Pilgrim is those who have great morality or sense of intelligence of animals is itinerary, normally, it is a person what the bethel that heads for him belief or other nod importantly is itinerary, a lot of religion also think specific place is having important intelligence. This vocabulary is put to today, had been the behavior that sheet points to religious personage no longer, inner believing Everyman, also can go before pilgrim. Pilgrim is a kind of behavior, but not all place can make the Holy land, pilgrimage goes before letting 10 thousand lis the person is not far thereby. In Tibet, the Potala Palace lets popular feeling give birth to adored palace namely. The Potala Palace is located in altitude on the red hill of downtown of 3700 meters Lhasa of the Xizang Autonomous Region, because its make long history, the nation that builds an expression to come out is aesthetic feature, and the special value that has to considering to hide place of ethical society history, culture, religion, and become world-famous famous places and historical sites.
According to history record, the Christian era 7 centuries 30 time, soft support of general of 3 acting assist does thirtieth of Tibetan regime in ancient China Lhasa of cloth move the capital to another place, only then build the Potala Palace to be palace. The scale of whole palace fort that constructs at that time is baronial, there are 3 city walls outside, there is 1000 palaces room inside. Soft support dry cloth differentiates here administrative area, the organizational system that divide an official, legislative law, order group official, administration complete luxuriant, and dispatch makes circumjacent each country or build affinity with neighbour or conclude covenant, strengthen Tibetan regime in ancient China and periphery each nation economy and culture communication, the prosperity of society of stimulative Tibetan regime in ancient China. The Potala Palace becomes the political center with unified dynasty of Tibetan regime in ancient China, the position is very celebrated. The Christian era 9 centuries, as the disintegrate of dynasty of Tibetan regime in ancient China, the Potala Palace meets with desolate.
9 centuries reach the Christian era in the 800 one's remaining years of seventeen century middle period, as a result of ground of Tibetan politics center change ceaselessly move, ma of bamboo of the Sa Jia of past dynasties, handkerchief, Ga cling to political power have not sets metropolis at Lhasa, the Potala Palace also fails to rebuild all the time, it is the place of activity of one place religion with subject temple of Lhasa big clear only. Does Cang Chuanfo teach Ga to should send dignitary to fine jade cloth plunges into color, Ga to start a group at that time Ma? Xin Xie cling to, Gelupa noise made in coughing or vomiting of first ancestor an administrative unit in Xizang cling to wait for different denomination notability to had held sermon to conduct the Buddhist ceremony activity such as the law here.
The Christian era 1642, 5 worlds are amounted to bilked lama to build Gan Dan quite political power of place of syncretic of Zhang Zheng teaching. Lhasa becomes the central metropolis city of Tibetan politics, religion, culture, economy once more. The Christian era 1645, 5 worlds are amounted to bilk lama to decide to rebuild the Potala Palace. The Christian era builds the structure that gives priority to a problem with the White House basically 1648 group, administration office ground moves by sagacious mussel temple to the White House of the Potala Palace. From now on the Potala Palace becomes past dynasties to amount to the main room that goes back on his word to lama lives and have religious activity and processing civil service.
5 worlds are amounted to after bilking lama Parinirvana, came 1690 at the Christian era red palace of the extend between 1694, built 5 worlds to amount to the red palace that bilks hall of lama clever tower to give priority to to build group, form the building dimensions of the Potala Palace basically. 13 worlds are amounted to during bilking lama v/arc be on the throne, be in again the White House east increase and decrease of side top layer east the partial annexe below solar hall and foot of a hill of the Potala Palace. 13 worlds were amounted to 1933 bilk lama Parinirvana, clever tower hall is built at side of red Gong Xi, form unified whole with red palace. So far, the Potala Palace that from the Christian era seventeen century middle period begins rebuilds and add enlarge project to be finished entirely.
Through 1300 old histories, the Potala Palace was formed cover an area of a face to accumulate 400 thousand square metre, floor area 130 thousand square metre, it is hall, important to have hall of hall of palace, clever tower, audience hall, Buddha, classics function orgnaization bureau, Ceng Guanxue of a lot of function such as school, dormitory, court, corridor giant Gong Bao. The collect carefully inside palace is amounted to 8 times bilk tower of lama gold qualitative spirit, the of all kinds cultural relic such as bronze ware of the stereo altar city of 5 elegant unsurpassed and china, bullion, figure of Buddha, tope, Tang Ka, dress makes an appointment with more than 70 thousand, ancient codes and records 60 thousand more than case coils (ministry) , make the cultural relic gem of be worthy of the name, get the attention of people of world each country, be known as " the bright phearl of world ridge of a house " .
Old the Potala Palace not only in order to build grandiose and celebrated, still famed with precious cultural relic, it is the elite with artistic building of Tibetian ancient time, also be artistic treasury of Tibet, already was included directory of world culture bequest. The White House traverses both wings, bilk ground of lama life daily life to amount to, have all sorts of hall a covered corridor or walk, the decoration is elegant, decorate luxuriant, the draw on the wall has the brushwork that concerns with buddhism, the hand of much famouser home. Red palace be placed in the middle, consecrate figure of Buddha, soft support does cloth resembling, civil into princess and Nepalese feet honour the princess resembles thousands of honour, and past dynasties is amounted to bilk lama clever tower, gold jewelry is embedded, match with chromatic mural, brilliant gold greens jade. Whole structure group cover an area of 10 more than square metre, building thousands of, position is precise, strewn at random have send, reflected Tibet to build craftsman excellent craft. The Potala Palace is the center that Tibetan politics teachs syncretic political power. Whenever festal activity, palace door swarms devotional Cang Chuanfo to teach each nation Buddhist, make famous and Buddhist the Holy land.
Pass Buddhist shrine as Tibet, reaching travel tourist every year to the pilgrim of the Potala Palace always is countless. A lot of people are being held in the arms adore the state of mind with curiosity to head for the Potala Palace, go experiencing inside the Potala Palace grumous Cang Chuanfo teachs culture, although do not have the person of any understanding to religion, the dense colour that in the Potala Palace OK and sufficient feeling is taught by Cang Chuanfo -- there are all sorts of sculptures on the column inside palace of the Potala Palace, bridge, the draw on wall has all sorts of color mural, advocate there is Jin Ding on Gong Ding, still have treasure, law of fastigium Aquarius, auspicious Lin annulus, the decorations such as ox hair a large. There are all sorts of dougongs below eave, have on Cheng willow parapet treat aureate 10 comfortable paternoster to wait together, the metope below eave decorates Jin Tong having fine gold to act the role of, figure is eight treasures of type of Buddhist musical instruments used in a Buddhist or Taoist mass, the Cang Chuanfo that has dense teachs colour, whole palace reflected style of distinctive structure Tibetan type adequately.
The Potala Palace is folded heavily, tortuosity, confluence of the body that be the same as hill is together, tower aloft high, grand lofty. Gong Qiang is red white alternate with, gongding is resplendent and magnificent, have strong artistic appeal. It is the mark of Lhasa city, also be Tibetan people of tremendous creativity indicative, it is the precious fortune with Tibetan artistic building, also be the human culture bequest on unique snow city highland.
The Potala Palace of alternate of dynasty of all previous classics, no matter be to be on the road of endless flow of date from history, still be the mystery that dug Gu Jinwen changes, the Potala Palace had not replaceable main effect as the gem that hides culture. Buddhist Tibet is passed in devotional Tibet, the existence of the Potala Palace also greatly the transmission that promoted religious culture and development. Perhaps, bearing the weight of because of the Potala Palace just about the culture of such massiness and connotation, ability is attracting everybody not far 10 thousand lis come round the pilgrimage of bethel look with reverence in the heart.
