大昭寺的导游词

　　Hello, everyone. I'm Xiao Li, your tour guide. Welcome to the beautifulsunshine city of Lhasa.

　　Lhasa, the capital of Autonomous Region of China, has a history ofmore than 1300 years. It is the political, economic, cultural and religiouscenter of the region

　　It is located in the middle of the an Plateau, 3650 meters above sealevel, surrounded by mountains, flat terrain, mild climate, annual sunshine timeof about 3000 hours, so it has the reputation of sunshine city.

　　In the middle of the seventh century, Songzanganbu established the TuboDynasty here. In the Tang Dynasty, after entering , Princess Wenchengproposed to build a temple by filling the lake with white goats. After thecompletion of the temple, in order to commemorate the contributions of thetemple and the goat, the temple was named Reza. Later, it became the name of thecity and evolved into Lhasa, which means Yangtu city.

　　For thousands of years, Lhasa has become the center of political andreligious activities in several times, so Lhasa has become a truly sacredplace.

　　In the general impression, Lhasa is composed of Potala Palace, Bajiaostreet, Jokhang Temple, sera temple, Drepung temple and Lhasa River. However,ans believe that strictly speaking, Lhasa only refers to Potala Palace,Jokhang Temple and Bajiao street built around Jokhang Temple. Next, let me showyou around the real Lhasa.

　　What we are seeing now is the world-famous Potala Palace. Is itshocking.

　　Potala is a an translation, namely Putuo. According to legend, anBuddhists think that Hongshan is comparable to Guanyin's St. Putra mountain, sothey compare it to the second Putra mountain.

　　The Potala Palace was built in the 7th century for Princess Wencheng, whomarried in . A total of 999 rooms and 1000 original red mansions werebuilt. It is the highest and largest palace style building complex in the world,with an altitude of more than 3700 meters and an area of more than 360000 squaremeters.

　　Having said so much, we still don't know which parts the Potala Palace iscomposed of.

　　The Potala Palace City consists of four parts: the Red Palace, the WhiteHouse, the Dragon King pool behind the mountain, and the snow at the foot of themountain.

　　The Red Palace is the ancient pagoda hall and various Buddhist halls, whichis located in the center and the top of the whole building. The White Houseembraces the Red Palace, including palaces, sutra halls, gaxia, the former localgovernment of , and the school of monks and officials. Longwangtan is theback garden of Potala Palace. There is a large pool in the garden center. Thereis an island in the pool. There are longwanggong palace and elephant house onthe island. Snow is at the foot of Potala Palace, where there are prisons,printing houses, workshops and stables of gaxia, the former local government of.

　　At the beginning of its construction, the scale of the Potala Palace wasnot as grand as it is now, but gradually expanded with the continuous expansionin the future. Several generations have participated in the expansion and designof the palace, and the cost is huge. It was not until 1936, when the 13th Lama'spagoda hall was completed, that the Potala Palace became its present scale. Sofar, it is like a mysterious symbol, attracting countless people to come to. Those lucky enough to enter the Potala Palace are very lucky.

　　If you look at this building, do you think it is extremely dazzling? Thisis the famous Jokhang Temple.

　　Located in the center of Lhasa, the Jokhang Temple has a history of 1350years. It is the most splendid an Architecture in . It was first builtin 7. It was jointly built by Songzanganbu, Princess Wencheng of Tang Dynastyand princess Chizun of Nepal. After many expansion, it has formed a grand scalewith an area of more than 25100 square meters. There are more than 20 halls inthe temple. The main hall is four stories high, with gold-plated copper tiletop, which is magnificent. It has the architectural style of Tang Dynasty, andalso absorbs the artistic characteristics of Nepalese and Indianarchitecture.

　　There is a legend about the origin of the Jokhang Temple.

　　That was 1300 years ago, when Lhasa was still a wilderness and lake. Thean king wanted to build a temple here in order to honor the 8-year-oldstatue of Sakyamuni brought by Princess Chizun of Nepal. According to legend,temples were built in the daytime and collapsed at night. The temple has neverbeen built. Later, Princess Wencheng came here. Because she knew the eighttrigrams of yin and Yang, she explained that the whole Qinghai Plateau wasa Luocha girl lying on her back. The witch was in the shape of a human, with herhead to the East and her legs to the West. The lake where the Jokhang Temple islocated is just the heart of the Luocha woman, and the lake water is her blood.So Princess Wencheng said that if she wanted to build a temple, she had to fillthe lake first, and first she had to calm the heart of the witch. Then she alsorecommended another 12 small temples to build 13 temples in remote areas, whichcould hold the limbs and joints of the witch.

　　It is worth mentioning that in the middle of the hall is a 12-year-oldgilded bronze statue of Sakyamuni brought by Princess Wencheng from Chang'an.The 8-year-old statue of Sakyamuni brought by Princess Chizun of Nepal wastransferred to Xiaozhao temple in the 8th century.

　　an people call the statue of Sakyamuni wearing a crown "Jue Wo".Pilgrims touch their knees with their foreheads, believing that they can prayfor themselves, for their friends, and even for their friends. Believers fromremote areas present hada to Jue Wo for their fellow villagers, just like takinga message to Jue wo.

　　Dazhao temple is the belief center of an Buddhism. The temple is fullof incense all day long. Believers are worshiping devoutly, and thousands ofbutter lamps are always on. All these record the never-ending footprints ofpilgrims.

　　After visiting the Jokhang Temple, of course, let's have a look at our oldand busy Bajiao street. Have you felt the strong flavor of an life now?

　　Bajiao street is the pronunciation of Paco street. Paco means the streetaround the Jokhang Temple.

　　The octagonal street is round, like a huge clock, and the magnificentJokhang Temple is the clock axis. According to an Buddhists, a circlearound the Jokhang Temple is called "zhuanjing" to show the worship of SakyamuniBuddha in the temple. Bajiao street is also the main route for an Buddhiststo turn their Buddhist scriptures. Every day, people who kowtow for three stepscome here to worship the Buddha in front of the Jokhang Temple. Some of thesepilgrims are even teenagers. They often really kowtow to Lhasa from thousands ofmiles away. They not only had a long way to go, but also could not earn money bydoing odd jobs. In order to make pilgrimage, they had to endure a very miserablelife on the way.

　　Bajiao street is a famous commercial center and an important commoditydistribution center in . At present, there are more than 120 handicraftshops and more than 200 stalls in Bajiao street. Here you can find all kinds ofgood things, all kinds of an ornaments, Nepalese jewelry, small crafts,carpets, Thangka, etc. Of course, it's also a paradise for delicious food.an food is the most characteristic. All over the country, there are variousflavors of CAI.

　　Well, that's the end of my explanation. I hope you have a good time inLhasa.