Jokhang Temple has a history of more than 1300 years, and occupies a supreme position in Tibetan Buddhism. It is the most splendid existing building in Tibet during the Tubo period, and it is also the earliest civil structure building in Tibet. It created the Pingchuan-style temple city Council rules in Tibet.
According to legend, Jokhang Temple was flooded several times when it was built. Princess Wencheng explained that the whole Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a supine hooligan. The witch is human, with her head facing east and her legs facing west. The lake where Jokhang Temple is located is the rogue's heart and the lake is her blood. Therefore, Princess Wencheng said that Jokhang Temple must be built by filling the lake, and the witch's heart should be strangled first. Then Princess Wencheng recommended twelve other small monasteries in remote areas to curb the witch's limbs and joints, and built thirteen monasteries.
According to the location chosen by Princess Wencheng, the first thing to do when building a temple is to fill the lake. At that time, the main means of transportation was to rely on goats to carry bags of sand and soil. In this way, the lake was filled and laid the foundation for Jokhang Temple. In fact, the word Lhasa evolved from Jokhang Temple. At first, Lhasa was not called LASA. In ancient books, it is called RASA (that is, "Gesa"), where RA is goat and SA is land, which means the place where goats build. Later, because of the construction of such a sacred Nafo Hall, which enshrined the Buddha statue, there were Buddhist scriptures and pagodas, and believers from all directions came here to make pilgrimages. Everyone thought that this place was the land of Buddhism, so it was renamed Lhasa-La. Tibetan means Buddha, and Sa means land. (See Baidu Encyclopedia for details)