The Potala Palace is made of stone and wood as a whole. The outer wall of the palace is 2 ~ 5 meters thick, and the foundation is directly buried in the rock. The walls are all granite, tens of meters high. At regular intervals, the middle is reinforced by pouring iron juice, which improves the seismic capacity of the wall and is firm and stable. The roof and window eaves are made of wood structure, including cornices, upturned corners, gilded copper tiles, gilded floor, Aquarius, golden wings of scorpion fish and roof ridge.
Extended information on the artistic features of Potala Palace;
The Potala Palace, built on the mountain, consists of the White House, the Red Palace and various supporting buildings. Although many buildings were built in different periods of the past dynasties, the construction of their palaces skillfully used the mountainous terrain, which made the whole palace and temple buildings look very grand and the layout was very harmonious and complete, and reached an unparalleled height in the aesthetic achievements of architectural art.
Created an amazing genius masterpiece in the history of world civil engineering. The most direct feeling and prominent feature of Potala Palace is that the palaces are layered and tortuous, and organically integrated with the mountains.
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