Little charcoal of the aboriginal Potala Palace of the seventh century, complete as a abode for brainwork by King Songtsen Gampo on the break of his alliance to Princess Wencheng of the Tang Court. Standing aloft the Red Hill in Lhasa, the accepted anatomy dates from the 17th century; it was rebuilt by the 5th Dalai Lama and became the Winter Palace of the Dalai Lamas from that time. The 13-story architecture of 1,000 apartment can be apparent from abounding afar away.
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| Eight-petalled Lotus Flower Yamantaka Guardian Figure from the 14th Century. |
The Potala Palace Treasure Hall, which amid in the Zhol City at the bottom of the Potala Palace, is accessible to the accessible on Aug 11 with abounding attenuate artifacts on apparent for the aboriginal time. On the aforementioned day, the Tibet building is aswell accessible to accessible for free.
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| Pattra-leaf Sutra from the 9th Century.jpg |
Zhol, acceptation 'below' in Tibetan, refers accurately to a apple or boondocks appropriate below a mountainside castle. Zhol City (Xuecheng), aswell accepted as Snow City, is amid on the lower abuttals of the Potala Palace access which is a frontispiece complete of its era. Since its admirable aperture on May 31st, 2007, Zhol City has become a accepted hotspot in Lhasa.
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| Peach-shape Agate Cup from the 17th Century |
The three-floor Treasure Hall takes up about 2,000 aboveboard meters with a absolute investment of ten actor yuan. According to the accompanying publicizing material, the Treasure Hall will be disconnected into two locations for eight units including about 200 sets of cultural charcoal and photos.
