D5 last night really hapless. Dorje brother who consistently, diligently, live for decades, has never seen such a patient man. May in the end want to do, I have a hurried passerby, can also stick something cheaper? Can not understand the idea of Tibetan men. In addition to insist on not utter a sound other than the only one with the room looked very fragile chairs top door, and made the worst idea. Fortunately, did not really occur. But I still had a good early in the morning from Zhu Dehao auspicious moved out.
It came out it was found to be looking for a cheap hotel the same how difficult, there could be overlooking the Jokhang Temple Square, full of vegetarian hotels, should be considered a maximum, and can not afford to live again at full strength. Yu Tuo Road have Kadoya, but in the public health public bath, to those gifts that people live. Really anxious to retrace the room for an auspicious day to forget just finally found a "Song Sang Hotel," Kanjia to and auspicious, as the room can be considered large, but a question of hot water supply per day is only three hours at night. Not so much.
Dropped luggage, take the tricycle went straight to the Potala Palace.
Box Office surrounded a group of people, because of chaos, also 78 also appears to be a large group of individuals. And half do not move, I do not know what the mystical practice. Finally routed, and was originally in the distribution of "reserve tickets." The so-called votes in favor of an appointment is to control the size, limits the admission, visitors require tickets to the time to buy real tickets for admission. Reservations are required for my ID card is also said to cattle in order to prevent scalping. After listening to this explanation I think the starting point is indeed good, but why not put out such a system is publicly posted and advertised widely, but each visitor will be called the first Coudao small ticket window to ask it again? Moreover, a possession of a Han Dynasty two windows personnel hands really slow enough, a good copy copy copy identity card numbers for five minutes! This point does not matter because the little things, customary fast-paced and efficient I have generated a great deal of ill-feeling in Tibet.
Tibetans worship, is from the White House up the stairs and finally down the mountain by the Red Palace on the back of the export. The tourist route is the opposite. Walk from the foot of the mountain slopes up to Red Palace behind along the way to enjoy the appearance of the city of Lhasa has been less outrageous, and the roadside Mani stone heap. Read from the nearby majestic Potala Palace, less mysterious, a small window from time to time a bright flowers emerge a two basins, a spirited girl who brings out the flavor of life and harmony.
Box Hill, like disorder, crowded with people, like me, a person traveling at their own expense is not much self-help, either with the groups, either as little as five or six people to more than a dozen or so group of people who clamored to have to hire guides, hear tour guides have all been sent out and we have to reluctantly agree to use the audio guide, and the confirmation of receipt can be repeated over and over again can not be used for reimbursement. A group of people, is said to be finished from the Qaidam Basin, geological exploration, "in passing" on a tour of Tibet. Happy junket ah state-owned enterprises Viva! .
Inside the magnificent Potala Palace, extreme luxury not repeat them here. Jiao Ren wonder is that these Chinese dynasties of the Dalai Lama, their achievements in office is another copy of so many volumes, "Kanjur", "Danzhuer" is also made of a large statue of what is what. Pave the way for the bridge-building, building water conservancy projects, nothing to listen to any sermon. Fifth Dalai Lama was a full used 3721 kilograms of gold, inlaid countless treasures of the great Lama despite already heard, witnessed the time is still amazing. But that type of poor upstarts very wasteful extravagance, it has been difficult to give birth to respect Jiaoren heart. As CHE36 old chap said, a born inside the ugly ass.
The most interesting thing is seen as yesterday in Norbulingka auspicious days, like Buddha before it is Tuopai Liquor, Le Conte chocolate sort of non-traditional tribute, this point will not talk about it. No. xx Dalai Lama, Padmasambhava clap hands of masters sandwiched between the gall to one Zhang RMB or RMB notes.
Foreigner tourists Chichi to laugh, while Han Chinese began to make statues of Tibetan Buddhism and concluding - "Buddha's arms Chuaizhe 2 money."
Not only is the statue's arms Chuaizhao money, and devout believers in the non-stop to the supply table, metal mesh placed inside the empty or stuffed with a small denomination (it will have a face value of) notes. Also notes the national collate copies, to be displayed. Wow, never seen a colorful lot of foreign currency, and some really amazing denomination, followed by a 6 0! As if calling to me: Be it, a Xian-up bar in a stink of money matter.
I would like to, at least in Tibet, people do not conceal the true desire for money, rather than pretending to be aloof from worldly affairs mainland. Money is a good thing, good things should be dedicated to the Buddha, the Buddha is also very readily accepted.
However, the face of such a call, my reaction was anger from the heart, the evil side of the gall bladder health. In special circumstances, special feelings, I did something (or a series) can be called a blasphemous act - by no one noticed, I began to steal iron hands sticking out of the hair-line vote, the more we get After more smoothly, they simply took one for the table directly to 10 yuan banknotes!
I surmise the packed pocket to go after, one by one hall I saw a lot that similar, troublesome. More interesting is the "King Dong", the Potala Palace, the oldest a stone chamber, Songtsan statue with red princess, Princess Wen Cheng and Songtsan of Zigong Zigon Chan (13-year-old Shou Chan-bit, 18-year-old died young), Minister B, C Ding's statue. Here I will specifically Red Princess Wen Cheng on the statue before the princess because she is 634 AD Tibet, Princess Wen Cheng earlier than 7 years. Although we are not big wife, should always be sub-everyone-a.
Think of Princess Wen Cheng Tibet this section pretty interesting anecdotes: the Han Liu, Xi-Jun Wang was crying and the pro-Wusu unwilling, to sing there all day holding a lute miss the hometown of the tone, the last depressed died. The Princess Wen Cheng Li-Yan is the active application to take part in, holding the mother Miriam Ching-Kuo Wei-min world ambitions (ambition?) Married the Tubo. At that time only 15,6-year-old woman to have such an ambition is admirable. I wonder if she knows in advance Songtsan have two Tibetans, one of Nepal's wife? If you know still to go, then this little girl was born almost a bold gambler!
Unexpected outbreak, even if after Tibet by Princess Wen Cheng Songtsan a special favor, the average life expectancy in general a very short plateau, just less than 10 years (650 years) Songtsan he dies, the throne by the out of Tibet by Princess tribute Zigon Chan's son Chan Mang Manson - one still in a primitive inheritance of small babies. Princess Wen Cheng does not come out, but it does not return home, she continued to live in Tibet for 30 years after the death. Urged her to stay is the ethical code? Responsibility? Or a mere nostalgia for her deceased husband's native land?
Potala Palace, the Golden was the rare fine together, although not blue sky thousands of miles at least a blue sky Baiyun Piao, all the people, including two monks (presumably come from outside) are losing no time taking pictures with each other. As the Potala Palace was built to earn from the rock revealing the air-conditioning inside the hall room into a seat refrigerator, just gave birth to frostbitten hands and feet almost never come out. At the moment there is the sun shining warm it is especially useful today. No wonder people say that the Lhasa, that is, sitting on a bench enjoying the sun is also a.
However, there is an atmosphere with this lazy tune voice is not heard, is a two Shandong angry tourists: "... ... those who wear red clothes, the collar 2000 a month salary. Ah God, Buddha quite able to say that with him speaking government spent 2 billion in repair the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, he did not know ... ... "
From the turbulent flow of Tibetans worship upstream down through the White House, down the mountain on the way there are dense clusters of houses, very residential feel. A teenage Tibetan boys and girls (but also possible that they are short stature, everybody looks like a child) seems to be very heavy carrying sacks, bow bending, walking the steps of the font, but not to stop Xie Yixia . A curious tourists inquire about what is inside the bag, the answer is Al Gore territory, a pack of a jin, from the foot of the mountain back to the Red Palace, a 10 yuan.
If you do not enter a monastery, then, it may not be out of this life, manual labor, hard labor every day in exchange for meager earnings. Monthly wages in 2000 compared to the lives of monks Qi comfort. If so, then active Tibetan monk I am afraid the reason is not just because of the purity of the less devout believers.
The first-class operation in the Potala Palace opposite the small Sichuan restaurant lunch resolved. Sure enough, like us Mainlanders, three meals a day without rice Xiadu census drawn from use after a meal is also one of the spiritual vibration. Caught stealing out of a just emerged from the Potala Palace, a piecemeal tickets checkout.
Afternoon destination was the Sera Monastery, the first ride tricycles, and then walk, followed by China and Pakistan face, the way to the Sera Monastery door, but saw the two cars is relatively a Duzaimenkou a group of people down the wah-wah's quarrel with the Tibetan. The lama temple, near the Tibetans, as well as several, like me, bored of tourists have joined the ranks of spectators. In particular, tourists, spectators were especially jubilant. A quarrel with a full 10 minutes the two sides died down, the road to be smooth.
Sera is the one to go in the end to enter, pretty soon the loud voice to follow the location identified by the courtyard, hundreds of monks in red arm swing clap together, the famous Sera identified by the already begun. Men Men sit outside to read a long while, there is a feeling that gradually filled from the bottom of my heart, and increasingly are up big, until can not pretend to ignore its existence - and that is: silly. My eyes can see, the tourists were Shangcuanxiatiao, climbing Fudi in front of large groups of people identified by their photo shoot, monks were also full of curiosity Zhi Gougou stare at the faces of excited tourists and various types of camera lens . They are identified by the words I have heard not a move, want to come and vice versa. This is a bunch of people in the end we doing? The answer is: We fly thousands of miles from around the world come to complete each one with the local people in the process of onlookers.
To this substance was found after the tour I am very frustrated, identified by the market started to leave the temple cruise. As the afternoon went too late, and many have closed hall. Still looked slightly open and a few Hall Lama on duty to give you a very warm introduction, "This is a master Tsongkhapa," "That is White Tara." But I have this response is no response. Khan, ah. Although no one put bow to the heart of deities, but also could not bear to whisk the lama's kindness, er er ah ah perfunctory mouth and pretend to seriously watch-like. I visited the church in Macau, learn from others kind of got on one knee in prayer, but in here, tell me five body also voted to bid for land is in any case did not go on. Or a quick flash first.
Sera after the hill was also called Tian Zangtai, but when seen in the auspicious days notice, warning everyone to respect the Tibetan people's habits, can not watch burial shall not be shot Tianzang Tai eagle and so on. What may be the recent incident did not necessarily vicious. Had looked about at the foot of the mountain. Typical Tibetan Stone Mountain, there are pieces of colored rock statues of Buddha, there are many painted with white powder trapezoidal pattern, may be reborn in a symbol of the road strike. The rocks on the hillside is very awkward sit-old with a Tibetan, I take a look at her, she look at me. Nor how to find her climbing the path of the Mid-Levels, which I felt in Lhasa, an encounter far the most mysterious.
Tomorrow want to go to Shigatse, went to the hotel long-distance ticket Gokichi inquiries, but have heard a very bad news: Due to rainy season, the road is damaged, a one-way from Lhasa to Shigatse into 10 hours. That is, starting 8 am to 6 pm to arrive. Would not this just on the outward and return journeys will have to spend a full two days? Suanlaisuanqu holiday not enough, I am trapped in Lhasa had!
Ran a day exhausted, returned to the hotel to bed and get up in a lie anymore.
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