Jokhang Temple Jokhang Temple, also known as "Zulakang" and "Juekang", which means Buddhist temple in Tibetan, is a Tibetan Buddhist temple located in the center of the old city of Lhasa.
Princess Wencheng found that the terrain of Lhasa in the snowy area was like a "witch of Luo Cha" lying in the sky according to the "eighty kinds of five elements calculation observation method" in the Tang Dynasty. When the Tibetan king learned about it, he ordered to build 12 exorcism halls at the main joints of the rogue's left and right palms and other limbs, and built pagodas, stone lions, statues of freedom in heaven, Dapeng birds and white snails in other places with bad feng shui. The heart of "rogue" is Wotang Lake, which seems to be the surging blood of rogue's heart. If you want to completely shock the witch, you need to directly hit people's hearts, so you change Feng Shui, fill Wotang Lake, build a Buddhist temple, and nourish all beings in the snowy area, and the location of Jokhang Temple comes from this.
Jokhang Temple is located in the heart.
Who was Jokhang Temple built for? Tubo Zambo built Jokhang Temple and Jokhang Temple to marry Princess Hongzun and Princess Tang Wencheng of Nepal. On the one hand, it shows good relations with neighboring countries, on the other hand, it promotes the development of Buddhist culture to counter the threat of this religion to the Tubo monarchy.
Raiders Jokhang Temple is not dedicated to playing. After a lap, you can visit it in an hour. Anyway, physical exertion is quite large.
Lhasa itself is a small place, mobile navigation can solve it and won't get lost! Another reminder, you'd better bring your ID card. There will be armed police sentries around Jokhang Temple, and finally there will be a security gate.
For ordinary tourists, I would suggest that you'd better follow the tour guide to visit Jokhang Temple and explain the knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism to you, so as to avoid a cursory tour.
Jokhang Temple.
People turn around Jokhang Temple clockwise every day in an endless stream, and you can feel the grand occasion of worship (bowing down) in the Jokhang Temple Square in front of the temple.
The most important places in Jokhang Temple are concentrated on the first floor, and the tour route is also relatively casual. In the center of the hall is the Buddha statue, and most people inside visit it clockwise. And it is forbidden to take pictures in the lobby.
When you first enter, you will always smell the lit Tibetan incense. It was weird when I first asked. The lights inside are not on, and with all kinds of mysterious things like Buddha murals, I feel a little scared ~
The tour guide will tell you the story of each Buddha statue in Jokhang Temple, with the ancient history of Tibet behind it.
I also found some interesting places during the visit. For example, when worshipping in Tibet, the gestures are not like those of temples in the mainland, but the palms are close together, but there will be a certain interval between them.
Generally speaking, tour guides are mainly on the first floor, and the second floor is usually visited by themselves.
The third floor is at the highest place, overlooking Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple Square.
Overlooking Jokhang Temple Square from the roof of Jokhang Temple, Potala Palace is on the far hill on the right. The nearby willow is said to be a princess willow planted by Princess Wencheng. But many times, the third floor is not very open.