摘要
Listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1994Location:Lhasa City,Tibet Autonomous Region,southwest China Best Time to Visit:Between April and NovemberENCLOSED within massive walls,gates and turrets built of rammed earth and stone,the White and Red Palaces and ancillary buildings of the Potala Palace rise from Red Mountain in the center of Lhasa Valley at an altitude of 3,700 meters.As the winter palace of the Dalai Lama from the seventh century,the complex symbolizes Tibetan Buddhism and its central role in the tradition of Tibet.
Listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site in 1994Location:Lhasa City,Tibet Autonomous Region,southwest China Best Time to Visit:Between April and NovemberENCLOSED within massive walls,gates and turrets built of rammed earth and stone,the White and Red Palaces and ancillary buildings of the Potala Palace rise from Red Mountain in the center of Lhasa Valley at an altitude of 3,700 meters.As the winter palace of the Dalai Lama from the seventh century,the complex symbolizes Tibetan Buddhism and its central role in the tradition of Tibet.