Chapter 38 Visiting the Potala Palace
After struggling for so long, Han Qi was not in the mood to find a place to sing, so he went back to the hotel with Zhang Shuhao.
They stay in youth hostels, which are famous among travelers at home and abroad. The main highlight is its cheapness. They can stay for 30 yuan for one night in various places such as Tibet where consumption is very high. There is also a little independent bathroom and a huge public lounge in the room.
There are also disadvantages, that is, there are eight beds in a room, and it is mixed with men and women.
Of course, this disadvantage is mainly for girls. Boys don’t care much about whether their roommate is a male or female. Perhaps the female roommate will be happier... The main reason is that girls generally don’t snore.
When Han Qi and Zhang Shuhao came back, they saw two girls in the room, probably just arrived.
When Han Qi saw them, he hadn't reacted for a while, and then he remembered where he lived. He quickly smiled and said hello to them.
"Hello."
"You are good too." One of them said, "By the way, my name is Liang Kou, and her name is Anli."
"Your names are quite easy to remember... My name is Han Qi."
Without waiting for Han Qi to introduce him, Zhang Shuhao lay on the bed and raised his hand and said, "My name is Zhang Shuhao."
These two girls look ordinary, but they both have good temperaments. One of them is quiet and long black straight that many people like... Unfortunately, they don't wear glasses. The other girl has short chestnut hair and is particularly cheerful. Han Qi chatted with her after just a few minutes and quickly exchanged WeChat messages.
But he soon heard the girl chatting with her friend.
"I can both of these two handsome guys! It's just that who doesn't speak a little bit dark. This one named Han Qi is my dish. I'll help you ask for another person's WeChat later."
Hei Changzhi: "Does he know me?"
"I know what a big deal!"
Han Qi: "…"
It’s not convenient to have good ears, and you can hear them when others whisper, which is too embarrassing.
After a night of sleep, I still had their own games the next day.
Zhang Shuhao left early in the morning. Han Qi didn't see him when he got up. The two girls were sleeping soundly, and Han Qi ignored him. He put the guitar and bicycle in the boss's room and walked towards the location he had set with another group of people yesterday.
The mornings in Lhasa are very cool, especially at this time, the sun has not yet come out, and the temperature is around 16, which is the most suitable temperature for people to travel.
In fact, the daytime is not bad. Although the temperature is high, it is still very cool when you walk into the cool place. The heat here is different from that in Tianfu, which is why Tibetans wear thicker Tibetan robes in summer. If someone dares to do this in Tianfu, you will get a prickly heat for you in one day.
When Han Qi came out, they were already standing in the Potala Palace Square. I don’t know when it came, so Han Qi hurried up to apologize.
"Sorry, I fell asleep and just woke up."
"We've come early, it's not yet nine o'clock."
After checking the time, it was indeed still early. It was only 8:40 now. The time they agreed yesterday was to gather outside the Potala Palace at 9:00 this morning.
The leading uncle re-introduced the group of people. His own name was Xingkong, her wife was Hongchen, and the other three men were Douzi, Luotuo and Yike. However, Luotuo was resting in the inn today and did not come out. The two lonely girls were called allen (Allen), Zhou Zhou.
After listening to their introduction, Han Qi was also considering whether he should use the online name.
But he introduced himself to them yesterday, so today I won’t do anything like this. Han Qi is just Han Qi, and there is nothing to say about his name. It’s relatively simple, and he thinks it’s easy to remember.
Zhou Zhou was the first girl to chat with Han Qi yesterday. She was 24 years old and worked as a designer assistant in Yanjing.
The first place today is the Potala Palace behind everyone. They came late yesterday and were worried that they would not be able to see anything when they went there, so they closed down, so they took a stroll in the city of LS yesterday, and then found the Snow God Palace based on netizens' comments.
What a pity, it seems that Xue Shen Palace will receive seven negative reviews soon.
Most of this group of people are northerners. The sweet fried rice yesterday made them disgusted. After they returned, everyone made a bucket of instant noodles.
Everyone walked inside with a giggle and started queuing.
Although it was still early, there were many people queuing up, and they were queuing for more than 20 meters from the entrance of the Potala Palace. This was because they came early. Most tourists were still sleeping soundly in the hotel at this time.
This is not the first time Xingkong has come to Lhasa. According to his introduction, the tickets were very cheap when he came here for the first time, but that was more than ten years ago.
Now they are throwing their children to the elderly, and the couple is preparing to start from Lhasa to take an exciting trip around the country to regain their passion for love... As travel experts, their job as a guest tour guide naturally fell on Xingkong.
"The Potala Palace was established in the seventh century AD, which was during the Tang Dynasty in our country. In order to win Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo built a palace on this Red Mountain. At that time, it was not called the Potala Palace, but the Red Palace. But after war, was it? This palace was abandoned and was only called the Potala Palace after it was rebuilt in the 17th century. There are two palaces: Red Palace and White Palace..."
The White House and the Red House are clearly separated.
You can see from the pictures online that the Red Palace is at a point below, the White Palace is on the top, the Red Palace is the Buddhist Sutra Hall, and the White House is the place to handle government affairs.
The team walked quite fast, and there were two ways to get started. Individual tourists entered from the main gate, namely the south gate, and the team entered from the east gate. Individual tourists included tourists like Han Qi, and there were also many local Tibetans.
But don’t think that there are more tourists than locals. There are actually no fewer Tibetans visiting the Potala Palace than tourists. However, the purpose is different. Tourists come here just to visit because of curiosity and feel the local cultural atmosphere, while locals come here to make pilgrimage.
Han Qi himself does not engage in any religious worship, but he likes to deal with people of faith.
Along the way, many local people Han Qi met believed in Buddha, and there were only a small area in Yanjing that believed in God, but they were all very nice and very hospitable. This may be the common point of traditional Tibetans.
Allen endured the altitude reversal and climbed the hill very slowly. After she also came up, Xingkong nodded and said, "Everyone took care of each other. I just saw the people in line. There were a lot of people. Be careful not to get separated."
Han Qi felt nervous when he heard this.
Some places in the Potala Palace are prohibited from entering. This title will not allow you to go to those places, right? You have to keep up.
Xingkong said while walking, "The Zhenbao Pavilion is ahead. Let's go and take a look first, so you don't have to worry about it. Although it is inconvenient for individual customers to buy tickets, the time for tours is not limited. You have to go out for an hour when buying a team ticket. You can't see anything when you are on the way."
Han Qi was a little curious and asked, "Brother Xingkong, you have come here a few times and you know a lot."
"It's about four or five times. I worked in Tibet when I was young. The Potala Palace is sometimes free, so I often come."
There is a small square before officially entering the Red Palace. When I get here, I can’t take my phone out to take pictures. Everyone abides by the rules here and put away their phones. Those who want to take pictures have finished taking photos here before they walk in.
When visiting the Red Palace, Han Qi was like many people around him, and was confused throughout the whole process.
He saw the most gold he saw in his life...
He is not a gold plate, does he know that it is pure gold?
The shock that gold brought to Han Qi made him not have time to see how exquisite the Buddha statue was. After visiting it, he realized that the gold on the Buddha statue was all meaningless, and the gold in the Spirit Pagoda was the most. Han Qi thought about it all the way...
In addition to gold, there are turquoise, red coral, agate, dzi beads, and Thangkas, as well as various things that Han Qi could not imagine but are particularly valuable.
Good guy, I'm right good guy.
Have you ever seen the spiritual tower weighing more than 3,000 kilograms of gold?
How to say, the tombs of ancient emperors were also shocking, but most of them were presented with luxurious wood and carvings. Nowadays, the buildings are beautiful one by one. You won’t feel that it is too shocking when you visit the tombs of the emperors.
But when you see a big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big,
Blinded by money.
Chapter completed!