 Lhasa Overview
Tibet's capital Lhasa is a city with 1,300 years of history, located in the Brahmaputra tributary of the north bank of Lhasa, more than 3650 meters above sea level. A seven county area of Lhasa Municipality. The city's total area of nearly 3 million square kilometers, the urban area of 523 square kilometers. The city's total population of nearly 373,000, of which the urban population of nearly 13 million, there are Tibetan, Han, Hui and other 31 ethnic Tibetan population accounts for 87%. Lhasa "in Tibetan language for" Holy Land "or" Buddha "in Italy, has long been Tibet's political, economic, cultural and religious center, magnificent, magnificent Potala Palace, as the highest symbol of theocratic regime. As early as the seventh century AD, Songtsan merger neighboring tribes, united Tibet, the capital was moved from Yaron logic posture (now in Lhasa), the establishment of the Tubo Dynasty. May 23, 1951, the peaceful liberation of Tibet, Lhasa city has entered a new times. In 1960, the State Council formally approved the Lhasa prefecture-level city in 1982 as the country turn its first published in one of 24 historical and cultural city.
 Potala
This 119 meters high, 13-layer of ancient palaces, with its high historical value and Kuangshi known treasures is the Tibetan architectural art and culture a symbol of prosperity. The Potala Palace in Lhasa, the ancient city of Red Hill on the west was built in the early seventh century Songtsan period, after a fire burned down because of the war, the only remaining King Tung and exceptional Buddhist temple 2. The Potala Palace is now seen, is basically the seventeenth century, especially the Fifth Dalai Lama Lobsang Gyatso came to power expansion up. In addition to holidays and major events, the Potala Palace, open to visitors every morning, tickets are 40 yuan. After the Dragon King Abdallah Mountain Lake, the lake with island, the island palace built dragon.
 Qu Gong Cultural Relics
Northern suburbs of Lhasa is located 5 km from the edge of the river valley area, elevation 3690 meters. Here a number of excavated tombs and pits, tombs are sarcophagi, burial burial ceremony for the bent limbs. More than 1 trillion pieces of unearthed cultural relics and a large number of animal bones, to the largest number of chipped stone tools, but also a small amount of fine grinding stone and jade, and little fine stone. Polished stone tools are a knife sickle,? arrowhead, comb-shaped device, etc.; bone with cone, needle, arrowhead-based, including a rare hole for the needle tip of the nose bone needles.
Decorations are mainly bone hairpin, earrings pottery, ceramic ring and stone ring, and many more for the head of ornaments. Qu Gong sites were also excavated a lower copper arrowhead, copper was flat arrowhead-shaped, was identified as the smelting of raw materials derived from the Tibetan Plateau at that time that has begun into the Bronze Age ancestors. Qu Gong site is about 4000-5000 years ago.
 Tsurphu
In Doilungdêgên County, about 70 kilometers away from Lhasa. The monastery's main temple is the Karma Kagyu faction. Living Buddha reincarnation custom is from the monastery began in Tibet, was later to other denominations, by extension. The monastery in 1187 by the Karmapa I have Song Qinba construction, small temple was first built. II to the throne after the Karmapa received a grant from the Yuan Dynasty, the government has extended to form a larger scale, but in 1410 was destroyed by an earthquake. In 1414, Yongle Emperor has allocated a sum of special funds, under the auspices of the V Karmapa also be rebuilt.
 Jokhang Temple
Is located in the old city center of Lhasa, have elapsed since the 1350 history. Legend Jokhang Temple Temple site was originally a lake, the lake was in this Songtsan respect to the foot princess promises, with the ring at the drop of the construction of Buddhist temple, have guessed that ring just fell into the lake, the lake suddenly all over the optical network, Among the optical network reveals a 9 Sule Pagoda. Thus, a 1000 white goat to pack a mighty temple construction project began. Jokhang Temple were built more than three years, because Tibetan said, "Goat" to "provoke," and "earth" to "Sa", to commemorate the achievements of white goat, Buddha Hall was originally called "Jalan Sa", later renamed "Zula Kang" (The Church), also known as "health perception" (temple), all known as "Jalan Hi-chee capsule Zula Kang Sa Karma", meaning that soil from the goats pack built. "Edwin," the name is said and began in the 15th century the "Chuan-zhao Dafa will be" relevant. 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. Experience on behalf of the many renovation, by extension, gradually forming an area of 25100 square meters is now a grand scale.
 Ramoche
NATO's 500 meters at Bajiao Street, West Block, east, from the garden, shrine, gate, the Buddha image, internal and external turning golden dome roof corridor, with a total area of approximately 4,000 square meters. Temple for Buddha and many, like the age of eight life-sized gold Buddha statues and thangka, etc. in 1962 was listed as key cultural relics protection units of the autonomous region Ramoche was founded in the mid-seventh century AD. According to upload, Princess Wen Cheng brought to Tibet, when a 12-year-old life-sized gold, like the Buddha, line to the present Ramoche, the wooden car into sand. Princess through the calendar and decided to Sakyamuni Buddha placed here to worship, gradually building Ramoche. Ramoche also known as the secret of Hospitals, is studying Buddhist monks has been good for further study areas.
 Norbulingka
Norbulingka, Tibetan means "Baby Park." Is located in the western suburbs of Lhasa, previously has been the Dalai Lama's summer palace, now open to the public as a park. Norbulingka area was originally shrub, is the Lhasa River old course through the place. Qu River is back, water gently, summer grass An Liu Ting reflected upside of which is very beautiful scenery.
VII Dalai Gesang Jia measures in Drepung Monastery, study and during the take off from time to time this summertime. VII of the Dalai Lama's political participation, the then Resident Minister uphold the wishes of the Qing court, where the Ukrainian-built for him rather Yao Zhang (tents Palace), which is the predecessor of Norbulingka. VII of the Dalai Lama in his later years was built in the vicinity Shiyou Gaisang Phodrang, and named "Norbulingka," by the Qing emperor Sejong after the approval of the Dalai Lama VII, every summer in the chapter dealing with administrative affairs rather Gesang. Since then, Norbulingka evolved gradually from a resort to deal with church-state matters a summer resort. Calendar generation after the Dalai Lama of the Tibetan calendar each year are March 18 moved from the Potala Palace, Norbulingka, to the Tibetan 9, back in October at the turn of the Potala Palace. Chikamasa before the Dalai Lama is perennial in this learning through the study of law.
 Sera
In the northern suburbs of Lhasa salad Wuzi mountain. Sources on the temple were two versions: one that laid the foundation stone to build the monastery nowadays in a more fierce the hail, hail Tibetan pronounced "salad", so named after the completion of the monastery, "Sera", meaning " Hail Temple "; a monastery built in a brier that took place in full bloom, so called" Sera ", brier Tibetan pronunciation for" salad. " Temple is called "salad Mahayana Temple."
A large quantity of precious cultural relics in Sera and crafts, such as the Sakya Yeshe returned to Tibet from Beijing, when the Buddhist scriptures brought back to the Emperor Yu Ci, Buddhist statues, Buddhist implements, Seng Yi, Qi silk, gold, silver, etc.. Which Shakya Yeshe color tapestry, like, long 109 centimeters wide and 64 centimeters, despite more than 500 years, but the color is still bright. Chin hall hidden in the measures more than 200 letters, "Kanjur", "Danzhuer" by the book full of gold juice copying, and very precious. According to statistics, Tibet's Sera Monastery are locally produced tens of thousands of statues, there are many brass Buddha brought from India. The statue is of great artistic value of art, embodies the splendid Tibetan religious art.
 Ganden
Is the Yellow Sect of the first six Temple Temple, located in the east of Lhasa Dazi territory, 47.4 kilometers away from the Potala. Wang Boer Mountain is located in the south bank of the Lhasa River, Yamagata north-south, slightly east. Ganden Monastery built in the mountains of the col-wang Boer, the altitude of 3,800 meters. The six major monasteries in the Yellow Sect, the Ganden Monastery occupies a very special place, you can say that it is six Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, ancestral temple. Tsongkhapa, founder of the Yellow Sect in person to build the monastery and served as the first red bar, finally passed away here.
Ganden Monastery which owned many precious historical relics, of which Emperor Qianlong of the Qing and Ming Yongle emperor armor thanks to the thanks to Kam Tong forged the most famous embroidery. Helmets inlay of gold and silver treasures, the Department of the Qianlong Emperor in the year 1757 as the ancestor of the Yellow Sect of worship given to Tibet, Tsongkhapa, the helmet also used above the Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan explained in four languages, is one with a very of high artistic value and historical value of the treasures. Kam Tong forging embroidered gifts bestowed on the late Ming dynasty Emperor Yongle Daiji king of custard apples are also missing, a total of Sakyamuni Buddha, 18 Rohan, the four kings and other refined brocade 24, Daiji King return to Tibet immediately after the transfer instructions from the shizong Aqaba. The Illustrated each year in January to show the three weeks, saying that "Gandan Embroidery Tong Festival." Festival of Ganden Monastery is not only a large number of architectural and art treasures, it also holds in the history of considerable political and religious status. In 1961, Ganden Monastery was listed as national key cultural relics protection units.
 Chakpori
Lhasa is located in the city, with the Potala Palace, Red Mountain is located right close relative. The city one of the main trunk road, between two hills from the adoption of two-shan, a Baita phase, the bottom is the openings. Chakpori on the ruins of the existing one was originally memba Zhacang (that is, the Tibetan Medical College), also known as Yao Wangmiao. Medicine King is an incarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha, is said to cure-all. Yao Wangmiao learned over the past focused on a group of Tibetan medicine, about the development of Tibetan medicine in the 17th century institution, your family is also the Dalai Lama, the monks care physician. 60 years later, the former belonging to the Tibetan Yao Wangmiao into Mantsikhang as the present possession of the hospital, its clinic building in the Jokhang Monastery west of the bridge near the buildings properly.
Dragon King Lake
Lhasa, one of the famous landscape architecture, is located behind the Potala Palace. Legend VI Dalai Lama had Mozhugongka greet from 8 Long in this lake, so called Dragon King Lake. Dragon King Lake is a V, the construction of the Potala Palace, the Dalai Lama Lobsang Gyatso, from the foot of a large number of earth formed a big puddle. There is a lake island in diameter about 42 meters, to connect the island and the land is a five-hole stone arch bridge, the island and the lake surrounded by wooded, fine spring. Pavilion built on the island is to follow the Buddhist ritual altar in the style of building up the city. After the liberation, people's governments of the Dragon King Tan conversion, build a children's park, lounge and other facilities, is that people had Linca, boating and sightseeing comfortable resting place.
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