2012年10月10日星期三
Interesting Information about Potala Developing in Lhasa
Interesting Information about Potala Developing in Lhasa
The popular Potala Developing in Lhasa was written to the UNESCO Globe History List in 1994. Why? Please have a look of the following special information about the Potala, and you may feel more impressive when you travel to Tibet.
1. Once the tallest
The Potala Developing was the biggest loaded building from 1653 to 1889.
2. Great views
The opinions from the Potala Palace's ceiling and balconies are awesome. Below can be found Lhasa town and, beyond, the area landscapes and far away snow-capped Himalayan hills.
3. The greatest palace in the world
The Potala Developing appears on top of Red Mountain, at over an awesome 3,700 measures (12,000 feet) above sea level, currently the biggest on the globe. Therefore, you should relax during your first day in Tibet to adapt yourself to the slim air before discovering the Potala Developing.
4. Once a relaxation escape for Tibet King
The site of the Potala Developing was used as a relaxation escape by Master Songtsen Gampo, prior to his wedding.
5. Stairways only
The 13-story Potala Developing has no lift. There are three places of staircases, which are extreme and steps type. Only the Dalai Lama was permitted to use the center one.
6. Wonderful Artworks
Besides the creative focus of historical Tibet framework, Potala Developing is also an art value of Tibet.
Mural art is a awesome part of Potala Developing. Every room, even evrywhere inside the palace, is designed with vibrant, stunning paintings. And the 698 paintings along the coloured second-floor arena are the most outstanding , illustrating Buddhist experiences and the initial landscapes, traditions and stars of historical Tibet.
Furthermore, there are also many exquisitely-made tangka clinging on the surfaces.
7. Conventional Tibetan architecture
Potala Developing was initially designed more than 1,300 years ago in the 7th millennium.Because of the destruction created by a war, the framework was renewed in the Seventeenth millennium by the Fifth Dalai Lama. Recurring maintenance and expansions until 1645 lastly introduced the palace to its existing range.
The marvelousPotala Developing is created of wooden and rocks. The surfaces are all created of marble, and the rooftops are all created of wooden. The low eaves, the upturned ceiling sides, the gilded steel ground tiles and support beams all written with Buddhist scriptures, containers, and makara seafood as well as the gold-winged fowl design the ceiling side play a role much to the appeal of the hip-an-gable rooftops.
8. Religious ambiance
The Potala Palace's internal is these days loaded with the same appears to be (chanting) and fragrances (incense and yak-butter losing lamps) that guests experienced hundreds of years ago.
9. Cherish of Religions
Potala Developing displayed Tibetan Buddhism. It located an excellent for spiritual training of priests as well as one of Tibet's significant pilgrimage locations for the tombs of past Dalai Lamas.
In both Red Developing and White-colored Developing, kept many valuable sculptures, especially the 2 measures high sculpture of Tsong Khapa(in Eastern Chapel), a silver sculpture of Padmasambhava(in Southern Chanpel), and sculptures of Sakyamuni, Dalai Lamas and Medication Bduddha(in Northern Chapel).
And the paintings as well as most inner design are about Tibet Buddhas
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