In many people’s minds, because of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the city became sacred. It is the sanctuary in the heart of believers, and the spiritual homeland of the Tibetan people. No matter how far they are from the Potala Palace, this is a life. This pilgrimage is their ultimate dream.
The living temple pilgrims return to Potala
Every month, every day, every month, countless believers use the body as a ruler, measure the land, come from all directions, and come only to pilgrimage to this sanctuary. Even though some people come for the first time, they still think that Himself is "back to the Potala Palace."
Travelers have come to the Potala Palace. After returning, they will tell the people with a look of inexplicable pride: I have been to the Potala Palace. This is a special experience. When you go out of the Potala Palace, your body and mind seem to become more distinctive.
The Potala Palace is at the heart of Lhasa and is the tallest building in the old city of Lhasa. No building can exceed the Potala Palace. This is its unshakeable position. The pilgrims stepped to the foot of the Potala Palace and looked up at the palace above them with pious eyes. The Potala Palace under the sun appeared unusually dazzling, and the reflected strong light shined on their eyelids. In front of the palace, there was a whirlwind of wind, not counting. They also knew how many pigeons flew over the temple today.
Like many other palaces, the Potala Palace is magnificent and magnificent, as if it had risen from the mountains, and it has become a faction with the Red Mountain. This great palace has a history of more than a thousand years.
Unlike many other palaces, the Potala Palace still fulfills its responsibilities since ancient times . Those palaces that appeared even later than it are at the same time are now like the memories that have been set in the photo. , was used as a specimen only responsible for being visited, but Potala Palace, it is still alive.
The stone walls of the Potala Palace resemble the solid and powerful skeletons of a man. The staggered halls and temples are the internal organs of the human body. On the bottom floor, the ridges that are silently loaded with weight are human legs, winding corridors, and hydrophobic The pipeline is like a human blood vessel. And those faithful believers who were always devoted to worship the Scriptures in front of the statues of Buddha, walked through the hall and walked over and over again, and the aunts on the ground were polished by their devout steps. They were the blood of the Potala Palace and they were always facing Clockwise and rhythmically cycled, adding ghee to the burning lights, they murmured low prayer words to every corner of the Potala Palace. Their surging keeps the palace in power forever.
This sanctuary lives because of such a wonderful body.
Imagine a palace without drawings built by art
The style of the Potala Palace does not possess the authority symbol of a traditional palace. It is not only asymmetrical, but also has no strict center point. Although it is towering in the mountains, it is inescapable. The Potala Palace initially had only a White House. It continued to expand over the next few hundred years and gradually formed the current building complex. The White House was the highest rule center for political activities. The Red Palace was the main venue for the Buddhist activities of the Dalai Lama. It is also the highest rule center for religious activities in old Tibet.
The architecture of the Potala Palace is basically stone, earth, and wood structures. It is built around the mountains and is made of local materials. The palaces built with stones, mud, and wood are cool in winter and cool in summer, but I understand these buildings. In terms of knowledge, the most surprising thing is that this style-conscious and fully-functioning Tibetan palace has not used any drawings during the construction process. That is to say, the artisans involved in the construction are all based on their own skills and imagination. To gradually complete this mega-building, the wisdom of Tibetan artisans reveals itself here .
When we stood at the foot of the Potala Palace, we looked up and looked at one another. The thick, massive Tibetan stone walls formed the main part of the palace. The external walls of the Potala Palace are made of granite blocks. The craftsmen first classify the stones according to their size and shape, and then follow the order of a large layer of stone, a layer of stone, a layer of gravel and a layer of alumina. Come to build. Each wall has two layers inside and outside, and the inner wall erects straight. Then, between the two walls, mud and subtilis are stuffed in, so that it can be insulated and kept warm in winter and cool in summer .
White walls painted white paint, of course, rather than painting, it is rather splash paint, because when the Potala Palace was built is too high, painting does not meet the situation at that time, people will splash lime and milk from the top down On the wall, both the palace and the stone wall are protected from corrosion damage. When we look at the veil from the bottom up, we can always see the white paint splattered on the stone wall forming a cluster of honeycombs because of the accumulation. In the past, I saw in the temple that many pilgrims worshiped large cans of milk in addition to ghee, and now they probably know their uses.
The palace’s external walls had obvious points. Talking about the points, I had to once again admire the wisdom of Tibetan craftsmen. According to measurements, the external wall building gradually shrinks from the bottom up. The function of collecting points is mainly to reduce the weight of the wall. Since the Potala Palace was built in the foothills, and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is located in the seismic zone, the weight reduction can make the entire building firm and stable, and it will not slide down the Red Mountain due to earthquakes and other reasons. Obviously, the architects who built the Potala Palace practiced a superb stone masonry technique. They did not have drawings when they were constructing, they did not support the hanging string and the stand, and they could control the wall just by art imagination. The collection points of the body create a smooth, indestructible Tibetan stone wall.
Countless treasures of people's spiritual homes
After thousands of years, the Potala Palace has collected countless stories and secrets. It is a “temple-temple temple”. From the construction of the Potala Palace, hundreds of millions of people have shuttled and flowed in the Potala Palace. The Potala Palace is connected. They prayed in front of the Buddha's statues and chanted wooden doors, stone walls, and everything that can be touched. Today's Potala Palace, every pillar in the palace, and every brick and stone are bright and jade, and they become invaluable. Cultural artifacts.
"From outside it is a steep cliff, and it looks like it is gold jewelry." The treasures in the Potala Palace could not be counted. Only those uncountable and best-quality gold, silver, pearls, pillars, silk, turquoise, jade, mica stone, sapphire, glass, opal, and crystal stones were known. Diamonds, corals, amber, lapis, rubies, etc. are embedded in the pagoda or decorated on the ground. They are everywhere in the palace. No one is surprised, no one is not admired, and even kneeling, stroking the gem embedded in the ground. . No palace will present such a large number of precious stones to the world. However, there are still many treasures that we cannot see. One of these precious cultural relics came from the accumulation of history in Tibet; the second was the donation of believers; and the third was a gift from the Central Government of all ages. They were excavated from the depths of the minerals, into gemstones and into the Potala Palace. Perhaps they have endless stories... Nowadays, they are part of the Potala Palace and they watch the world enter the temple and the people enter the palace. Accept the admiration of people, listen to the prayers of believers, and become proud with the Potala Palace.
