The Potala Palace is located on the Maburi Mountain in the northwest of Lhasa, the capital of the Roof of the World** Autonomous Region, and is a palace-fort-style complex.
One is that it is said that the Tubo Dynasty Zampu Songtsen Gampo was built to marry Princess Qizun and Princess Wencheng;Another said that it was built as the royal palace after Songtsen Gampo moved the capital to Lhasa. After being rebuilt in the 17th century, it became the residence of the winter palace of the first lamas of the past dynasties, and was the ruling center of the integration of politics and religion. "Potala" is a Sanskrit transliteration, which means "Buddhist holy place".
The main building of the Potala Palace is the White House and the Red Palace, which are organically integrated with the mountain, and the appearance has 13 floors, from the foot of the mountain upwards to the top of the mountain, the palace is stacked, and the twists and turns are twisted;
Large and small halls, Buddhist halls, scripture halls, monks' houses and other buildings are scattered, all of which are stone and wood structures, decorated with precious materials such as ** and agate
The prayer flags fluttering everywhere, the Mani stone piles engraved with **, the prayer wheels that keep turning, and the lamas who chant the scriptures, make the whole building look magnificent and mysterious and solemn
Looking at those believers who have come from thousands of miles, they have no distractions, bow and worship, and prostrate their heads, as if it is a tacit understanding between man and God, which makes us feel the power of faith.
However, all this solemnity and belief is in the sixth ** Cangyang Gyatso - "I am afraid that I will hurt my Sanskrit practice with many feelings, and I am afraid that I will fall into the city by mistake, and I will have the Dharma in the world, and I will live up to it." "The wind that dissolves is light, and it pulls us into the distance!
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