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April 14 Lhasa clear
Jokhang Temple is located in the old city center of Lhasa from Beijing over the last few minutes walk to the road. Looking at the Jokhang Temple magnificent golden dome. Smoke burning wormwood's ascension in the Temple and the White Tower, the smell disperses over the streamer floating just like everybody's lips with bursts of Fahao sound; door slate has long been a devout believers kowtowing raw smooth as a mirror, he saw Countless pilgrims kowtowing in front of the Jokhang Temple, the scene is very moving, and place in them, his hands clasped together, turn a blind eye meditation, a gust of wind blowing, people like floating between heaven and earth, and only I exist in front of the Buddha, other things are like disappeared without a trace, even the voice stopped.
Jokhang Temple fantasy land full name of Yang Xian Palace, seat east to west. Ershiyinian was built in Tang Dynasty (647 years) have elapsed since the 1350 history, is the oldest temple in Lhasa. Jokhang Temple is Tibet's most brilliant of the Tubo period of the existing building, civil engineering structures is the oldest building in Tibet, and created a Tibetan-style temple Hirakawa-style layout rules.
Year-foot statue, the text into two from Buddhist countries, when the beautiful princess Tibet, each brought a precious life-sized, like Sakyamuni, as the most valuable dowry, Nepal, the age of eight-foot statue has brought life-sized, like the Princess, Tang Princess Wen Cheng brought life-sized, like 12-year-old.
Historical record of Tibetan Buddhism, Sakyamuni was alive, the god of artisans from India have completed stretch of ge Ma shape than eight body image, with the incomparable Jia Chili, four true capacity for eight years, four for the 12-year-old true capacity. In which a 12-year-old seated, from India, the king gave neighbor to the north of China. 641 years of the Tang Princess Wen Cheng Tubo Songtsan marrying men, the Emperor Taizong Li Shimin this respect as a rare treasure, the dowry of Princess Wen Cheng sent to snow-covered Tibet.
However, when the base is still Tibetan Shannan Prefecture in Tibet today, Zetang area, Lhasa, there is no palace, only to Red Hill in Lhasa, built on the river are similar to sporadic palace buildings. The placement of statues have become a problem. In the Princess Wen Cheng's suggestion, Songtsan were ordered to build large, Ramoche Temple to worship, like the two life-sized statue.
Princess Wen Cheng personally presided over the Ramoche built as a statue dedicated to the 12-year-old statue seated sense Wofo Tan City, temple doors east to show the Princess of the Han and Tang Dynasties think it is sad.
The Jokhang Temple commence when the difficulties, we did not build the wall, repair of the fall, there is no way in the foot when the Princess statue to assist in construction of the Jokhang Temple-foot statue of Princess Wen Cheng Princess familiar with astrology and the Five Elements that she night view of sky, Zica terrain, find the Lhasa Valley is a Rakshasa woman (witch) supine shape, Lhasa, where red Shandong, one kilometer, there is a large lake, named Lake lying pond. Rakshasa woman is the heart, blood, water is a Rakshasa woman. She raised only filled pond, a temple built in the heart of the witch in order to quell the demons to avoid the scourge of the temple can be built up. Although Princess Wen Cheng pointed out the location to construct a temple, but the scale respect for the Princess was not ready to follow, because it relates to face.
In riding a tiger when Songtsan aware of the subtleties of the matter. One day, Songtsan please foot out of respect for Princess relax, the two side by side riding, all the way joking. When asked to construct a temple Songtsan cases, foot statue Princess noodle Nanse. Songtsan pick up the Princess's hand, picked a ring from above, the princess said: "So be it, I will ring threw the sky, where it falls, just where to construct a temple, so that God will decide!" Smart Princess also understand-foot statue of the King's good intention. A result, ring accurately fell Napian lake.
Princess Wen Cheng also figure out if the goats do not pack soil, then soil will never be able to fill the lake. Interestingly, the 'sheep pack territories' This matter has also formed a city name: Tibetan inside the 'white goats' hair 'hot' sound, 'Land' fat 'Sa' sound, in order to commemorate the achievements of white goat, Buddha Hall Initially named 'Jalan Sa', later renamed 'Zula Kang' (The Church), also known as 'feel-kang' (temple), called the 'Jalan Sa Karma Zula Kang Xi Chi capsule', which means that by the pack goat Soil built.
Giurgiu's 'hot-Sa' evolved into 'Lhasa', its meaning, but also by the 'white goat pack earth' to 'sacred' any more. Jokhang Temple had been built, white goat pack territories legislate on credit, craftsmen who had a white plastic goats like, worshiped in the temple on the first floor southwest corner, and now you can see it!
After the completion of the Jokhang Temple, dedicated to Nepalese princess brought in from the home of the eight life-sized seated Sakyamuni Buddha statues out a long time without moving King Dorje. The first half of the 8th century, the Tang Princess Jincheng married into the Tubo, the grandson of Songtsan Manson came to power, be transported to Ramoche. Since then, the Buddha statue has been enshrined at the Ramoche the hall. But will bring Tibetan Princess Wen Cheng of the perception Wofo as welcome support to the monastery. Due to 'Akira' is Tibetan transliteration, which means the Buddha, it said the Jokhang Temple, the temple dedicated to Buddha. Since then, the temple is known as 'La Sazu Lacan', which means God in Buddha Hall. Lhasa, the Holy Land, but also because this statue is named, and we can see that the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, the status of people's minds high.
Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties repeated modification, expansion, resulting in today covers an area of 25100 square meters of the grand scale. However, when used only to Jokhang Temple built Tripitaka, worship Buddha, the scale is not significant. The size of the three major monasteries in Lhasa more than it, and it is not at the famous Tibetan Buddhist monasteries of the six columns, but its influence and reputation, but more than six major monasteries of any one, especially in AD 1409 (the Tibetan Year of the Ox soil), were Aqaba master here Dafa will be summoned to the creation of Lhasa, the time up to 21 days after each year tens of thousands of chanting monks gathered to pray the Jokhang Monastery, the examination Geshe for Dafa Council, the Jokhang Temple reputation growing, custard apple Muni Fo's popularity as more and more high. Jokhang Temple in Tibet became a major center of Buddhist activity. Dalai Lama to establish 'gandan Phodrang' regime, 'Kashag' government agency will be located in the Temple, mainly concentrated in the top two floors surrounding the courtyard. After a number of major political, religious activities, such as 'gold bottle system to sign', ancient ceremony, the Dalai Lama or the Panchen Lama ordained are all in here.
In front of the Jokhang Monastery is still Weiranchuli an important cultural relic, namely, Don Liu, "Tang and Fan, uncle and nephew Monument to the league," Cibei high 3.42 meters wide and 0.82 meters, 0.35 meters thick, is a Sino-Tibetan relations in the history of the two communities an important historical heritage. It is also known as "Don Fan Alliance Tablet", "Changqing and the Monument to the league," "uncle and nephew Alliance Pi" because the inscription stressed Tang Wencheng, Kim Sung-two princess married Tibetan ZAP, the conclusion of a good marriage of uncle and nephew with the rules. Yang, and both sides of the monument to the Han, Tibetan text in both languages, and vows engraved carrying the AU envoy Tang and aboriginal names, positions, 823 years of Beishen legislation has been weathering, but the engraved inscription still capable of identifying both Chinese and Tibetan . Bei Yin engraved with Tibetan carrying Tang and Fan, the first year of friendly relations between the facts of history and the logic of Changqing some (Lhasa) the significance of the two vows.
The front of the Jokhang Monastery has a large square, there is a large variety of stalls hawking goods around the Jokhang Monastery and the Jokhang Temple, the official residences between the houses, forming a circular street, is the famous' 8 profiles Street '. Some articles are often written in the street was 'Parknor Street', that is a misunderstanding. '8 profile' in the Tibetan language which is the 'turn in the circle' meaning, refers to the pilgrims in Lhasa to turn upon the people, in turn inside the circle Jokhang Temple, called transfer inner ring, around the Jokhang Temple in the 8 profiles on the street turn circle, called turn in the circle, but with the Jokhang Temple as the center around the Chakpori, the Potala Palace, Lhasa City, Ramoche turn outer ring to switch, that is, 'Lin Kuo', therefore, street was the name that comes out of this. When visiting the street was not innocently asked people: "This is where there is eight corner?"
Street was not only the daily life of rural and pastoral areas, as well as for tourists fascinated by those with distinctive Tibetan characteristics, arts and crafts, and more parking for a variety of products, many goods are stuck on a strange mark, there is India's Buddha bead and the precious stones, necklaces Nepal, Bhutan lipstick, nail polish, Spain, the French perfume. Is simply a shopper's paradise.
Instead, we forget that the protagonist Jokhang Temple, dipped into the street was a shopping spree. In this shop you can counter-offer, bargain can be very ruthless, some necklaces rings 2,3 blocks can be purchased, it depends on the skill of how each of the. If you are the owner's first customer, he will be very gracious greeting you, price is of course more concessions, once the transaction, he would hold the money first swept the sale of his goods in order to show the day's business is booming, Lucky Jin-Bao. Very interesting.
Turn around the street was full circle back to the Jokhang Temple has come to the afternoon, we all have a lot of gains. Jokhang Temple's main entrance to the west, usually is not open, and only encountered a grand opening activities will meet the Quartet's visitors. We follow the flow from the right side door entry, a 1100 square meters square terra-profile hospital appearing courtyard surrounded by a ring-chu back to profile, profiling within the walls of terra-story murals painted over (1684 drawing), the hospital is the mass The main areas call.
Kang profiling hospital east felt the main hall, high four-story, there are dozens of palaces, the main hall in structure color of the Han architectural styles, and a second floor beams, the door frame, the ornaments filled with relief and painting, reflect the sculpture of the Tang Dynasty, the art of painting style. But the tile covered Dianding, including the golden dome, Aquarius, Falun, Yan Jiao hanging in a small block of written Tibetan language by the board, are typical Tibetan style, shape and gilt very high technological level. 2, Yan Xia decorated with three rows of wood carvings, wood carvings 108 volts animal and human Sphinx showing a characteristic style of Nepal and India, which is extremely rare ancient Chinese architecture, legends This is personally Songtsan masterpiece.
Hundreds of lights lit butter lamps enshrined in the perception and Sport Hall in front of the faithful devotion to these lights is to add butter, from the misty lights seen in the past, a young lama rely on tightly closed Dianmen smile gazes people. Suddenly the lights see him waving to us after the heart, a burst of ecstasy, from time to time feel Kang Dian open at all times, monks pushed Dianmen, let's entry after closing the Dianmen strong sunlight has also been on the outside, dark hall and weak light of butter lamps swing has become more mysterious. Lama is not Chinese, just kept a smile with us to visit.
The main hall there are 20 large wooden pillars, pillar girder brackets, there are swans, like other fine reliefs, large by the Church are all surrounded by a small temple, with the exception in the center of the Sakyamuni Buddhist temple, the bays are not large, but compact layout. Sakyamuni Buddhist temple is the heart of the Jokhang Temple, here is the ultimate aspiration of pilgrims. The hall dedicated to Princess Wen Cheng brought by a 12-year-old life-sized statue of Sakyamuni. Songtsen within the temple dedicated to the Songtsan, Tang Wencheng Princess, Princess of Nepal-foot statue statues, they look kind, life-like.
On the first floor walls painted 'Sakyamuni 8 phase diagram', 'Princess Wen Cheng to Tibet map', 'celebrating the map' and a large number of remarkable, dense, and two statues of Avalokitesvara and so on, on horseback and Princess Wen Cheng entourage scenes en route to Tibet, and Tibetan and Han nationalities craftsman repair tense scenes of the Jokhang Temple is even more vivid images, bright colors. There are two protective deities Ming Dynasty embroidery Thangka, a Wei-Sheng Yue King Kong, and the other one for large Wade King Kong, which is dedicated to the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism in the Tantric Buddhism of the two, has two embroidery bright color screen integrity, a rare art treasures.
On the second floor of the 'music festival ZHU Bo' translation as 'king of caves', was square, the walls of about 50 square meters. Destroyed the most of the northeast wall, all painted over a large part of the 'Mandala' and 'protect the country and Yao Cha', 'King Kong Sa', 'Green Tara', 'Ye clothing mother' and so on Tantric Buddha. The screen with 'mandala' mainly around the cloth with minority Buddha, irregular scattered, each with gestures, to a strong, pure color flat painted, true black outline of the wire to form a free and simple yet profound style. By a giant circle round the ocean, flame, vajra walls, different forms of Tantric Buddhist statues, as well as the mood with the rotation of Gandhara art plants, constitute a unique melody and style, the late black Kamimagari gold thread "That's who "is this style evolved.
Tibetan painting art mural art far before the Jokhang Temple, that is as far away as 1,300 years ago still have a certain foundation. Since the V Dalai Lama Lobsang Gyatso for the whole of Tibet's religious leader, the establishment of 'Ghedan Phodrang dynasty', from the rapid development of forces of the Yellow Sect, the Yellow Sect monasteries gradually expand and build, Tibet's murals and art were thriving with the development of Buddhism to the glory phase. In the 1300 years of time, through constant development and evolution, formed with a strong local flavor and national spirit of the Jokhang Temple exquisite, beautiful and unique mural art.
Out of the hall, around the hall is a sense Kang row by turning the wheel of the terra-gallery, around the Buddhist temple along the side to complete the rounds. This is Lhasa, the Chinese and foreign 3 by turning the Road, the 'inner ring'. Lhasa, the main economic activities are transferred to the Jokhang Temple as the center of the Sakyamuni Buddha carried out. We side with the passenger side switch to driving through the round, golden prayer wheel in the sun next to You Zhaiyou long dyed a golden gallery terra.
Onto the second floor, standing on the platform, the sunset light shining under the golden dome and the Falun Tibetan Jokhang Temple golden great success, the magnificent, you can also look into the distance the Potala Palace.
Visited Jokhang Temple, Jokhang Temple, how can not go and even referred to as "Lhasa, two chao" in Ramoche. Ramoche Temple is located in the north of Lhasa city with about one kilometer away from the Jokhang Temple, sitting east west. 7 mid-century, scripture into a princess siting, design, into the fan by Princess Wen Cheng when summoned from the mainland to the Han-style temple built by the architect, so the early Ramoche imitate the Han and Tang-style architecture, Chong F, Jun Ge, magnificent extremely fine spectacular. One-year, about 20 years of Tang Dynasty (646), and the Jokhang Temple built at the same time. After several times after the Vatican destroyed, then rebuilt according to the Tibetan form of the original features of a few is not visible.
The existing hall covers an area of 2100 square meters, there are three layers high. Mirage has a third layer, Qiaojiao cornices, very magnificent. At present, only the bottom of the Temple is an early building, the 10 pillars inside the Tubo legacy can still be seen above the lotus flower carve, but also carved with flowers, cirrus, as well as jewelry, the sixth mantra. The Dalai Lama in the past three upstairs a place to stay. Ramoche Temple of the Golden is also the Han Xie Shan style, with supporting brackets, the whole Tibetan architectural styles are also join hands.
Temple dedicated to Princess Wen Cheng who brought to Lhasa perception Wofo like (the age of 12 life-sized, like the Buddha), the latter moved to this as the Jokhang Temple, change-foot statue dedicated to the Princess of Nepal into Tibetan Buddhist King of fixed (Shakya Mou Nepal at the age of eight life-sized, like), and Mo Zhu Er Ji, Buddha and other Buddhist statues, precious historical cultural relics in Tibet. Temple decorated, murals, painting, and many gold and silver ornaments. Buddha statues and murals, mostly biographies, history, folk stories and other content, color, colorful, vivid posture. Yellow Sect monastery was originally one of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism by the College House on a secret location, give the location of the heap Sapporo warehouse.
The snowy night, we went to an Indian restaurant to eat Indian food, eating food that Nepal is almost two. But the restaurant decorated very special, there is no obvious signs of India, the Dow do not understand Eastern culture like a designer to do out of the West, soft in India, Nepal, Mongolia and Tibet's characteristics, but let us think that imitation Oriental If in a foreign country, have a little hometown feeling. Here are adorable waiter, there is no market-style economic city people smile, and we joke play, as in the hospitality home friends. I see them dressed up like the Mongolian Road, Do not look so bad that they speak Chinese, but will be in English, India, Nepal, Mongolia and Tibetan languages. They also taught us talking about these foreign languages, LC wrongly tagged with the exaggerated pronunciation of the expression of laughter rolling on the ground that they get up, several of us almost to the mouth of the rice were sprayed on LC's face.
We ate and plan the next trip. cat said: "Namco has not yet of the ice, we have played with almost Lhasa, we must plan a trip to Ali."
LC report said: "I went to your mother seen hot road, and these days there is no vehicle to Ali."
YUME: "Shigatse may have more cars to Ali."
"As they are here and so on, not as good as two-pronged, some people in Lhasa and so on, while others first Shigatse, who first went to his car to find convergence." I propose to.
Get it passed, LC, and YUME to stay in Lhasa, cat and I have been Yamdrok Lake to Gyantse, Shigatse and then to. Gyangze too expensive to go looking for off-road vehicles, we have only two not cost-effective, finding a few more taxis asking about the price, but the prices are 250-350 yuan, the lowest bargain only Kandao 200. See there are so many cars to go, there is no agreed upon a car unnecessary for them to lazy used to get up tomorrow, Who knows what happened tomorrow, is another matter, followed by waves of ups and downs they experience sudden turn of events indeed.
Jokhang Temple Admission: Free Tibetans and tourists tickets 25. The afternoon free, but many of the temple closed.
Transportation: Located downtown within walking distance to go to the hospital in Tibet by China and Pakistan get off ride tricycles 4.00 RMB.
Ramoche Admission: Free Tibetans and tourists tickets 10 yuan. The afternoon free, but many of the temple closed.
Transportation: Located within walking distance to the city center.
Ali's mother to find hot-road vehicles Ali office in Lhasa, looking for trucks or sport utility vehicle will depend on the economic capacity of each, and truck about 1000 yuan a car (one way), but if we take the North Line will be missed a lot of Ali beautiful, off-road vehicles depends on the routes and the number of days stay, generally in the 14,000 yuan a vehicle (two-way), if you want to do more to support a big trucks wind supply vehicles have another account, they will suggest that you rent more than a support vehicle, if you can find together to share Ali's can be a support vehicle, dilution costs. You ask me there is no need to rent more than a support vehicle? If you have money, of course, it is necessary to Ali, the road is very dangerous, but also no man's land, vehicles may be bad on the road no car after a few days to a month, then you will know what is called the days of not being ineffective, and he died on the road is possible.
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Author: raycat
