The Potala Palace (Tibetan: ?) ), situated on Marburi Hill northwest of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, is the world's highest elevation, a collection of palaces, castles and monasteries in one magnificent building, and is also the largest and most complete complex of ancient palaces and castles in Tibet.
The Potala Palace is built on the mountain, overlapping buildings, is an outstanding representative of Tibetan-style ancient architecture (said to have originated from the Sanzhuzong Fort), the essence of the Chinese nation's ancient architecture, is the back of the fifth set of renminbi 50 yuan banknote scenic pattern . The main building is divided into two parts: the White Palace and the Red Palace. Palace is more than 200 meters high, the appearance of 13 layers, within 9 layers. Potala Palace in front of the Potala Palace Square, is the world's highest city square.
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1. Palace
The design and construction of the palace is based on the law of sunlight irradiation in the plateau area, with a wide and solid wall base, and a four-channeled tunnel and vents underneath the wall base. Inside the house, there are columns, arches, sparrow for, beams, rafters, etc., composed of supporting frame. The floor and roof are made of hard soil called "alga", and there are skylights at the top of each hall and bedroom to allow for light and air circulation.
2, spirit tower
Fifth Dalai Lama's spirit tower, located in the spirit tower hall. Tower height of 14.85 meters, is the highest tower in the Palace, the tower wrapped in gold, and embedded with a variety of jewels and jade, the construction of the cost of gold 110,000 taels. Several other spiritual tower is not as tall as the Dalai Lama's spiritual tower, its appearance of the same decorative use of large amounts of gold and jewelry, can be described as valuable.
3, Deyang Xia
In the mid-levels, there is a platform of about 1,600 square meters, which is the successive Dalai Lama and high-ranking officials to watch the song and dance of the place, called "Deyang Xia". This escalator and up through the Dasong Gekul corridor, the largest palace in the White House to the East Hall.
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