Chapter 1 Potala Palace

The flat and wide river, the gently flowing river, the white clouds fluttering under the blue sky, the emerald mountains, the occasional newly built Tibetan village, and the yellow or green roofs are reflected in the greenery. From a distance, it looks like a landscape painting with ink not dry, and it is like entering an ethereal fairyland, which is both amazing and reverie.

On a straight asphalt road in the grassland, a brand-new sky-blue bus is heading towards a towering building under a snow-capped mountain in the distance.

Tibet, known as the land of the heavens, has attracted countless adventurers from far away to experience the beautiful natural scenery since ancient times, and the bus on the highway is now going to carry the passengers of this car to the highest and largest building in Tibet: the Potala Palace.

Outside the bus, bursts of exclamation and cheers can be heard inside the car, and the tourists in the bus have looked at the endless grassland in the distance through the crystal windows, and the joy on their faces can be seen at a glance.

In a noisy noise, out of the aisle at the front of the bus came out of a woman wearing a V women's collar white shirt, with a blue work card on her chest, this woman was dressed with white skin and beauty, very colorful, I saw her holding a microphone in her hand, the voice was crisp and fed twice, the tourists in the bus were immediately attracted by her, and their eyes turned to her curiously.

"Dear tourists, as the saying goes, meeting is fate, to see you here today, is our fate, I also hope that this trip to Tibet can leave you with a good travel memory, first introduce yourself, I am the tour guide who led you to visit the Potala Palace today. My name is Chen Wenwen. It's okay for everyone to call me Xiaowen. ”

Suddenly there was a single man in the carriage who shouted: "Xiaowen beauty." Leave a mobile phone number. It caused everyone to laugh.

The female tour guide seemed to have seen it a long time ago, and the smile on her face was still very charming, and she said with an unchanged expression: "That's definitely going to leave a mobile phone number, but I don't want you to call me, because when you call, it's usually because you're lost." As soon as the female guide said this, everyone in the carriage burst into laughter again.

"Okay, no further ado. As the tour guide who will lead you today, I still want to introduce to you what kind of building the Potala Palace we are going to visit today. The tour guide named Xiaowen straightened his face, "Do you know when the Potala Palace was built?" ”

"I know." The man who asked for the mobile phone number just now has become very positive, "The Potala Palace was built in the Tang Dynasty. ”

Xiaowen smiled slightly, "This gentleman's answer is very right, it was indeed built in the Tang Dynasty, but do you know who it was at that time?" Why was the Potala Palace built? ”

When she asked this question, no one in the bus answered anymore, and Xiaowen also explained with a smile: "The Potala Palace was built in the early years of Zhenguan during the period of King Songtsen Gampo. It has a history of 1,300 years, speaking of this Potala Palace. Also thanks to our Chinese Empire Tang Dynasty founder Tang Taizong Li Shimin, Zhenguan seven years, Tang Taizong Li Shimin held a unique World Games in Chang'an, at that time attached to the Tang Dynasty many countries have brought their own athletes to compete, the venue was held in Chang'an Stadium, the scene was very grand and magnificent, tens of thousands of people gathered together, so that the king of Tubo Songtsen Gampo was very envious, he decided to return to his country, but also to build a building that can hold tens of thousands of people, this started the plan to build the Potala Palace. ”

Xiaowen was full of emotion during the explanation, and no one in the carriage spoke, and everyone listened to her explanation quietly.

"The construction of the Potala Palace can be said to be the condensation of the painstaking efforts of the entire Tubo country, up and down the Tubo, dispatched more than 100,000 people, day and night to build such a dome palace, with the history of the Tubo country records, this palace in the efforts of so many people, it also took four years to complete the repair, enough to see the difficulty of building this huge palace at that time."

Xiaowen opened the quilt she was carrying around her waist, took a sip of water and said: "The Potala Palace has been built, it stands on the top of Tibet like a miracle, and is known as the city in the sky, but because Songtsen Gampo built this palace so much, the national strength of Tubo at that time took a sharp turn, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, led the army to defeat the Tubo army and control the entire Tibet region almost without destroying it, and at the same time, he also took over such a great building. ”

After Xiaowen finished speaking, there was a sigh in the carriage, this Songtsan Gampo is really unlucky, the building that has been built with so many years of hard work has not had time to enjoy it, and it has become someone else's thing.

"The Potala Palace and Fort are built on the mountain, covering an area of 410,000 square meters and 360 meters long from east to west. The highest elevation reaches 3767.19 meters, all are stone and wood structures, the five palaces are covered with gilded copper tiles, the momentum is very majestic, it is the essence of ancient Tibetan architectural art. And known as the plateau temple, the Potala Palace is composed of two parts: the Red Palace and the White House. The Red Palace is in the middle, and the White Palace traverses the two wings, red and white, and the buildings overlap, which is a magnificent building integrating palaces, castles, spiritual pagodas, and monasteries.

The interior of the Potala Palace is painted with a large number of murals, constituting a huge painting art gallery, nearly 200 people have participated in the mural painting, and it has taken more than five years, at the same time, it also contains many ancient architectural images and a large number of Buddha statues, and there are also a lot of precious cultural relics and Buddhist artworks preserved in each hall.

The palace treasures a large number of Buddha statues, murals, Tibetan scripture seals, antique jewelry, and has high academic and artistic value. However, when Li Shimin sent a large army to capture this ancient city tower, such a valuable building was almost destroyed. ”

Xiaowen said this, first fished everyone's appetite, and then said slowly: "The commander of the army that attacked Tubo was General Li Ji, the famous commander of the Tang Dynasty Chengguan garrison, after defeating Tubo and occupying the Potala Palace, he threatened to burn down this building that killed the people of Tubo in order to protect the people of Tubo, but he was persuaded by a letter from Guiguzi Xu Yang, the pioneer of the Tang Dynasty, and the general meaning of the letter is: When Xiang Yu broke through the Qin State and saw the Afang Palace that stretched for hundreds of miles, he also expressed such emotion, And burned it to the ground, Afang Palace finally left nothing, not only did not leave a warning to the people in power in the past, but wasted all the efforts of the people, this kind of behavior is really unwise. At that time, General Li Ji saw this letter and felt that what Guiguzi said was very reasonable, so his subordinates showed mercy and did not burn down the Potala Palace. ”

After listening to Xiaowen's introduction, everyone was excited, and it seemed that the pioneers had done a great deed......

In the golden autumn of October, the osmanthus is fragrant, and the cool weather of autumn makes people full of spirit, and after a year of hard work, we finally ushered in the harvest today.

The fields are now yellow, the potatoes are ripe, and this year is another bumper year, but the farmers seem to be a little overwhelmed.

"What can I do, the cellar is full, and these potatoes can't be sold."

"Oh, next year it's better to plant half wheat and half potatoes, this thing has too many knots...... "......

"Husband, this year's village is ripe again, it seems that this year's potatoes are still a bumper harvest, I heard that the cellar of the farmer's house is full of potatoes, and now they can't be sold, what do you say we should do." Liu Mengli followed Liu Qi to walk around the field today, the land around Xujiazhuang is now full of farmers harvesting potatoes, but judging from their complaints, they don't seem to know how to deal with this batch of potatoes harvested this year, which also makes her a little worried to return to the village to report the news to Xu Yang.

"Harvest, let's continue to harvest potatoes this year, and then sell them to Tibet, judging from the court meeting today, there may be a big move over there............ (To be continued......)

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