Holiest Place for Jokhang Temple of Tibet Tour

Posted by Cassie Y.
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Jul 7, 2015
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Jokhang indicates 'House of Buddha'. In the middle of old Lhasa town, Jokhang Temple is the primary chair of the Gelugpa (Yellow) Division of Tibetan Buddhism forTours China. It was initially designed in 647 AD. Jokhang Temple is the religious middle of Tibet and the holiest location for all Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims. Through evening and day, there are plenty of pilgrims kowtowing at the front side of Jokhang Temple.

The temple is loaded up with several chapels and compartments along Tibet tour. Its environment is strange, loaded with incense smoking and lighted by votive candle lights candles. At the first floor of the Jokhang Temple placed the picture of the holy Jowo Sakyamuni dressed in sparkling gemstones. The five feet lifestyle dimension sculpture of the 12 yr old Sakyamuni was initially possessed by the Master of Magadha of Bengal Indian which he provided to the emperor of Tang Empire, who was Weng Cheng’s dad.

Occupied on the second floor of the temple are the sculptures of Master Songtsem Gampo, Queen Bhrikuti (the first wife) and Queen Weng Cheng (the second wife) and on the third floor is the picture of Palden Lhamo, a wrathful deity regarded by the Tibetans as the women guard of the Dalai & Panchen Lamas and Lhasa. UNESCO detailed Jokhang Temple as Globe Culture Website of China vacations in 2000 as aspect of Potala Structure.

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