Thursday, May 13, 2010
Life in Tibet ชีวิตชาวทิเบต
In 637, the king of Tibet Songtsen Gampo built the current location on the first building in Lhasa, the place where he used to meditate. When he decided to Lhasa as its capital, he built a palace. After his engagement with the Chinese Princess Wen Cheng, expanded to 999 rooms palace, built the walls and towers, and dug a bypass channel. In the second half of the VIII century, the palace was struck by lightning and burned wooden structures, and then because of civil wars palace collapsed. Now preserved only cave-Fa Wang and Hall Pabalakan. The palace in its present form was started in 1645 on the initiative of the Dalai Lama V. In 1648, the White Palace was completed (Potrang carp), and the Potala was used as a winter residence of the Dalai Lamas. Red Palace (Potrang MARP) was completed between 1690 and 1694. The name of the palace is apparently from the legendary Mount Potala the home of the Bodhisattva Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara), which is in the land of the Dalai Lama. In the grand building attended by the best artists of the time from Tibet, Nepal and China. Under the cut several fotozarisovok Lhasa and Jodan, Tibet
Painted cloth - a traditional craft in Tibet.
Decoration of Tibetan pilgrim , pilgrim prays before the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. Jokhang Temple is one of the most holy and spiritual center of Tibet, was built in 647 AD in the day of the wedding of Princess Wen Cheng and King Songtsen Gampo.
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