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The Potala Palace

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In the Gong Shanzhi peak of Chinese Tibet Lhasa, have an ancient building of world-famous palace fort type group, this is built at the Christian era namely 7 centuries, be apart from the Potala Palace that already had 1300 old histories today. Our country's well-known ancient building, countrywide key cultural relic protects an unit. Budala is the Sanskrit transliteration of Luo Jia of Tuo of avalokitesvara resort general, meaning for avalokitesvara Ci Hang saves all living creatures with general. Only then build at the beginning of Tang Dynasty year when soft support does cloth. Altitude of the Potala Palace many meters 3700, cover an area of gross area 360 thousand more than square metre, the stuff is 360 meters long, north and south is 270 meters wide, advocate building 13, 117 meters tall, it is the altitude on the world highest, the grand edifice of collect palace, castle and fane at an organic whole.




The Potala Palace depends on hill and build, gong Yu folds build by laying bricks or stones, lofty alarm stands erect, of great momentum, the form of stone timberwork watchtower that its built art to reflect Tibetian tradition and the bridge with traditional the Han nationality are worn, the characteristic of Jin Ding, sunk panel, on dimensional combination, compound jackknife, corridor music cage, adjust measures to local conditions, primary and secondary is trenchant, highlighted main body building already, coordinated each groups of accessary buildings again, fluctuation is strewn at random, around irregular, form more space arrangement, be full of rhythm aesthetic feeling, strengthened on the vision again topping up feeling, it is the world the miracle on building history.

According to legend, soft support of king of Tibetian Tibetan regime in ancient China does cloth good kind to believe Buddha, after Lhasa of move the capital to another place, often pray in classics of the Song on the hill with near Lhasa, give this hill entitle " Budala " . "Budala " it is Sanskrit transliteration, interpret is made " Pu Tuo collect " or " Pu Tuo " , point to the place that avalokitesvara Bodhisattva place occupies formerly. 641 years soft support dry cloth marries the Christian era after Tang Chaowen becomes a princess, glad, built the Potala Palace for the princess. The Potala Palace that builds in those days is 9 tall, share 999 palace room, add room of the cultivate oneself according to a religious doctrine on hill in all 1000, grandiose and gallant. Move when the life is easy however, it is difficult that the Potala Palace suffers thunder, report, flames of war to rob, have gone through vicissitudes of life, extremely dilapidated, put law Wang Donghe only advocate hall handkerchief Ba Lakang. Present the Potala Palace is built afresh since seventeen century.

The main body of the Potala Palace is built, with respect to its the function basically divides much, it is to amount to the place that bilks lama life daily life and politics, it is past dynasties amounts to the clever tower that bilks lama and hall of of all kinds Buddha.
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