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Potala Palace
Abdallah is a "Po Lo" in transliteration, meaning Buddha';s Palace residence. Founded in the 7th century, Tibet Zao Songtsan the Tang dynasty princess marrying built. The Potala Palace has been destroyed earlier, today people see is the Qing Dynasty architecture, since the 17th century, the result of continued expansion of Dalai. Potala Palace is located in the center of Red Hill in Lhasa, the highest elevation of 3767.19 meters, is the world';s highest ancient palace. From the foot of the ... View Detail
Akira Hiroshi Temple
Jokhang Temple was built in the seventh century heyday of the Tubo Dynasty, the purpose of construction, according to legend is clearly a long time to worship a Buddha Dorje, that is 8 years old, life-sized Buddha image. The Buddha was the Tibetan King Songtsan married the princess of Nepal-foot statue brought from Kathmandu. Experience on behalf of the temple after the expansion. Twelve-year-old life-sized town such as the Jokhang Temple Monastery is now the treasure, which is great from the ... View Detail
Drepung Monastery
Drepung in Tibetan as "rice together", a symbol of prosperity. Half of the building covered hillside, like a huge heap of rice, hence the name Drepung. The year 1416 down by the disciples of Tsongkhapa, the central music kit. Tashi Beidan built, Tsongkhapa had personally presided over the opening ceremony. Drepung Monastery is located in the western suburbs of Lhasa, the root Pei Wuzi mountain, from afar, the black mountain, surrounded by a large group of white buildings stand out starkly in ... View Detail
Sweet red temple
Ganden Monastery is the status of the Yellow Sect of the six most special temple a temple, it is by the founder of the Gelug Sect of Buddhism Tsongkhapa himself in 1409 to build, can be said that the Gelug Sect of the ancestral temple, the Qing emperors had given names To Yongshou Temple. Kandal is a Tibetan transliteration, meaning "Tusita days", which is the future Buddha Maitreya, the edification of the world. Tsongkhapa';s Fazuo heirs, calendar World Gelugpa teaching soil Ganden Tripa is ... View Detail
Sera
As the three major monasteries in Lhasa, one of the Sera Monastery Jokhang status may not be high, probably better than Drepung macro scale, but with its unique style. Sera is called "salad Mahayana Island", located in the northern suburb of Lhasa, the color La Wuzi foot. Mountain side river, trees trees, towering golden dome reflected in the blue sky under the care Olympus brilliance, dazzling. Sera were the origin of two different ways: First, nowadays the monastery foundation a hail, hail ... View Detail
