Travel Guide to Jokhang Temple in Lhasa

Scenic spot introduction:

Jokhang Temple in Lhasa is located in the center of the old city of Lhasa. It is also known as "Zulakang" and "Jokhang" (Tibetan for Buddhist temple). It was built in the 21st year of the Zhenguan reign of the Tang Dynasty (647 AD) by the Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo to commemorate the arrival of Princess Bhrikuti in Tibet. After generations of repairs and expansions, it has formed a huge building complex. The Jokhang Temple integrates the architectural styles of Tibet, Tang, Nepal and India, and has become an eternal model of Tibetan religious architecture.
The temple was originally called "Resa", which later became the name of the city and evolved into the current "Lhasa". After the Jokhang Temple was built, it was repeatedly modified and expanded during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties to form its current size. The Jokhang Temple has a history of more than 1,300 years and has a supreme status in Tibetan Buddhism. The Jokhang Temple is the most splendid Tubo period building in Tibet, and it is also the earliest civil structure building in Tibet. It has pioneered the Tibetan flat-style temple city bureau style.

Attractions distribution:

The Jokhang Temple has a construction area of more than 20,000 square meters. Monument of the Tang-Tibetan Alliance , Smallpox Vaccination Monument , Cyst , Hall of Tsongkhapa and His Eight Disciples , Padmasambhava Hall , The Tower of Miracles , Sakyamuni Hall , Tsongkhapa Hall, Guanyin Bodhisattva Hall , Eight Medicine Buddha Hall , Songtsen Gampo Hall, Bandan Lhamo Hall (the guardian deity of the Gelug sect), the Holy Sheep Remjem Hall, Thousand-armed and Thousand-eyed Guanyin Temple , Zaoden, Mural of the Founding of Lhasa , Sakyamuni Hall wait.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 5A scenic spot, world cultural heritage

Scenic spot features:

Cultural tours, photography, sightseeing, historical tours, religious tours, temples, historic sites

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