whatever reason, when you walked into Lhasa, overlooking the rolling expanse of snow mountains, looking up at the transparent clarity of blue sky, red walls and walk on the golden dome of the temple palace, pass with the monks, and hand-held prayer wheels along the street and take the faithful eye contact, you will be here full of faith and spirit of the pursuit of the atmosphere of shock and emotion.
Early An Lasa: Experience authentic Tibetan life
road from Beijing to the Jokhang Temple, Barkhor must pass through a criss-cross. With the reduction of winter tourists, bustling Barkhor Street, the color of much less colorful, mostly from local, more of the Tibetan people who come to worship, belief in the winter only Barkhor .
early in the morning of the Barkhor Tibetan who is a paradise. Very regular in their lives, especially in the winter, get up early, ready to housework. Early in the morning, they will turn to the Barkhor Temple, and later washed Xeikon market purchases in a day daily. This has been 300 years old Market carries many fond memories of local people. If there are spirits, they will easily find a teahouse in the Barkhor drink sweet tea or butter tea.
For me, it seems that the Tibetan butter tea a business card. Porting mellow butter tea, holding the holy Hadad, another drink rich highland barley wine, you try to enjoy this simple hither Tibetan life. Thought of here, we go out early in the morning, decided to experience some butter tea fragrance, find a point in the winter warmth, feel the Tibetans breakfast.
Balangjie little teahouse, inside and outside the three rooms, each with a large table Diao painting houses, many Tibetans around sit together, each to his own tea, pour drinks while, and talk. We see these foreign visitors, warmly invited us to join with them from time to time to fill up the tea for us - in the eyes of Tibetan hospitality, guests are never dissatisfied with the cup.
belly full after breakfast, start a day trip.
Jokhang Temple before, after the wet snow on the ground did not affect the pious believers, for them, this is the best opportunity to test their sincerity Tibet to the Gospel of waiting by: Jokhang Temple
on Jokhang Temple was built for many beautiful legends, For example, the white temple construction that pack goats, for example, is placed into the text, red life-sized statue of Sakyamuni Buddha brought the Princess established that. However, in an ancient Tibetan Thangka museum gave us another story, this is one of the most talked about today, built on the legend of the Jokhang Temple.
According to legend, Princess Wencheng to Tibet after the discovery of her expertise in measurement, Tubo to Xingzhuang Si Mating a supine woman, for possession of Wang China is very negative. To surrender the devil, she Rakshasa woman who nailed 12 nails, 12 temples were built, and the city center of Lhasa is witch lying in the heart pond lake, the lake is the witch's blood, should fill plug in the blood, build Sizhen its fine soul, and built the Jokhang temple is today. It was also said that 12 to 12 nails is the Jokhang Temple pillars. In any case, the Jokhang Temple in the hearts of Tibetans position is paramount. Is also distinguished as the location of the Jokhang Temple, Princess Wen Cheng from Tang brought her 12-year-old life-sized Buddha, as enshrined in this, and this is all existing statue of Buddha statues in one of the most valuable.
temple because God and honor, respect, etc. Shenfo With this, the Jokhang Temple also like the Islamic holy city of Mecca in general, become Tibetan Buddhism's Holy Land pilgrimage, attracting many followers.
legend has been difficult to research, but including other Shenfo this respect, including the Jokhang Temple in the many treasures are left to prove, history does not left figure Tu Fan empire rooted in deep roots here.
Leiqi touch with the indigenous white brick walls, hand-polished oil stepping stone road, accompanied by the venues tend sparse crowd, as if kind of feeling through the years. Especially in the quiet depths of winter season, wind and snow driving away the hustle and bustle of summer and impetuous, and the rest is more distant from the heart and the masonry of the dialogue. Tubo Dynasty 1300 years ago, those neighborhood roadway, public images of monks in this place has become more solid and fresh. Especially in front of the Jokhang Temple piece of national treasure," Tang-Tubo Alliance Tablet" , were recorded and Tang Mu Chi Tu Fan ZAP Jude praise prosperity when the league scene, a new dress, the Jokhang temple, but also vaguely see Songtsan married Princess Wencheng of the festive celebration when thousands of visitors.
East meets West, each other, from a large Shanghai to Mount Everest, from the sea level to the highest point of the Earth, the third step from the country's terrain to the first step, just like a landscape scroll, which is by the Chinese National Geographic magazine as" the Chinese landscape Avenue" - 318 State Road a person's Potala
all the way straight from the Jokhang Temple, Barkhor out, suddenly in front, wide road on both sides of skyscrapers in Beijing, just like a modern city atmosphere, all the way along the Road to Beijing West, the end is the legendary Potala Palace has.
built at an altitude of 3770 meters this" second Putuoshan" red and white on the grand palace, Tu Fan beckons to you Empire of the tenacious vitality.
Potala Palace was built in the 7th century, 8th century, was struck by lightning, the 9th century and was destroyed by Bingluan, after several renovations reconstruction. Today, the huge buildings, the oldest building left only practice before the King Songtsen have holes, and his deity Buddha" Paba Lacan." 1645, in charge of Tibet's Dalai shortly after the regime began rebuilding the Potala Palace, Dalai passed away, the first regent Pakistan? Sanggyai Gyatso continues to build until completion in 1693.
a monastery, built a thousand years back and forth, I do not know except Tokujitsu firm belief, there is nothing to support this kind of homeland of the stick? Destroyed to build a few a few, a few ruined a few built, like the Buddha in Nirvana reborn in fire.
I always thought, belief is generated and the environment are closely related. Is not it? When your life is with the holy lake with snow-capped mountains, year-round in the extravagant extravagant when you sound the meditation the Buddha, when you all day long in the butter lamps before the meditation, what would you look at the world in which you and your life?
When you calm blue sky afar Tian Ran the Potala, the door when you enter the Syracuse immersed in the Treasure House, when the you along the 9-layer step by step the ladder of the White House to board the 13-story Dianding Red Palace, with red walls and gold when you perched overlooking the Lhasa City Miyagi tile panorama, overlooking the distant mountains when you foot that curved Lhasa river winding clear when, if your original thoughts still remain calm and quiet your mind if the original can still impetuous impetuous? Touched eyeful of changes in the environment will change your inner state of the world, and this mind is whether the changes in real time by the Buddhist emphasis on the insight it? Insight may be asking for too much, but this mood change is indeed a lot of people returning to the inner experience, and this, perhaps to attract visitors to come to Tibet, an important reason for it.
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