In 637, the king of Tibet Songtsen Gampo built the current location on the first building in Lhasa, the place where he used to meditate. When he decided to Lhasa as its capital, he built a palace. After his engagement with the Chinese Princess Wen Cheng, expanded to 999 rooms palace, built the walls and towers, and dug a bypass channel. In the second half of the VIII century, the palace was struck by lightning and burned wooden structures, and then because of civil wars palace collapsed. Now preserved only cave-Fa Wang and Hall Pabalakan. The palace in its present form was started in 1645 on the initiative of the Dalai Lama V. In 1648, the White Palace was completed (Potrang carp), and the Potala was used as a winter residence of the Dalai Lamas. Red Palace (Potrang MARP) was completed between 1690 and 1694. The name of the palace is apparently from the legendary Mount Potala the home of the Bodhisattva Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara), which is in the land of the Dalai Lama. In the grand building attended by the best artists of the time from Tibet, Nepal and China. Under the cut several fotozarisovok Lhasa and Jodan, Tibet

Two-year Bayang, Jodan, China.

Poultry in Dzedane, China.

Chicken on a poultry farm in Dzedane, China.

Poultry in Dzedane, China.


Portraits of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin on the board in the studio, where painted cloth.

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Master painting a cloth.

Women weave cloth for painting.

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The Potala Palace, located in the north-west of Lhasa, was built by the ruler of Tibet Songtsen Gampo in the seventh century during the Tang Dynasty (618-907)

The Potala Palace in the night light.


Pilgrims walk past the Potala Palace, Lhasa.

A woman feeds a child.

Pilgrim prays before the Jokhang Temple.

Pilgrims in front of the Potala Palace.

Tibetan lama.

Pilgrims participate in the reconstruction of the temple.

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Pilgrims participate in the reconstruction of the temple.
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