Chapter 539: Potala Palace

In the end, Xu Yang couldn't get that thing at all, in fact, Xu Yang also watched a network that was said to be 'quite popular' when he was bored with the sun recently, and it was also a city, which talked about a thing, this kid spoofed it for the first time, but fortunately, Xu Yang didn't pay much attention to this matter, on the third day, the other party came, and this time it was obviously bigger than the "hat" who came last time.

talked with Xu Yang all morning, and finally left with Xu Yang's satisfied attitude, and the other party left speechless and crying, it seems that Xu Yang has reaped a lot of benefits, as for what it is, Xu Yang didn't say, others didn't say it when they asked, as for the country, only a few people know about it, and it is listed as a top secret file.

Now that the matter is done, Xu Yang is ready to go, this time in addition to Xu Yang and his personal bodyguards, Xu Yang and his party have secretly been protected by the state, just kidding, Xu Yang is now equivalent to an ambassador, of course, someone must be secretly protected, if something happens, the country will be sad.

Early the next morning, a group of people who had already prepared came to the airport, there were definitely a lot of people, which could be described as Haohao's 'dang' and 'dang', Xu Yang's side, Su Xiaoxiao, Yang Yahui, Angel, Liu Siyan, okay! Liu Jianing didn't know why he also came. Xiong Wei, Xiao Yuxiao, the eldest and fourth in Xuyang's dormitory, the bodyguard David, Chu Qiu!

When the plane took off, it was already Tibet, which Xu Yang had always longed for. At the moment of getting off the plane, Xu Yang felt a little dizzy, it turned out that he really had altitude sickness, but fortunately, Xu Yang's physique was good, and after the transformation of his ability, he got used to it in a few minutes. As for the others, it's a lot worse, to say that the only ones who are better here are David, Chu Qiu, and Angel, and the others are more or less dizzy!

Xu Yang saw this and knew that everyone should go to the hotel to take a rest, because this trip is a tolerance, all the food, accommodation and transportation have been looked at, just when leaving the airport, someone has come to pick up Xu Yang, Xu Yang did not ask what the other party is doing, anyway, the person said that the country or something, the best hotel, a must!

If you want to talk about Tibet, what Xu Yang wants to know the most, and what he wants to know the most is the "Potala Palace", it can be said that Xu Yang first knew such a palace, and then he knew Tibet, which is why Xu Yang thought about Tibet, why he wanted to dedicate the spiritual beads to Tibet, and he himself is also a little related.

The Potala Palace, commonly known as the "Second Putuo Mountain", stands on the Red Mountain in the northwest of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and is a large-scale palace-style building complex. Built in the middle of the seventh century A.D., why was the Potala Palace built, one is said to be due to the development needs, Songtsen Gampo in order to consolidate the regime, the ruling center moved from the area of Shannan Zedang to the Potala Palace, and in order to defend against foreign invasion, so the Red Mountain Palace was built on the Red Mountain in Lhasa - the earliest name of the Potala Palace; the other is that Songtsen Gampo built this palace in order to marry Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty; there is also a theory that Princess Wencheng suggested that the King build the Potala Palace after calculation. After its reconstruction in the 17th century, the Potala Palace became the winter residence of successive Dalai Lamas, and it was also the center of Tibet's theocratic rule. The whole palace has a distinct Tibetan style, more than 200 meters high, 13 floors in appearance, but only 9 floors in fact. Because it is built on the mountainside, a large area of stone walls stands like a cut wall, so that the building seems to be integrated with the hill, and the momentum is very majestic.

Xu Yang actually wanted to see it now, but looking at the appearance of the sick Yangyang, he was a little embarrassed to go alone, but he couldn't control his thoughts, and he became more and more of an inner 'commotion', and wanted to see this magnificent palace immediately!

Xu Yang is a person who does whatever he wants, and if he says it well, he will follow his 'sex', and if he doesn't say it, he will be simple-minded! Everyone has rested, Xu Yang quietly found David and Chu Qiu, one of them must have one person to stay, and the final result of the discussion is that Chu Qiu stayed, David followed Xu Yang, after all, Chu Qiu followed Xu Yang for a long time, and Su Xiaoxiao still trusted Xu Yang very much, and Chu Qiu's words still worked. David can't do it, this product is definitely annoying at home now, not because this person is not good, but because this person is too "Tang Seng"!

Xu Yang was carrying a travel bag, David followed him, the two of them were dressed like people who came out to travel, in fact, Xu Yang knew that his every move was noticed, but Xu Yang didn't care, he just wanted to see the palace.

The Potala Palace is 3,700 meters above sea level, covers a total area of 360,000 square meters, the total building area is 130,000 square meters, the main building is 117 meters high, a total of 13 floors, including the palace, the spiritual pagoda hall, the Buddha hall, the scripture hall, the monk's house, the courtyard are readily available, it is the highest altitude in the world today, the largest palace castle style building complex.

The Potala Palace is built according to the mountain, the group of buildings overlaps, the palace is saggy, the momentum is majestic, there is the tendency of being born out of thin air, the momentum runs through the sky, the solid and thick 'flower' granite wall, the white horse grass wall collar of matsutake mushroom, the golden top of the golden top, the huge gilt vase, the building and the red banner with a strong decorative effect, the 'interming' reflects each other, the stark contrast of the red, white and yellow three kinds of 'color' colors, the building type of the division and the layer of socketing, all reflect the special 'color' of the Tibetan ancient architecture' of the 'fascination'.

In 631 A.D. (the year of the Iron Rabbit in the Tibetan calendar), the Potala Palace was built by Songtsen Gampo of Tibet. At that time, there were 999 palaces and 1,000 meditation rooms on the mountain, which were severely damaged due to lightning strikes and wars. In 1645 (the year of the Tibetan calendar), the Fifth Dalai Lama, in order to consolidate the local power of Ganden Pozhang, which was integrated with politics and religion, was presided over by the first Si Solang Lang Deng, rebuilt the "White House" of Potala and the "Gate" of the palace wall, and moved the political power from Drepung Monastery. In 1690 (the year of the Iron Horse in the Tibetan calendar), the first Si Sanjay Gyatso built a spiritual pagoda for the fifth Dalai Lama and expanded the "Red Palace". In 1693 (the year of the Tibetan calendar water 'chicken'), the project was completed. Later, the successive Dalai Lamas added 5 golden domes and some outbuildings. In particular, after the completion of the spiritual pagoda hall of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1936 (the year of the fire rat in the Tibetan calendar), the scale of the Potala Palace was formed today.

The construction of the Potala Palace is inseparable from the 33rd generation of Zanpu Songtsen Gampo in Tibet. Legend has it that 1300 years ago, at the beginning of the 7th century, after Songtsen Gampo moved the capital to Lhasa, in order to marry Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty, he built three nine-story buildings with a total of 1,000 palaces on the Red Mountain, named Potala Palace. "On one side of the building is the sleeping palace of the king of Zao, with a stupa on the top of the palace in the middle and a harem on the other side. Between the harem and the middle palace, there is a four-story bronze and iron cast sky bridge. At that time, there were three walls outside the Potala Palace, and the outermost wall is until the White Pagoda on Beijing Road today", Nima Tsering, deputy director of the Potala Palace Management Office, talked about the Potala Palace. He told him, "At that time, the three major buildings of the cloth palace were all pink and white, and they looked holy and majestic on the red mountain, and the Tibetans called it the 'white' palace'."

The White Palace is named after the white 'color' of the outer wall, and the oldest building in the existing Potala Palace is the 'Cave' of the King of France. In the 9th century, the Potala Palace was destroyed due to the internal 'turmoil' in Tibet, and only the 'cave' of the Dharma King remained. The 'cave' contains statues of Songtsen Gampo that are said to have been made during his lifetime, along with Princess Wencheng and Princess Chizun of Nepal.

The White House is the place where the Dalai Lama lives and lives, and has seven floors. The top floor is the **** dormitory "Sunshine Palace", there is a part of the roof in the hall is open, the sunlight can 'shine' in, and then cover it with a tarpaulin at night, hence the name. The Sunshine Hall is divided into two parts, the West Sunshine Hall (Niyue Solang Lieji) is the original hall, and the East Sunshine Hall (Gan Danlang 'color') is imitated later, the layout of the two is similar, respectively, the thirteenth and fourteenth **** of the dormitory, but also the place where they deal with government affairs. It was a highly hierarchical place, and only high-ranking monks and secular officials were allowed to enter. The hall includes a worship hall, a prayer hall, a scripture study room and a bedroom, all of which are very luxuriously furnished.

The Red Palace is located in the center of the Potala Palace, and the exterior walls are red. The palace adopts a mandala layout, and many scripture halls and Buddha halls have been built around the spiritual pagoda hall of the past dynasties, so as to connect with the White House.

The main building of the Red Palace is the spiritual pagoda hall of the Dalai Lama, which has a total of five, namely the fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth and thirteenth. The shape of each temple is the same, but the scale is different. Among them, the largest of the five **** Ling Pagoda Hall (Tibetan Forest Jingji) hall is three stories high, supported by sixteen large square pillars, the center is placed in the fifth **** Ling Pagoda, and the two sides are the 10th and 12th **** Ling Pagoda. The West Hall of the Fifth **** Ling Pagoda Hall (Cuoqinlu, also known as Sixi Pingcuo) is the largest hall in the Red Palace, with a height of more than 6 meters and an area of 725. 7 square meters. In the hall, the plaque of "Yonglian Chudi" written by Emperor Qianlong is hung, and the **** throne is placed below. The whole hall is carved and painted, there are 698 murals, and the content is mostly related to the life of the fifth ****. In the west of the Red Palace is the 13th **** Ling Pagoda Hall (Ge Laidujue), built in 1936, is the latest building of the Potala Palace. Its scale can also be comparable to the fifth **** Ling Pagoda Palace, in addition to the Ling Pagoda, the hall also enshrines a silver 13th **** statue and a magic object "Manza" made of 200,000 pearls and coral beads.

To say this, in fact, what Xu Yang wants to see most is the structural modeling of the "Potala Palace". The Potala Palace as a whole is a stone and wood structure, and the outer wall of the palace is 2~5 meters thick, and the foundation is directly buried in the rock formation. The wall is all made of 'flower' granite masonry, up to dozens of meters, and at intervals, iron juice is poured in the middle to reinforce, which improves the seismic ability of the wall, and is firm and stable.

The roof and window eaves are made of wooden structure, the cornices are overhanged, the corners are upturned, the copper tiles are gilded, the gilt prayer is made of the treasure vase, the scorpion fish and the gold-winged black, and the ridge decoration. The shiny roof is made of the rest of the mountain style and the cusp type, which is in the style of Han Dynasty architecture. The walls under the eaves are decorated with gilded bronze ornaments, and the images are all Buddhist ritual eight treasures, with strong Tibetan Buddhist 'color' colors. The pillars and sorghum imitations are covered with bright 'colorful' paintings and gorgeous carvings. The internal corridors are 'intertwined', the halls are mixed, and the space is tortuous and unpredictable.