"Hello, I'm Chen Xing." Chen Xing walked up and said.
The Tibetan tour guide looked at Chen Xing, then nodded and said: "Then our team has arrived. There are six people in total. Do you want to get to know each other?"
Everyone shook their heads slightly, or looked embarrassed.
It was a chance encounter, but they broke up two hours later. There was really no need to get to know each other.
Three people who obviously knew each other stayed still and chatted, while three other tourists traveling alone said hello to each other.
Forty-year-old Li Gang is a truck driver. He has driven to the Holy City many times, but he has never visited the Potala Palace. This time he found some free time and it happened to be easy to buy tickets recently, so he decided to come and have a look.
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24-year-old Gong Ziying has been driving around the country in an RV for half a year and just arrived in the Holy City yesterday.
It is worth mentioning that Gong Ziying’s name is a bit girly, but she is a sunny-looking man and her conversation is very approachable.
After a brief understanding, the Tibetan tour guide said: "Okay, it's time to start checking in. Let's go."
He also got a ticket to enter the Potala Palace, but he is a Tibetan, and the tickets are different from foreign tourists. Not only do they only cost two yuan, but they can be bought at any time. Unlike Chen Xing and the others, they have to grab tickets in peak season.
There are people who come for several days and still can’t get a ticket.
To enter the Potala Palace, you first have to walk up a long flight of stairs.
The tour guide stopped and said:
"From here you can see that the main body of the Potala Palace is divided into two colors: red and white, also known as the White House and the Red Palace respectively. If we go west, we can go directly to the Upper Monk's House and the Lower Monk's House; we can go east through the Great Enlightenment and Liberation
The Dao Gate leads directly to the Red Palace; through the Perfect Collection Dao Gate, passes through the Monk School and reaches the East Courtyard of the White House."
"In the Red Palace, there are the pagodas of eminent monks and masters of the past dynasties and various Buddhist halls and sutra halls. The White House is where eminent monks of all dynasties handle government affairs and live and live. However, many functions are now abandoned."
Of course, some functions must be abandoned to create a new society.
When everyone walked up to it, they saw a platform and a white building.
The tour guide said: "The main hall of the White Building is the East Hall, which is right here. You can take pictures here, and then put the camera away. The East Hall is 25.8 meters wide and 27.8 meters long. It faces south from the north.
, any major religious activities or celebrations will be held here."
Everyone took out their cameras and took pictures.
The Potala Palace is the best shooting spot in the Holy Land. Due to the special nature of this building, there is no taller building in the entire Holy City. Therefore, shooting here can capture a panoramic view of the entire Holy Land. If you have a better camera, bring a super camera with you.
Telephoto, it can be used as a telescope to see alleys far away.
After everyone took some photos, the tour guide took the people and continued walking.
Go through the tunnel and come to a large square.
"The Tibetan name of this square is "Deyangxia", which means East Happy Square. From the square, you can see the monks' school behind it, and the surrounding two-story buildings are monks' rooms."
The Tibetan tour guide began to tell the story of his previous participation in the construction of this place, but Chen Xing saw a huge drum at the gate of the monk school.
"What is this drum for?" Chen Xing asked.
"You still remember that there is a bell in the school during class, right? The function of this drum is to summon the monks who are studying in this school. After they graduate from here, they will have the opportunity to become officials in the monk system."
Chen Xing still had some impression of the word "monk officer". After thinking about it carefully, he remembered that it was mentioned in a book given by monk Da Jingteng from Chunmanzhai Mountain in southern Yunnan.
It is a kind of official who manages the affairs of temples and monks and nuns.
Does this kind of system still exist in modern times? He thought that all monks were directly under the jurisdiction of religious management units.
The official tour begins after entering the White House from the square.
The tour guide said: "It's time to take off your hat. Put away your camera and mobile phone. It's best not to take out your mobile phone and point it at something on the way. Someone will keep checking. Some gestures cannot be done. Do you know? Do you need me to remind you?
For a moment?"
This tour guide is quite dedicated and speaks good Mandarin.
Three little girls hugging each other went up to ask, but Chen Xing and others didn't move.
The tour guide first led a few people into the East Hall.
"The main viewing point in the East Hall is the murals. The palace wall tunnel is six meters thick. Look at the murals here. Everyone, these are the Four King Kong murals, which are somewhat similar to the New Year paintings in the mainland."
If he hadn't said that Chen Xing would have thought it was a New Year painting.
Moving forward, there are more and more murals and thangka works.
On the porch of the White House, there are pictures of Princess Wencheng entering Tibet, reincarnation pictures, mandala pictures, folk custom pictures, etc. They cannot be said to be lifelike, but the religious style is rich, allowing viewers to feel the richness of the culture. They also retain the canonization of the Manchu Emperor
The gold book of eminent monks looks like the customs clearance document held by Tang Monk in Journey to the West, but it is made entirely of gold.
Gong Ziying said with emotion: "I heard that there are 100 tons of gold here. I never believed it, but we have just been here and we have seen a lot of gold."
Isn't it? Not to mention those gold decorations, even some pillars, ceilings, etc., and places where no art is hung are inlaid with gold and gems, making the Potala Palace look quaint and luxurious. It's simply
It is the perfect example of low-key luxury.
Everyone was numb during the rest of the visit.
Too much gold.
Gold, gems, these words have always appeared in the mouths of Tibetan tour guides.
The occasional surprise is the low-pitched screams of three girls.
I don’t know what’s surprising. Isn’t it that the true form of a certain generation of eminent monks is sealed in a spiritual pagoda? There are several such spiritual pagodas. What’s there to be afraid of?
If he didn't feel that it was inappropriate to talk about the idea of making a fortune on such an occasion, he would have wanted to talk to someone about how much money he could get by selling such a spiritual pagoda.
They saw the last pagoda. This is the largest golden pagoda they have seen so far.
The tour guide introduced as before:
"This is the pagoda hall of the thirteenth eminent monk. It was built in 1934. The tower is 12.97 meters high and the base is 7.83 meters wide. It consumes two tons of gold. The surface of the tower is inlaid with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, dzi beads, and cat's eye.
There are about 10,000 rare and precious treasures in the world such as agate, jade, pearl, coral, amber, right-handed conch, roc bone stones..."
Many people who heard this sentence swallowed their saliva inexplicably.
"If this thing were moved out, wouldn't it be enough for people in a city to eat and drink for several years?"
Chen Xing was startled, thinking it was him who said it. When he rolled his eyes, he realized that it was Gong Ziying who said it, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
I guess everyone is thinking the same thing.
Gong Ziying also reacted and sighed: "It's my fault, my merit today is gone."
