Jokhang Temple

2007 December 1
tags: Tibet, jokhang, tibet, the Jokhang Temple
by Penguin

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Early this morning, st 6 o'clock in the morning mm and up to the Potala Palace on the Canal line up numbers,
I sak 8:00 in the morning to wait until then to eat the Puncog Kangsang provided by the hotel breakfast before they go to line up to take over.
This free breakfast is not very rich, there were two options,
A bowl of porridge, an egg, a spoonful of vegetables and a lunch of steamed bread,
Two pieces of bread, a sausage, a bowl of tomato soup of the Western,
In addition to these two, visitors can also increase the money 10 to upgrade to have a ham breakfast,
Omelette, and other luxury breakfast,
Zuokanyoukan, concerns a wallet, so the Chinese chose to fill his belly.

Arrived at the Potala Palace to take over the st and mm,
See that there are not many people lining up,
Even after we arrived, some people came one after another to line up
Until 9:30, staff numbers began to be distributed to us.
It seems that time is not the season, so late also have been using numbers,
The hearing before the tourist season is the time to go line up in direct proportion to the Potala Palace,
The sooner the queue to get up on behalf of the more time that Wang,
Wang 4:00 in the morning when most have to queue up to take a number.

Back to the number Puncog took no time before, we first discuss the day's itinerary,
By the way also to get some clothes on the top floor of the wash Puncog,
Puncog Kangsang their hotel laundry and restaurant located on the top floor,
Residents who need to wash clothes and put on the top floor will be able to,
And here is a free washing machine, quite convenient.
Laundry, they found that quite hard to Lhasa Laundry,
Because the water is too cold,
Even a washing machine and put his hand up in clothes so short period of time,
Hands were ice cold water that have made it hurt, good people do not have to live it every day, laundry,
Washing clothes or a troublesome Fan Si is not strange.

We eat on the top floor in a number of solid food when the rest of the lunch, be ready to start.
We rented a one-day bicycle 20rmb Puncog,
On the east to look for measures A, tell him that we discussed last night.
We unanimously decided to illegal Everest,
Is illegal not want to re-submit those documents, intend to package even if the vehicles,
If the set was halfway stopped only intend to, so we have to help him find a reliable driver.
Another is that we have decided to support him has been playing from Lhasa to Xining,
However, we must find a way to help him, we buy from Xining train ticket to Beijing.
Although the trip to Xining, the price is not cheap, but take the greed out fresh, sometimes not,
As for the cost of that, we also intend to call a friend to send money to our emergency.

In the East, but we can not find when measures A,
Only then we come to visit near the Jokhang Temple, and then to come back to look after the A.
As to the Jokhang Temple, which is the number of on-line profiles,

Jokhang Temple in Lhasa at the center of the old city, in the hearts of Tibetans and the status as the Potala Palace,
It is Balangjie around the Jokhang Temple and carried out. Jokhang Temple, the site of the first legend is a lake,
Songtsan Gambo in the lake to the foot statue Princess promise ring with the drop of the construction of the permitted,
Shu Liao rings were just off the lake, the lake suddenly all over optical networks, optical networks are showing a 9 Baita.
As a result, in a 1000 white goat back of the mighty temple construction project began.
After undergoing repairs on behalf of the building, the formation of large buildings. Temple construction area of 25,100 square meters.
There are more than 20 halls. Zhudian high-level 4, lutetium Wading bronze, brilliant spectacle, with the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty,
Nepal also modeled after the architecture features and India.
Middle of the hall dedicated to Princess Wencheng of the Buddha brought from Chang'an at the age of 12 gold-plated bronze statue of Deng Shen.
Songtsan Gambo honors on both sides of the side hall in a palace, Princess Wencheng, Nepal Zun-foot statue of Princess Margaret, and so on.

In Lhasa, the Tibetan people will like the Jokhang Temple-based Bajiao Street area known as the "Lhasa"
Tibetan Buddhism is meant to, you can see the pilgrims in front of the Jokhang Temple in the first knock long, and the scene was very moving,
This shows that the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa in the eyes of the people of high status,
There are more people around the Jokhang Temple every day by the turn, many monks near the Jokhang Temple also swing posture,
To the people crossing the road by appealing to sing.

Visited the Jokhang Temple, in the way we walk along the Bajiao Street,
Also a sweet tea house to rest. At the point where we have a bowl of noodles and Tibetan butter tea,
This butter tea, we have not had to hear, and now finally able to try,
This is very strange taste of tea, but can not go so far as to drink,
To put it bluntly in fact it is our so-called butter, tea washed away,
The so-called butter tea, the taste is almost like that.

To leave the house, went to the East to find measures A, tell him our plans,
4 days starting on the 15th to the Da Xining, and then the train to Beijing.
A but said he had found the starting 14, 15, of the need to look again.
As for the Everest trip, he said, have found a willingness to take us to 4500rmb,
We made an appointment on the second day of the 9 pm Eastern measures with the drivers to go into the details.
At that time our wishful thinking is starting on the 10th to 4 days Everest, 14, back to Lhasa,
Xining to the starting 15, 18, from Beijing to Xining,
Can go through the Qinghai-Tibet Highway and Qinghai-Tibet Railway,
Although there is no contact with Yunnan-Sichuan-Tibet line or lines
However, we feel that this plan is quite satisfactory,
Try a different experience.

Puncog returned to the grooming, we all too lazy to go out to dinner again,
The results on the top floor of the restaurant called a number of side dishes,
A talk on the one hand to eat,
It is true that the atmosphere of the restaurant, the food taste good,
Xianxian so long to have a night.

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