Gonggar Airport (3500m), welcome by the local tour guide, transfer 60km (paved road, about 1 hour drive ) to the city, drive along the Yalutsangpo River and Lhasa River, enjoy the unique scenery of Tibetan style villages and Nyetang Buddha along the way ,check in at Thangka Hotel (3-4*) or similar in Lhasa (3658m) and rest for acclimatization.
D02 Lhasa
After breakfast at the hotel, take a tour to Potala Palace. It was the local government location, and was divided into two parts, the white palace and red one; it was also the highest castle-style palace in the world; Visit Jolkhang Temple and Barkhor Market, the heart of the old Lhasa town, here you’ll enjoy fascinating combination of deep religiosity and push and shove market economics. In Tibetan Buddhism Jokhang is also regarded as the center of the Universe, it is a must sightseeing in Lhasa. (B,L)
D03 Lhasa
Enjoy a day tour to Drak Yerpa Monastery- A folk song is popular in Tibet, Lhasa is the holy spirit axis of Tibet. Yerpa is the spirit axis of Lhasa. If you go to Lhasa instead of Yerpa equals to making a clothes without collar.Called as the secret place hidden behind the Holy City, the Drak Yerpa monastery has some of the oldest and famous meditation caves in the area. Built on a hillside with more than 80 meditation caves, Drak Yerpa owns over 1,500 years history. Some of the caves are associated with the great names of Tibetan Buddhism: Songtsan Gampo, the first ruler of a united Tibet; Padmasambhava, a sage guru who was instrumental in bringing Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century; and Lhalung Pelgyi Dorje, one of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava who is said to have hidden here after assassinating an anti-Buddhist King. Return to Lhasa. (B,L)
D04 Departure
Transfer to the airport for your next destination. (B)
The price includes:
1. 3 nights 3-star hotel accommodation based on a double occupancy with daily breakfast
2. 2 lunches at local restaurants
3. Entrance fees to the sites mentioned above
4. Service of English (German/Spanish/French/Japanese/Russian)-speaking guide upon request
5. Airport transfers and transportation during the excursion mentioned above
6. Tibet permission and insurance
The price does not include:
1. Domestic flights to/from Lhasa
2. Dinners
3. Personal expenses
4. Tips to local guide and driver
Note:
* Since the caves and temples were built on the cliff of the mountain with an elevation of 4000 meters, it is a physically challenging tour. Please consider the tour according to your own physical condition.
* Single Supplement is USD$ 195 per person
The New Tibet (part 3/5)
Since in 1958 the Chinese army invaded Tibet, Lhasa has undergone a major transformation from a small city feudal prohibited fabulous and a gross metropolis of concrete and glass, as the other major Chinese cities, not want to miss the train of progress.
Especially in the last 20 years, major investors in the Chinese east coast have looked in this remote region rich in natural resources and cheap labor, and where the local government has enormous fiscal and social advantages.
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Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet
Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet
High on Moburi means Red Hill, in central Lhasa, stands the world famous Potala Palace. It was built as the center of Tibetan government by the fifth Dalai Lama in 1645. The chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It was inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. This amazing palace has the honor of being the highest ancient palace in the world, with its highest point reaching 3,750 meters or 12,300 feet above sea level, towering 100 meters or 300 feet above the city of Lhasa. This 13-stories-high palace has over 1,000 rooms, and covers over 13 hectares or 32 acres. The stone walls measure 3 meters or 10 feet)thick on average.
The Red Palace is the higher of the two palaces, and is made up of several chapels. Used as a house of prayer by the Dalai Lama, this part of the Potala Palace was dedicated to the study of Buddhism and the advancement of the religion.
Housed within the Red Palace are several mausoleums of previous Dalai Lamas. Each mausoleum is built with stateliness and honor in mind. The mausoleum of the fifth Dalai Lama (the Potala's patron), located in the west of the palace stands five stories high, is overlaid with gold, diamonds, pearls, and many other precious gems, and expresses the high honor the people had for this Buddhist saint.
The golden roof group is a unique view of the Potala Palace. It's on the top of the Red Palace, composed of seven roofs made of gilded bronze. They are the tops of the holy stupas of the Dalai Lamas. Every golden roof is decorated with one to five flower-and-bell-shaped spires, which serve as lightning conductors. If you step out on the palace roof, you can see the blue sky and white cloud above your head and overlook the city.
The White Palace was home to ten successive Dalai Lamas and their courts. Also located there are the offices of the Tibetan government, governmental assembly halls, and other official offices.
The original White Palace was built as a present from King Songtsan Gampo to his bride-to-be in 637, but destroyed during the ninth century. The fifth Dalai Lama built the current one on its site, and therefore, this structure pays homage to him in greater measure than previous Dalai Lamas or those that would follow.
After Norbulingka was built in 1755, it became the summer residence of the Dalai Lama, and the White Palace became known as the winter estate of this saint of Buddhism.
History of Potala Palace — This hilltop site above the city of Lhasa originally hosted the meditation retreat of King Songtsen Gampo, who built the first palace there in 637 in order to greet his bride Princess Wencheng of China.
Construction of the present palace began in 1645 under the fifth Dalai Lama, Lobsang Gyatso, an important figure in Tibetan history. Known as the Great Fifth, he unified Tibet and made the Yellow Hat sect the state religion. The White Palace was completed in 1648, after which it was used as winter quarters by the Dalai Lama.
Construction on the Red Palace was still underway when the Great Fifth died in 1682. Fearing the project would be abandoned, the monks kept his death a secret for 10 years until the Red Palace was completed. In the meantime, the Dalai Lama was impersonated by a monk who looked most like him.
In 1959, the current Dalai Lama fled to India amid riots against the Chinese military occupation of Tibet; he remains in exile today. During the Cultural Revolution (1966-77), the remaining monks were expelled and the abandoned palace was looted and damaged by Chinese soldiers.
Today, only a few monks are allowed to occupy the Potala Palace under strict supervision and Tibetan pilgrims are not generally admitted to the shrines. The Chinese government operates the palace as a state museum and has recently renovated the building to attract foreign tourists.
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Princess Wencheng -- Live Show in Tibet
About 1,300 years ago, Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) left the capital Chang'an (present-day Xi'an in Shanxi Province) for the Tubo Kingdom, today's Tibet, which was about 2,000 miles away in the southwest. She was to join Songtsan Gambo, King of Tubo, to whom her royal father had just married. This interracial matrimony helped strengthen the ties between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo Kingdom. The story of Princess Wencheng and Songtsan Gambo has been cherished by the Tibetans and the rest of the Chinese people ever since. As historical record is sketchy, most what is known about the story is legendary.
In The Land Of The Holy Monks (Tibet) Vacation Travel Video Guide
Travel video about destination the highlands of Tibet in the Himalayas.
Surrounded by the Himalayas, the highest mountains in the world, lies a hidden treasure, the highlands of Tibet, one of the most fascinating regions on Earth. In Lhasa, the capital of Tibet that is also known as ‘city of the gods’, religion plays a special role in the lives of its population and hordes of pilgrims pack themselves into the sacred route that leads around the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa’s most important sacred building. The origin of the most famous building in Lhasa is the Potala Palace that dates back to the time of Songtsen Gampo in 637 A.D. It became known worldwide mainly due to its function as having been the former seat of government of Tibet and as the official residence of the Dalai Lama. Drepung was once the richest monastery in Tibet as can be seen by the abundant furnishings of the monastery, despite the dramatic events of the more recent past. In contrast with many other Tibetan monasteries this holy district suffered little destruction and the Cultural Revolution that was forced upon Tibet by China only brought about a temporary lull in the life of the monastery. One of the biggest and most important monuments of Tibet’s sacred architecture is the amazing Kumbum Chorten, a three-dimensional mandala that can be entered. After the ritual journey through Kumbum Chorten the route symbolically passes through the entire Buddhist path of deliverance to as far as Nirvana. Tibet, the ‘land of holy monks’ on the roof of the world has a truly unique atmosphere and is most certainly a land that breathes original beauty and remarkable monastery culture.
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Yushu has an alpine subarctic climate with long, cold, very dry winters, and short, rainy, and mild summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from early/mid October to late April; however, due to the intense high altitude sun the average high never goes below the freezing mark during this long winter season. In November, the city receives 2,496 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −7.6 °C (18.3 °F) in January to 12.7 °C (54.9 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 3.22 °C (37.8 °F). As with most areas in northwest Sichuan and southwest Qinghai, about 74% of the annual precipitation of 486 mm (19.1 in) is delivered in the relatively rainy season from June to September.
Highlights of your visit to Yushu may include a walk up the hill to the Jiegu monastery, also known as the Jyekundo Dondrubling Monastery, which has an excellent view over the town below.
The Gyanak (Jiana) Mani Stone Pile, Tibet’s largest pile of sacredly engraved stones with 100’s of pilgrims that walk and prostrate around its perimeter, is a 30-40min walk to the east on the main road. Or it’s convenient to take bus #1 or #2 for just 1 RMB to this interesting spot. The best time to visit the Gyanak Mani, assembling over 2 billion individually carved stones, is in the early morning when locals show up en mass to make the pilgrimage circuit before the day’s activities. At this time, the Mani Stone pile is buzzing with energy and you could easily spend 2-3 hours just people watching as a wave of Tibetan nomad culture walks right in front of you.
Another highlight in the Yushu area is the Temple of Princess Wencheng. The Temple of Princess Wencheng is a historical and cultural relic left by Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) on her way to Tibet in the year of 641 to marry the then ruler of the Tibetan Kingdom, Songtsen Gampo, in a move for political unification. This is an excellent place for a 2-3 hour hike around an entire mountain totally covered in a blanket of bright colors of prayer flags. From a distance the mountain appears to have been the home to a giant spider who has woven its all encompassing web from mountain top to mountain top. A taxi to the Temple of Princess Wencheng cost around Y50. Try to negotiate with a driver to see both sites as they are both outside of town in different directions.
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Potala Palace, China Travel - The site on which the Potala Palace rises is built over a palace erected by Songtsän Gampo on the Red Hill. The Potala contains two chapels on its the northwest corner that conserve parts of the original building. One is the Phakpa Lhakhang, the other the Chogyel Drupuk, a recessed cavern identified as Songtsän Gampos meditation cave. Lozang Gyatso, the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, started the construction of the modern Potala Palace in 1645 after one of his spiritual advisers, Konchog Chophel (died 1646), pointed out that the site was ideal as a seat of government, situated as it is between Drepung and Sera monasteries and the old city of Lhasa. The external structure was built in 3 years, while the interior, together with its furnishings took 45 years to complete.The Dalai Lama and his government moved into the Potrang Karpo (White Palace) in 1649.Construction lasted until 1694, some twelve years after his death. The Potala was used as a winter palace by the Dalai Lama from that time. The Potrang Marpo (Red Palace) was added between 1690 and 1694.
The new palace got its name from a hill on Cape Comorin at the southern tip of India—a rocky point sacred to the bodhisattva of compassion, who is known as Avalokitesvara, or Chenrezi. The Tibetans themselves rarely speak of the sacred place as the Potala, but rather as Peak Potala (Tse Potala), or usually as the Peak.
The palace was slightly damaged during the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese in 1959, when Chinese shells were launched into the palaces windows. It also escaped damage during the Cultural Revolution in 1966 through the personal intervention of Zhou Enlai,who was then the Premier of the Peoples Republic of China. Still, almost all of the over 100,000 volumes of scriptures, historical documents and other works of art were either removed, damaged or destroyed.
The Potala Palace was inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. In 2000 and 2001, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka were added to the list as extensions to the sites. Rapid modernisation has been a concern for UNESCO, however, which expressed concern over the building of modern structures immediately around the palace which threaten the palaces unique atmosphere. The Chinese government responded by enacting a rule barring the building of any structure taller than 21 metres in the area. UNESCO was also concerned over the materials used during the restoration of the palace, which commenced in 2002 at a cost of RMB180 million (US$22.5 million), although the palaces director, Qiangba Gesang, has clarified that only traditional materials and craftsmanship were used. The palace has also received restoration works between 1989 to 1994, costing RMB55 million (US$6.875 million).
The number of visitors to the palace was restricted to 1,600 a day, with opening hours reduced to six hours daily to avoid over-crowding from 1 May 2003. The palace was receiving an average of 1,500 a day prior to the introduction of the quota, sometimes peaking to over 5,000 in one day. Visits to the structures roof was banned after restoration works were completed in 2006 to avoid further structural damage.
Visitorship quotas were raised to 2,300 daily to accommodate a 30% increase in visitorship since the opening of the Qingzang railway into Lhasa on 1 July 2006, but the quota is often reached by mid-morning.Opening hours were extended during the peak period in the months of July to September, where over 6,000 visitors would descend on the site.
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Journey to Tibet's first Palace Yumbu Lhakhang and first Monastery Samye
Three hours from Lhasa along the northern banks of the Yarlung Tsangpo river stands the Samye Monastery.
Samye was built in the mid 8th century and is the first Buddhist Temple constructed in Tibet in a formerly Bon dominated region. Samye monastery was built under the patronage of King Trisong Detsen by the great Indian Masters Padmasambhava and Shantarakshita.
The lay out of Samye Monastery is in the shape of a giant mandala, the main temple in the centre represents the legendary Mount Meru. In the corners of Samye Monastery are four stupas in the colours white, red, green and black.
One of the highlights at Samye is the Chenrezig Lhakhang, which houses a beautiful statue of Chenrezig with a eye painted on the palm of each of his thousand hands. Samye Monastery contains many precious relics like the hair of Padmasambhava and his walking stick, the skull of Shantarakshita.
The Yarlung Valley (ཡར་ཀླུང་གཞུང་ ,雅鲁流域) has a diverse history, it is considered the cradle of Tibetan civilization. According to legends the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo, was believed to have descended here from heaven.
Yumbulhakhang, the first palace in Tibet, is located on the Zhaxi Ceri Mountain in Tsedang, 7 miles from Nedong County in Lhoka Prefecture of Tibet. It has a history of over 2000 years.
The followers of the Bon religion believe that the Yumbulhakhang Palace was erected in the 2 century BC by the first Tibetan king of the Yarlung Dynasty, Nyatri Tsenpo, who was believed to have descended from heaven onto the sacred mountain Yarlha Shampo.
Later Yumbulhakhang Palace became the summer palace of the 33rd ruler of the Yarlung Dynasty King Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty. King Songsten Gampo built the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple in Lhasa in Central Tibet. Under the reign of the 5th Dalai Lama of the Gelug School (Yellow Hat tradition) of Tibetan Buddhism, Yumbulhakhang was converted into a monastery for the Gelug school.
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布達拉宮‧西藏拉薩‧Potala Palace‧Lhasa‧Tibet
據記載唐朝和番的公主為數不少,當中文成公主遠嫁松贊干布就最為人津津樂道;這段婚姻為西藏帶來了文化與技術,而布達拉宮就是為了迎娶她而建的;後來吐蕃王朝覆亡,布達拉宮成為藏傳佛教達賴喇嘛的殿宇;現在達賴流亡國外,此地成為旅遊勝地了。講求文化保育的今天,不准攝影已是指定動作;我們只能拍入口的園舍,通往皇宮的長坡和石階,殿門的四大金剛,等等。隨著導遊在宮裡繞圈子的時候,我在想,我們在外面看到的很多扇的窗子以前都會打開吧,否則古代照明系統沒現在這麼先進的年代,會暗到什麼模樣呢。According to history, peace exchange marriages of princesses to foreign kings were numerous in the Tang Dynasty. Among which, Princess Wencheng married to Songtsän Gampo is the most famous one which also brought forth culture and technology to Tibet. Potala Palace was built for this historical wedding then. After the fall of Tubo—the former Tibet Kingdom, Potala became the place Dalai Lama—Leader of the Tibetan Buddhism lives. Dalai exiles and it becomes a must for sightseeing nowadays. And for the sake of culture preservation, no photos please tourists. So we could only shoot the gardens and houses at the entrance, slopes and stairways leading to the palace and at most the Four Guarding Deities at the door of the palace. As I followed the guide touring inside, I wondered if the windows we saw outside were to be opened in the old days. Otherwise, how dark it could be at those times when the lighting system was not as advanced as we have today.
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3 Days in Tibet
Welcome to Lhasa, Tibet – The Forbidden City of the World, just North of the Himalayan mountain.
There is a nudging sense of anticipation, as we drive, it is calm and clear and the land looks barren – no trees, no shade, instead full exposure to the elements. It seems like a harsh environment to live in at 11,995 feet. As a result, it has earned a spot as one of the highest cities in the world. I am eager to roam the town. I waste no time in learning the layout of the land
But it’s a modern city with busy streets. I was expecting more of the traditional Tibetan life, temples and a town built on religion, like the namesake implies “place of the Gods” not the world’s highest brewery! And for a moment I’m disappointed but I soon discover that the center of the Tibetan Buddhist world is tucked away along the backstreets.
It’s a beautiful night and we are eager to embrace the food and culture of this clean, Holy City. Wandering around on foot (the best way to see the city), we come across a storefront specializing in tempting cookies and cakes. We don’t need to know any Chinese or Tibetan to sink our teeth into this award winning custard filled pastry. There’s a great selection of restaurants but what I’m after is history! The lampposts and signs highlight and intensify the entrance to buildings. We’re in the north west part of the city, near Ramoche Temple, one of the most important Buddhist monasteries in Lhasa dating back to the 7th century. And soon all the symbol of events grow out of the sacred walls and the night to tell the story of Tibet, the Chinese invasion. But not before a goose-bump inspiring music performance on a bridge.
We need our passports or some form of ID to get through the checkpoints to enter Barkhor Street. Finally, we are on the “Holy Road”
The first thing we notice are people prostrating themselves full body along the street. It’s an unforgettable site. May it please Buddha. I am very happy and grateful to the monks for accepting my humble request to have my picture taken with them in this ancient city only steps away from the modern Pizza Hut
This is the Winter Palace of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century. This Unesco world heritage site commands the sky and is like something out of a fairy tale. There are over 1000 rooms, as you can probably tell from its rows of windows.
The white palace was home to 10 dalai lamas and is currently the location of the Tibetan government and it is also the location of the ceremonial hall and the throne of the Dalai Lama. The Red palace is a house of prayer. It has several chapels and is used as a study to Buddhism.
There are several mausoleums where previous dalai lamas are housed and It is richly ornamented.
We are visiting Sera Monastery, another Buddhist Religious complex with a Great Assembly Hall and three colleges founded in 1419 …. Although there is still renovation going on we were able to tour the various buildings and gardens. Sera Monastery is famous for hundreds of Buddhist monks enthusiastically debating. Yet It is very peaceful here.
Last, but not least we visit Jokhang, the Buddhist temple in Barkhor Square, the old city of Lhasa and another UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is considered the most sacred temple in Tibet and is the ‘spiritual heart of the city’. In fact, all of Barkhor square or street is essentially the pilgrimage road or walkway for pilgrims to walk around the temple which takes about 20 minutes and is executed at dawn and dusk.
The 33rd Tibetan King, Songtsen Campo, built this temple in 647 for his two wives. He is credited with the introduction of Buddhism in Tibet. It is also during his reign that the translation Buddhist texts from Sanskrit into Tibetan began.
There are a handful of monks debating today. It’s certainly one of the unexpected highlights of visiting the monasteries.
It really feels like we are in a different part of the world here, and I can’t get enough of this old city and the unique small shops and the array of souvenirs. There are even familiar restaurants.
Even though each place we visited really told the history of the Tibetan people, their customs and traditions, we were most grateful to our new Tibetan friends who showed us all around the city via the backstreets.
We hope one day the Chinese government will allow Tibetans to get passports and we can show you the same kindness.
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The Amazing Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet (Kumar ELLAWALA)
The Amazing Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet
Location: Lhasa, Tibet, CHINA
This was photographed during my 6 most memorable months in life in TIBET.
Photography & Editing: Kumar ELLAWALA
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 12.1 MP f2.8 25-600mm Leica Lens
Date: 2012-13
The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising. It is now a museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, the mythical abode of Chenresig or Avalokitesvara. Lozang Gyatso, the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, started its construction in 1645 after one of his spiritual advisers, Konchog Chophel (died 1646), pointed out that the site was ideal as a seat of government, situated as it is between Drepung and Sera monasteries and the old city of Lhasa. It may overlay the remains of an earlier fortress, called the White or Red Palace, on the site built by Songtsen Gampo in 637.
The building measures 400 metres east-west and 350 metres north-south, with sloping stone walls averaging 3 m. thick, and 5 m. (more than 16 ft) thick at the base, and with copper poured into the foundations to help proof it against earthquakes.[6] Thirteen stories of buildings -- containing over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and about 200,000 statues -- soar 117 metres (384 ft) on top of Marpo Ri, the Red Hill, rising more than 300 m (about 1,000 ft) in total above the valley floor.
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Tibet's 13 Best Attractions according to Lonely Planet
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13. Nam-tso
Namtso is renowned as one of the most beautiful places in the Nyainqêntanglha mountain range. Its cave hermitages have for centuries been the destination of Tibetan pilgrims. A surfaced road across Laken Pass at 5186 m was completed to the lake in 2005, enabling easy access from Lhasa and the development of tourism at the lake.
12. Ganden--Samye Trek
Tibet is one of those places you really should experience at the pace of one foot in front of the other. This classic four-day trek between two of Tibet's best monasteries takes you past herders' camps, high alpine lakes and a Guru Rinpoche hermitage, as well as over three 5000m-plus passes.
11. Ganden Monastery
Ganden Monastery is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. Its full name is Ganden Namgyal Ling. Ganden means joyful and is the Tibetan name for Tuṣita, the heaven where the bodhisattva Maitreya is said to reside. Namgyal Ling means victorious temple.
10. Guge Kingdom, Western Tibet
The spectacular lost kingdom of Guge at Tsaparang is quite unlike anything you'll see in central Tibet; it feels more like Ladakh than Lhasa. There comes a point when you are lowering yourself down a hidden sandstone staircase or crawling through an inter-connected cave complex that you stop and think: 'This is incredible!'
9. Saga Dawa Festival
Buddha Jayanti, or Saga Dawa in the Tibetan language, is the most important religious festival for Buddhist Tamangs. This festival is held on the full moon of the 4th month of the Buddhist calendar. On this day in different years of his life, Lord Buddha took birth, achieved enlightenment and attained nirvana.
8. Sera & Drepung Monasteries, Lhasa
Founded in 1419 by one of Tsong Khapa's eight disciples. It became famous for its tantric teachings, while Drepung drew fame from its governing role. Sera was smaller than Drepung, with 7,000 monks, but was very rich and comparable in power. The monks of Sera were considered clever and dangerous
7. Yak-Butter Tea
Yak butter tea is a daily staple dish throughout the Himalaya region and is usually made with yak butter, tea, salt and water churned into a froth. It is the Tibetan national beverage with Tibetans drinking upwards of sixty small cups a day for hydration and nutrition needed in cold high altitudes.
6. Riding the Rails to Lhasa
For all its faults, China's railway to Tibet (the world's highest) is an engineering wonder and a delightful way to reach the holy city. Pull up a window seat to view huge salt lakes, plains dotted with yaks and herders' tents, and hundreds of miles of desolate nothing, as you inch slowly up onto the high plateau.
5. Samye Monastery
The first Buddhist monastery built in Tibet, and the location of the famous 792CE debate when Indian forms of Buddhism were pitted against Chinese. The Indian traditions prevailed and consequently were established as the state religion.
4. Views of Mt Everest
Tibet has easily the best views of the world's most famous mountain. While two-week-long trekking routes on the Nepal side offer up only occasional fleeting glimpses of the peak, the view of Mt Everest's unobstructed north face framed in the prayer flags of Rongphu Monastery or from a tent at the Base Camp will stop you in your tracks.
3. Jokhang Temple, Lhasa
Constructed in the 7th century AD to house the statues of Buddha that princesses Bhrikuti from Nepal and Wen Cheng from Tang Dynasty China brought as gifts for their future husband, King Songtsan Gampo. The temple has been enlarged many times over the centuries and now also houses statues of King Songtsan Gambo and his two famous foreign brides.
2. Potala Palace, Lhasa
A stronghold probably existed on Red Hill as early as the 7th century AD when King Songtsen Gampo built a fortress on it for his two foreign wives. The palace was rebuilt by the Fifth Dalai Lama in three years, while the Thirteenth Dalai Lama extended and repaired it into what it is now.
1. Mt Kailash, Western Tibet
This Mountain is considered holy by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. In ancient texts, it is referred to as the center of the world. The reason can be understood from the geographical significance of it's place: within 30 miles radius, are the sources of mighty rivers.
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Jokhang Temple, the spiritual center of Tibet
Tibetan monks perform rituals even as tourists visit Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet.
The Jokhang is a Buddhist temple in Barkhor Square in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. Tibetans, in general, consider this temple as the most sacred and important temple in Tibet. The temple is currently maintained by the Gelug school, but they accept worshipers from all sects of Buddhism. The temple's architectural style is a mixture of Indian vihara design, Tibetan and Nepalese design.
The Jokhang was founded during the reign of King Songtsen Gampo. According to tradition, the temple was built for the king's two brides: Princess Wencheng of the Chinese Tang dynasty and Princess Bhrikuti of Nepal. Both are said to have brought important Buddhist statues and images from China and Nepal to Tibet, which were housed here, as part of their dowries. The oldest part of the temple was built in 652. In the next 900 years the temple was enlarged several times with the last renovation done in 1610 by the Fifth Dalai Lama. Following the death of Gampo, the image in Ramcho Lake temple was moved to the Jokhang temple for security reasons. When King Tresang Detsan ruled from 755 to 797, the Buddha image of the Jokhang temple was hidden, as the king's minister was hostile to the spread of Buddhism in Tibet. During the late ninth and early tenth centuries, the Jokhang and Ramoche temples were said to have been used as stables. In 1049 Atisha, a renowned teacher of Buddhism from Bengal taught in Jokhang.
Around the 14th century, the temple was associated with the Vajrasana in India. In the 18th century the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty, following the Gorkha-Tibetan war in 1792, did not allow the Nepalese to visit this temple and it became an exclusive place of worship for the Tibetans. During the Chinese development of Lhasa, the Barkhor Square in front of the temple was encroached. During the Cultural Revolution, Red Guards attacked the Jokhang temple in 1966 and for a decade there was no worship. Renovation of the Jokhang took place from 1972 to 1980. In 2000, the Jokhang became a UNESCO World Heritage Site as an extension of the Potala Palace (a World Heritage Site since 1994). Many Nepalese artists have worked on the temple's design and construction.
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