Thursday, August 8 Shigatse - Gyantse
Today is the Sour Milk Drinking Festival, wanted to witness the grand occasion of the Buddha sun I have to go to Gyantse. Morning, just open the phone up, they received TAO SMS sent from Lhasa, said she was 3 o'clock in Drepung Monastery in the mountains, etc., and the evening star is beautiful, this is not in the air I deliberately Mody.
After breakfast, everyone went to market, stroll a bit, everybody bought in such a small Zang pendants, 10:00 departure to Gyantse. In the urban areas the water when we bought them a car because the driver was not stopping the local Patrol collected a driver's license, for a long time before bringing charges. Originally thought that the way to Gyantse good to go, but in fact has been revised or less, and all asphalt roads, very flat, but there are 10 kilometers away from the place where Gyangze not repaired, and then walk dirt road section.
Into the Gyangze County, the streets were dusty, green than a far cry from Shigatse. We live in Gyantse Hotel, which is the whole of Tibet in the county's only three-star hotels, conditions are really bad, from the corridor outside the room can see the mountains were the site. Gyantse is also a Shanghai local aid from noon to eat a lot when they met in Shanghai group of cadres. Learned from their mouths, the Shanghai party and government delegation also arrived here. This is really strange, any of the places we went to hit them, refuse in the Buda Palace, Tashilhunpo alike. Our county, accompanied by the original director of the Office Qupei They visited, we can only wait for them to visit the hotel finished to go after, it was boring. Until after more than four in the afternoon can finally set off.
First went to visit the Pala Manor. The manor is the best preserved slave owner in Tibet estate, ranking 12 out of the large estates. Originally built in Gyangze Jiang Ga village, destroyed in 1904 when the British invasion, after a larger-scale redevelopment in the Gyangze Nianchu southwest side of the city, 4 km from Gyantse. Parra family is from Bhutan's nobility, their descendants have served in Tibet and the Tibetan government officials in The family strong. Tibet's democratic reform before there were small ancillary Pala Manor Manor 22, range 6, 8600 mu of farmland, livestock, 14000 long, more than 2,400 slaves. Manor of existing housing 57, the main three-storey building equipped with a complete, elegant decoration, historical artifacts and preserved, can be vividly Parra family, then the luxury life situations. Pala Manor Multi-flower tree water stone and poultry, domestic animal, the overall layout similar to the garden, usually very quiet. Where we visited the village when only two or three children by the wayside.
Come out from the Pala Manor, we drove to the case of Hill site. Mountain site were the highest at 4020 meters above sea level, the relative height of 125 meters, in the central plains it is very Xiongjun Nianchu River. Zongshan direction Omo cliff face baiqoi monastery, when Anti-British hill forts, and were martyrs Tiaoya both built on cliffs above the martyr. The right side of the ridge north along the cliffs, steep mountain relief, but little plants, rocks are exposed, showing linen pattern, shape and back like Ma Guang Liu. About 600 meters north of, the ridge thing two minutes, longer surrounded by the ridge of the West branch office that is baiqoi monastery. The baiqoi monastery were scattered in the Old City on the Hill around. We are due to time constraints, only visited the showroom, looking dungeon, hastily took a few pictures left.
Were down from the hill is the famous baiqoi monastery. Baiqoi monastery called the "lucky wheel mandala rituals Lok King Luxi Ba Tai-lok perfume Sea Temple", the Tibetan language is called "class profile song Germany", meaning "auspicious round wins Le dasi." This is located in the northwest city of Gyantse, accounting for half the slopes were Alexander the temple was first built are due to sectarian strife, the balance of power under the original 16 Zhacang monastery, the inclusion of the Sakya, Shalu, Galoins move, four kinds of Nyingma sect, becoming a major feature of the monastery. Baiqoi monastery was built in the pagoda in the temple, namely, "seen and heard liberation of thousands of pagodas," architectural style because they absorb Myanmar, Nepal, India and the Han Chinese religious architecture elements, forming a unique architectural style makes the monastery is unique charm.
About baiqoi monastery construction time and the founder of As everyone different, there are said to be built in 1427, there are said to be the Panchen Lama by the I g bead-kit was founded in 1418 tended to believe that a 1418 g bead-kit and thermal Dan Gun Sampa two co-construction. In short, no matter what kind of argument baiqoi monastery are the major product of collaboration between religious factions. It is because of the various denominations and a set of temple, which the history of Buddhism in Tibet have a certain status and influence.
There is a square in the main Dianpang White Tower, which is seen and heard hundreds of thousands of well-known of liberation tower, also known as "lucky number Menta", 42.4 meters high, 62 meters in diameter. A total of 108 doors, real numbers there are 76 Buddhist temple and shrine. According to the previous tower, covered with layers of temple shrine, the following four five-story octagonal or six more, then round in shape, size became smaller and smaller niches room until the top of the tower. Full tower painted plastic of about three thousand Buddha statues, layer upon layer, so there are "hundreds of thousands of pagodas," said. Because of its long history, complete construction and a special religious values, and the well-preserved within the Temple, with countless renowned for exquisite murals and statues. Baiqoi monastery buildings, fully representative of the 13 century to the mid-15th century Tibetan monastery architectural style typical of the region, is also the only one Temple is well preserved and has a monument to the nature of large-scale buildings.
Unfortunately, due to time constraints, neither we nor into the tower into the nave, just outside the photo shoot just really too bad.
Dinner of local group of cadres in Shanghai together with us, the atmosphere is very warm, so I feel like that in Shanghai. After dinner I went to the cafe, and Amy, we have found two, one can not only play games online, and another is a dial-up Internet access, pay 4 yuan. Used to think that with the broadband dial-up is simply an old ox trailer, on the half-hour we have not the mood, so on the back to the hotel looking for a fight with Chiang Kai-Xiao Cai and 80 points, one has to fight down a 11:30.
Author: JAMESXIA
