Chapter 017: Teleportation and Escape

After Han Ming hit the wall twice, he finally lost the interest of selling spirit stones again, so he caught up with everyone and walked towards the Jokhang Temple together.

Jokhang Temple, also known as "Zulakang", "Juekang" (Tibetan meaning Buddha Temple), is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, built by the Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo, the temple was originally called "Jalan Sa", and later Jalan Sa became the name of the city, and gradually evolved into the current "Lhasa", it is worth mentioning that the Jokhang Temple is enshrined in the 12-year-old statue of Sakyamuni brought by Princess Wencheng from Chang'an.

At the entrance of the Jokhang Temple, there are more than a dozen believers facing the temple reverently kowtowing their heads, getting up and leaning over and over again, seemingly never tired, this scene deeply shocked everyone, perhaps, this is the power of faith.

Bought tickets, everyone entered the Jokhang Temple, just like in that Mucuo, Han Ming and others were divided into several groups, mixed behind different tourists to listen to the tour guide's explanation for free, Jokhang Temple is worthy of being the holy place of Tibetan Buddhism, with a long history, every Buddha statue in the temple has a great history and story, and everyone listens to it with relish.

After the flow of people came to the second floor, everyone saw the famous golden dome of Jokhang Temple, which is said to be the result of reshaping over and over again after the believers of the past generations used countless real gold powder, and at a glance they felt that they were brilliant and solemn.

After a while, the Jokhang Temple was visited, and after eating an authentic Tibetan meal, everyone ended the day's trip.

Early the next morning, everyone gathered in the hotel lobby again, ready to leave for the Potala Palace to get tickets for a visit, and just as everyone was about to leave, they suddenly heard a young girl in the lobby shouting loudly to another girl.

"Hurry up, hurry up, Zaki Temple will open soon, if you miss today, you will have to wait another week"

"Okay, okay, I know, don't rush, let's go", the two girls said as they walked out of the hotel.

"Hey, yes, today is just Monday, Zaki Temple is open to worship the God of Wealth, let's go for a walk, we will also go to worship the God of Wealth first, and then visit the Potala Palace", Huang Hua suddenly said to everyone with some sudden realization.

"What's the situation?What does it mean to worship the God of Wealth in Zaki Temple?" Han Ming was a little puzzled, so he asked Huang Hua.

"Hehe, you don't know this, this Zaki Temple is the only temple of the God of Wealth in Tibet, it is said that the Zaki Goddess is a Han from the mainland in ancient times, when he came to Tibet thousands of miles away, his feet have gone into the shape of chicken feet, and later became a god, it is dedicated to outsiders to worship, and outsiders are mostly businessmen, it is said that seeking wealth is quite effective, so in the future, no matter where people are seeking wealth, they will go to worship, and this Zaki Temple is only open to the public on a single day, Monday for wealth, Wednesday for peace, Friday for health, and today is just Monday, it is better to hit the day than to hit the day, we just caught up。 Huang Hua talked to everyone a little proudly, after all, he had been here once before, and he really had a certain understanding of this.

"Oh, really, that's good, it just so happens that we are outsiders, this God of Wealth must be worshipped", Shen Hu interjected directly.

"Well, this can be had, then we will go to Zaki Temple to worship the God of Wealth first, and then go to the Potala Palace", Han Ming suddenly thought of the hot pot restaurant, so he immediately agreed, and then everyone changed their itinerary and went straight to Zaki Temple under the leadership of Huang Hua.

At the entrance of Zaki Temple, the smoke curls and the people are boiling, there are many small vendors selling wormwood, liquor, cereals and ghee and other sacrificial supplies such as mugwort, liquor, bagged cereals and ghee in old-fashioned hot water bottles, everyone follows Huang Hua's instructions, follows the local customs, buys relevant sacrificial items, and then queues up to enter the temple, everyone first goes to the incineration pond on the right hand side to light wormwood and scatter grains, begging for a bumper harvest of grains, and then goes to the god pond next to pour liquor, it is said that this god loves liquor. Finally, everyone came to the main hall with butter bottles and began to pay homage to the gods and Buddhas in the hall clockwise.

The first idol on the left hand side is the goddess Zaki, but it is a vajra statue, according to legend, the tantric gods and Buddhas have two statues, one is a normal human form, the other is the vajra statue that is transformed when the demon is subdued, after everyone bows together or kneels to the ground, a lama sitting in front of the Buddha statue will give the worshipper a bow or a hata in return, after that, the worshipper can continue to worship other gods and Buddhas, after all the worship, and then give the ghee to the monks in the temple or themselves, add ghee to the butter lamp in the temple, and then finish the ceremony。

The temple was not large, and everyone quickly finished paying their respects and returned to the temple entrance.

"How is it?Comrade Tiger, what have you asked for??," Han Ming asked Shen Hu with a playful smile.

"Alas, don't mention it, I'm completely here to line up to visit, just now in front of the God of Wealth I was about to make a wish, the people behind me squeezed me away, there are really too many people, one follows the other, I can't stay for a few more seconds, I don't have time to make a wish at all", Shen Hu's face was full of depression.

"Hahaha, I made a wish, before I was arranged, I first thought about what I wanted to promise, you see, I not only made a wish, but also got a piece of Hada", Han Ming proudly touched the yellow Hada that the old lama tied around his neck.

"Hehe, I maybe, oops, Comrade Tiger, are you not sincere enough", Yang Xukuan also said with a smile.

"That's it, the tiger must be insincere, you see I also have Hada", Lao Su also touched the Hada on his neck and laughed at Shen Hu.

"Huh, Lao Su, why is your Hada white, you look at mine is yellow, look at this quality, satin, he, it means that my fortune is greater than yours", Han Ming looked proud, and began to attack Lao Su again.

"Who said I was insincere, I was absolutely sincere, okay, okay, let's not talk about it, let's go quickly, let's go to the Potala Palace, don't miss the time for a while", Shen Hu was very depressed and didn't want to pay attention to Han Ming, so he reminded everyone to leave.

In the midst of laughter and ridicule, the group finally left the Zaki Temple and rushed to the Potala Palace.

There is still some distance from the Potala Palace, and everyone saw a crowd of people walking clockwise around the Potala Palace, there were men, women, old and young, there were three or four hundred people, but everyone was in a hurry, no one spoke, just bowed their heads and hurried.

"Hey, what are these people doing? Zhuan Shan, ah no, Zhuan Palace, uh, it's not right, it should still be called Zhuan Mountain, anyway, the Potala Palace is built on the mountain", Han Ming looked at the crowd and muttered to himself.

"Well, it should be the one who turns the mountain, should we turn around, it's all here anyway", Li Yanxue asked.

"I think it's better not to turn around, there is a time limit for visiting the Potala Palace, and if it's outdated, I think we'd better go and get the ticket first", Huang Hua was afraid that everyone would miss the visit to the Potala Palace because of the turn of the mountain, so he hurriedly reminded everyone.

"Well, that's right, anyway, we have to stay for another day tomorrow, let's go to the Potala Palace today," Han Ming was also afraid of missing the time, so he immediately agreed, after all, if you go to Tibet and don't go to the Potala Palace, it is equivalent to never coming to Tibet.

When I got the ticket, there were a lot of people, there were a lot of tourist groups, Huang Hua squeezed for a long time and finally got everyone's tickets, but it turned out to be in the afternoon, everyone was a little surprised, but there was no way, so everyone temporarily decided to go to other attractions in the city to see, as for the Potala Palace, you can only come again in the afternoon.

There are not many scenic spots in Lhasa, Barkhor Street and Jokhang Temple have been to yesterday, and Xiaozhao Temple is said to be similar to Jokhang Temple, so everyone is not very interested, and then a group of people listened to Huang Hua's suggestion and decided to go to Norbulingka to have a look, the Potala Palace is not only a temple, but also the office of the government, and this Norbulingka is the summer palace of the lama, a bit like the summer resort of the Qing Dynasty emperor in the past, so since you want to go to the Potala Palace in the afternoon, it is quite natural to go to Norbulingka in the morning.

The group first went to the Tibet Museum opposite Norbulingka to wander around, briefly understand the development history of Tibet, and then went to visit Norbulingka.

Norbulingka, was founded in the 40s of the eighteenth century, is the place where the successive generations of lamas spent their summer administration, is also a typical Tibetan style garden, after more than 200 years of expansion, the whole garden covers an area of 360,000 square meters, there are more than 100 kinds of plants in the garden, not only the common flowers and trees in Lhasa, but also the exotic flowers and plants taken from the north and south foothills of the Himalayas, as well as the precious flowers transplanted from the mainland or imported from abroad, can be called the plateau botanical garden.

The building is dominated by Gesang Pozhang, Golden Pozhang and Daden Mingjiu Pozhang, with 374 rooms, which is the largest garden, the best scenery and the most historic sites in Tibet's man-made garden. Norbulingka means Treasure Garden.

Although Norbulingka is very large, but there are not many places open to the outside world, everyone takes the battery car to watch the flowers, and it will be done after a while, but everyone is a little unfinished, and the taste is not enough.

After lunch, everyone came to the square in front of the Potala Palace early to wait, I have to say that Lhasa is really a different wonderful city, just in this square, the middle part of the station a lot of tourist groups, there are various tour guides shouting by name, there are all kinds of scalpers near the ticket office to sell the tickets of the day, a picture of a modern tourist city, and the other corner of the square, but there are countless believers from all over the world, facing the Potala Palace pious kowtow long head, there is a flow of people dressed in various different clothes, twisting Buddha beads, turning a small prayer cylinder around the Potala Palace keeps changing, this contrast is really surprising。

Time passed little by little, the waiting crowd finally began to become active, and the time for the afternoon session arrived, and Han Ming and his party finally stepped into one of the key points of this trip to Tibet, the legendary Potala Palace.