World's grandest palace

Potala Palace is located in Bukit Merah in downtown Lhasa Tibet Autonomous Region of China. A large and magnificent palace in the world was built following the topography of the hill and dubbed "the pearl on the roof of the world". The Potala Palace is a representative work of a brilliant Tibetan architecture, is also one of the buildings The most famous of ancient times in China.
Potala Palace is a place of political activities, religion and the Dalai Lama of Tibet residence from time to time. The palace is also the biggest rise buildings in Tibet today. According to the document, the Potala Palace was built during the reign of the Tibetan dynasty Songtsan Gambo the 7th century AD, a period that the political center. Potala palace at that time called the Palace of the Red Hill. Very large scale with circled three layers of the wall. Inside the palace there are a thousand hall. On the 9th century, Dynasty and Tibet Tibet terjurumus scattered in the chaos of war for a long time. Istana Bukit Merah was gradually abandoned.
In 1645, the Potala Palace was rebuilt by the Dalai Lama to-5. The main project was the rebuilding of the palace takes approximately 50 years. Then, proceed with the construction of 300-year time-consuming. 13-story Potala Palace is 110 meters high, is a structure of stone and wood. Palace walls made ​​of granite, the thickest reaches 5 feet. Contain basic walls reach bedrock, in the liquid iron outer wall filled to improve the integrity of the entire building and resistance to earthquakes, being on top of it comes ornaments made ​​of gold for the lightning rod. For hundreds of years, the Potala Palace has been experienced many times lightning strikes and earthquakes, but the building was still standing firm. Potala Palace is mainly comprised of White Castle in the east as a place to live the Dalai Lama, the Red Palace in the center of which is the worship of Buddha and pagodas hall funeral home spirits of the Dalai Lama and the white monks in the west. In front of the Red Palace, there is a high white wall, where hung a large picture of Buddha tapestry on religious feasts. Although the buildings of Potala Palace was built at different times, but the whole building looks very majestic palaces and harmony because the clever use of the topography of the hill, thus achieving very high standards in art aesthetics of the building.
Red is the main palace of the Potala Palace, where there is a pagoda hall spirit Dalai Lama through the ages and a variety of Buddhist worship space. Among these, the most beautiful is the spirit of the Dalai Lama pagoda hall V Losan Jiacuo. 15 meter high pagoda. Essentially rectangular and circular roof. Dalai Lama V's body is stored in the pagoda after preserved with fragrance materials and other materials. Pagoda is covered as much as 3724 kilograms of gold and encrusted with more than 15 thousand diamonds, emeralds, pearls, jade and agate are expensive. Placed on the pedestal pagoda are various tools for prayer ceremonies. West hall is the living spirit of the Dalai Lama pagoda V, is the largest hall in the Red Palace, in which there are 48 large wooden poles as high as 6 meters. In the West Hall of the Buddha statues there, as well as animals such as lions and elephants made ​​of wood. Potala Palace in 1994 are listed in the List of World Cultural and Natural Heritage of UNESCO.

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