Potala Palace Square east-west length of six hundred meters, north-south width of four hundred meters, the total area of the road plaza one point eighty thousand square meters, can accommodate 40,000 people to hold large-scale assembly activities. From the overall layout, the square is flat and open, the south is the Tibet working people's Palace of culture, the north side is the Potala Palace. Potala Palace Square is surrounded by libraries, children's playgrounds, dance halls and open-air markets, is the center of tourism and cultural and entertainment activities in Lhasa.
Plaza before the restoration of the original relocation in the Zongjiao Lukang Park in the Qing Dynasty "imperial monument to the pacification of Tibet" and "ten full monument", adding to the flavor of the ancient city. Introduced from Shanghai in 1998, two thousand square pigeons for the square added a few dynamic.
The south end of the Potala Palace Plaza, built with a musical fountain, people leisurely watching the musical fountains of the ever-changing dance, the ear comes one after another, "the sky road", "on the train to Lhasa" and other moving songs. Potala Palace Square ushered in another lively, charming night.
South of the square, stands a monument to the peaceful liberation of Tibet, the monument built in 2001, south of the distant mountains and trees as a backdrop, the north and the majestic Potala Palace three hundred and fifty meters away, the main body is gray and white, a total height of 37 meters, the monument body south of the inscription on the top end of the five gold bands, on behalf of the 50th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet. Monument body modeling is abstracted Mount Everest, showing the monument towering momentum and eternity with heaven and earth.
The Potala Palace Square is a window for Tibet to show the achievements of reform, opening, development and stability to the world, and it is a symbol of the great unity of the Chinese nation, which fully reflects the concern of the Chinese Party and State for the social progress and development of Tibet, and the policy of freedom of religion and belief of the Party and the government and the protection of historical and cultural sites.