The most famous Buddhist building in Tibet should be the Potala Palace, that is when Princess Wencheng entered Tibet to build a palace for the princess, when the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo married the Nepalese ruler princess and the Tang Dynasty Princess Wencheng, the two princesses respectively brought the 8-year-old statue of Sakyamuni, and the 12-year-old statue of Sakyamuni, as well as a large number of Buddhist scriptures, Songtsen Gampo converted to Buddhism under the influence of the two princesses, and built today's Jokhang Temple and Jokhang Temple.

Originally, Zhuang Rui wanted to visit the Potala Palace first, but he didn't expect to be tossed by the hawker, so he actually went to the Jokhang Temple first, and he was exempted from dozens of yuan of admission fees.

The Tibetan people have a saying that "there is Jokhang Temple first, and then there is Lhasa City", and the Jokhang Temple has a central position in Lhasa, not only in terms of geographical location, but also in social life.

For the Jokhang Temple, there are also many beautiful legends, and it is said that when the Jokhang Temple was built, it was flooded several times. Princess Wencheng explained that the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a supine Rakshasa woman, so Princess Wencheng said that the Jokhang Temple must fill in the lake to build a temple, and first calm the witch's heart. Then Princess Wencheng also recommended twelve other small monasteries in remote areas to suppress the witch's limbs and joints, and built a total of thirteen monasteries.

According to the location chosen by Princess Wencheng, the first thing to build a temple is to fill in the lake. At that time, the main means of transport was to rely on goats carrying bags of sand and dirt. In this way, the lake was filled in and the foundation of the Jokhang Temple was laid, and the word Lhasa today evolved from the Jokhang Temple.

The circle of the Buddha hall of Sakyamuni in the center of the Jokhang Temple is called "Nangkuo", the outer wall of the Jokhang Temple is called "Bakhor Street", the street radiating out of the Jokhang Temple is called "Barkhor Street", that is, the octagonal street where Zhuang Rui and others shop, with the Jokhang Temple as the center, the Potala Palace, Yaowang Mountain, and Xiaozhao Temple include a large circle called "Lin Kuo", which is the three ring types from the inside to the outside, which is the route of the Tibetan people's prayer turning ceremony.

Zhuang Rui saw that outside the Jokhang Temple, there were many pious Tibetans kowtowing clockwise around the Jokhang Temple, reciting the six-character mantra, holding their hands together and taking a step forward. Keep your hands together and move them to your forehead and take another step. Continue to move your hands together to your chest and take the third step. When your knees are on the ground, you should lay down with your palms down, your hands straight forward, and your forehead lightly touching the ground. After getting up, the cycle repeats.

These pious Tibetans, wearing protective gear on their hands and knees, their faces covered with wind and frost, wind and dust, their bodies prostrate on the ground, and when their palms are drawn forward, they make a rustling sound, relying on strong faith, measuring the land with their bodies, bowing in three steps, slowly detouring, even if it is just clockwise around the Jokhang Temple, these people are the Tibetan believers that Zhuang Rui saw on the road to Lhasa.

Tibetan believers from far away from all over the country may take years to reach the holy place in their hearts by wading through mountains and rivers along the way, sleeping in the open air, and kowtowing all the way to the holy place in their hearts.

And next to the Jokhang Temple, there is also a group of Tibetans who kowtow in place, although they do not need to walk, but everyone thinks that they must kowtow at least 10,000 times to express their piety Seeing that the Tibetans who turn the scriptures have poured into the Jokhang Temple, Gegu Lama beckoned to Zhuang Rui, and took the lead in entering the Jokhang Temple from a small gate next to the main gate of the Jokhang Temple.

Zhuang Rui is also very calm, he didn't do anything bad, although he started beating people first, but Buddhism also preaches punishing evil and promoting good, presumably these lamas will not treat themselves well, seeing that Zhuang Rui came with Lama Gegu, the lama who guarded the door folded his hands at Zhuang Rui, smiled, and put him in.

"This is where the "Geshe" was born, well, "Geshe" is the meaning of the PhD among you Han Chinese. ”

Walking into the Jokhang Temple, Zhuang Rui saw a patio-style courtyard, and the Gegu Lama obviously did not treat him as a villain, and explained to him the origin of this courtyard, there are several rows of butter lamps on the east side of the courtyard, even if it is daytime, these butter lamps are still bright and unextinguished.

Behind the butter lamp is the main gate of the main hall of the Jokhang Temple, the earliest buildings of the Jokhang Temple started from this gate, the outer yard was built and expanded later, this main hall is the building of more than 1,400 years ago, due to the friction of believers for many years, the stone floor at the door has been as bright as a mirror.

Zhuang Rui saw that the believers who had just passed through the Turning Prayer Path were constantly going in and out from here, slowly or quickly returning to the famous Turning Prayer Path of the Jokhang Temple, turning in circles again and again, regardless of men, women and children, they were all pious and dignified, and this moment was natural and harmonious.

After entering the main hall, the first thing Zhuang Rui saw was two huge Buddha statues on the left and right, on the left was the Tantric master Padmasambhava, the founder of the Red Sect, on the right was the future Buddha, and on the right side of the entrance of the main hall passage was the mural about the story of the Jokhang Temple, the mural vividly depicted the appearance of the early Potala Palace in the 7th century AD, as well as the scene of filling the lake to build the Jokhang Temple.

Lama Gegu seemed to be very prestigious, several lamas and tourists passing by him, all bent down slightly to greet him, and after taking Zhuang Rui into the main hall, Lama Gegu said to Zhuang Rui: "Young man, you can visit here, you should walk in the direction of those people's movements, and don't trespass." ”

Gegu seemed to have something else, and after explaining to Zhuang Rui, he left, as if he had forgotten the original intention of bringing him here, and did not ask about the disputes that occurred in the market at all.

There are many lifelike wood carving walls painted in the main hall, after Zhuang Rui's eyes saw these wood carvings, his heart moved slightly, he walked a few steps under his feet, approached the wall, and concentrated on the already thin aura in his eyes, and released it towards the wood carving picture.

"Huh, how can this be?"

Just when the aura in his eyes penetrated the surface of the woodcut, Zhuang Rui immediately felt that there was a lot of aura in these woodcarving paintings, even when the aura in his eyes was the fullest, compared to it, I am afraid it was just a drop of water in the sea.

But what surprised Zhuang Rui, and what made him feel helpless was that although he could feel the existence of these aura, he had no way to absorb it, and this situation was the first time Zhuang Rui had encountered it.

The aura in those murals made Zhuang Rui suddenly have an illusion, as if his aura was water, and the aura in the carved wood murals was oil, although water and oil could coexist in a container, but there was no way to fuse them.

"Is it because the amount of aura in my eyes is too scarce to fuse the aura in the mural?"

Zhuang Rui withdrew the aura in his eyes, looked at the mural in front of him, and thought about it, although the aura in his eyes has been frequently used in the past few days, and the number is much rarer, but it can still see through to the depth of about one centimeter of wood, which is no different from before.

However, the aura that was invincible in the past is now unable to absorb a trace of breath in this mural, which makes Zhuang Rui surprised and felt deeply disappointed, this is like entering Baoshan, but finding that he has no way to take something from it, that feeling will make people crazy.

Zhuang Rui tried again without giving up, but it was still in vain, he was depressed and almost shouted loudly, Zhuang Rui, who has always been calm, was eager to pounce at this time, smash these murals, and release the aura inside.

"Woo ......"

Just when Zhuang Rui's heart was as uncomfortable as being scratched by a cat, the little white lion in his arms screamed "whining", and the little paws desperately grabbed Zhuang Rui's clothes, as if they were going to go down to the ground, Zhuang Rui was a little strange, this little thing was in his arms, he had always been very docile, why did he seem so irritable today.

Zhuang Rui's mind was full of longing for the aura in the mural at this time, and he couldn't take care of this little guy, so he didn't think about it at the moment, so he put the white lion on the ground.

The little white lion walked very steadily, and after going down to the ground, he immediately ran to a staircase at the corner of the main hall, but it was too small to say that it couldn't climb up, and it was anxious to scream there, which made Zhuang Rui, who was already a little irritable, even more upset.

"Well, maybe I don't have anything to do with the aura here. ”

Zhuang Rui sighed secretly in his heart, but there was no way, as the saying goes, out of sight and out of mind, Zhuang Rui, who couldn't think of any way, was ready to leave here.

"Huh?"

Looking around, Zhuang Rui found that the little thing actually climbed to the stairs that were much higher than its height, but this wooden staircase had more than 20 steps, and the little white lion only climbed the first step now, but it was not up and down, and the plush body walked back and forth on the wide staircase, calling in the direction of Zhuang Rui, and the little guy's actions also made many tourists and believers pay attention.

Seeing this little guy's strange appearance, the depression in Zhuang Rui's heart was also diluted, this little thing is very understanding, in the past few days, and pee have never bothered Zhuang Rui, but ran to the place prepared by Liu Chuan to solve it, coupled with his cute appearance, but Qin Xuanbing and others are envious, but the little white lion does not let anyone contact except Zhuang Rui, even Qin Xuanbing is also under Zhuang Rui's compulsory order, so he can hold and play for a while.

Shaking his head, Zhuang Rui walked over, he thought that this little thing might be hungry, he bent down and hugged the little white lion, his eyes unintentionally flicked, and he couldn't help but be taken aback, because Zhuang Rui found that the wooden staircase material was actually made of sandalwood, although it was not the rare small leaf sandalwood, but this row of stairs used a lot of materials, and it was also precious.

"When...... Dangdang ......"

Zhuang Rui stretched out his hand and knocked on the surface of the staircase, and there was a sound of metal clashing, and he couldn't help but have a trace of interest in the staircase.

Looking at the little white lion in his arms who was still tearing his clothes, Zhuang Rui hesitated slightly, when Lama Gegu was leaving, he told him not to trespass, whether this would be the forbidden place of Jokhang Temple, Zhuang Rui also did not know, he stood here for a long time, and did not see a single tourist go up, but the lamas who came and went, and no one came to stop or ask him.

After all, curiosity about the unknown prevailed, Zhuang Rui picked up the little white lion, held the handrail of the stairs engraved with fine patterns, and walked up slowly.