The building of the Potala Palace is artistic, it is number in order to work plan the most crackajack delegate in the building type that Cang Chuanfo teachs cloister and palace photograph union, be on China and even world peerless paradigmatic. The Potala Palace and big clear temple, be located in altitude of center of Lhasa river valley over 3700 meters gules mountain peak, it is collect administration, religion, the omnibus structure of political general affairs at an organic whole. It is comprised by the White House and red palace and its annexe. The Potala Palace is located on the red hill of downtown of Lhasa of the Xizang Autonomous Region of Chinese southwest ministry, "Budala " for Sanskrit " Pu Tuo " transliteration, point to the island that place of Bodhisattva of the sound that observe a life occupies formerly. Dimensions of the Potala Palace is giant, imposing manner is grandiose, depend on hill situation and build, cover an area of a face to accumulate 360 thousand more than square metre, advocate building in all 13, 117 meters tall. It is building of well-known type of fort of palace Tibetan type, also be the crackajack delegate with building of Tibetian ancient time and artistic building of Chinese ancient time, enjoy " the bright phearl on world ridge of a house " beautiful praise. It is a copy with Tibetan the oldest district Tang Shihan hides combinative timberwork to build. When be being built at the beginning of big clear temple have 8 halls only. 15 centuries ancestor noise made in coughing or vomiting cling to founded Lamaism here Gelupa, the burning incense of cloister is prosperous with each passing day rise. The 5 worlds when 17 centuries are amounted to bilked lama to have large-scale extend and repair to big clear temple, formed the huge building that covers an area of a face to accumulate twenty-five thousand one hundred square metre finally group.