Robrinka

"Loprinka" means "treasure garden" in Tibetan. It is the Summer Palace (Potala Palace is winter palace) of the Dalai Lama of all ages. Some people also call it "the summer palace of Lhasa".

The garden has its own characteristics. It not only has the shadow of Tibetan culture, but also absorbs the traditional methods of inland gardens. There is a new palace inside the Luo Bu Lin card. Its architecture, frescoes and decorations are the integration of the essence of Tibet's great temples, palaces and buildings. It can be said that visiting the new palace is like browsing the buildings in Tibet. There are as many as 100 kinds of plants in the garden, including Tibetan Hydrangea and other rare flowers. Therefore, loprinka is also known as plateau botanical garden. However, the season of flourishing plants in Tibetan area is relatively short. If it is not summer, the scenery in the garden will be discounted.

If you come during festivals such as may day and Sheraton Festival, you can usually see Tibetan opera performances and other special activities. Especially in the days of the Sheraton Festival, Tibetans will sit on the ground with tents and delicious food, chatting and playing cards with their relatives and friends.

Robrinka

Luobulinka is a national key cultural relic protection unit, located in the western suburb of Lhasa, Tibet. Founded in the 1840s (Dalai VII), it is a typical Tibetan style garden where the Dalai Lamas spent their summer time and administrated their affairs. After more than 200 years of expansion, the whole garden covers an area of 360000 square meters. There are more than 100 kinds of plants in the garden, including not only the common flowers and trees in Lhasa, but also the exotic flowers and plants from the southern and northern foothills of the Himalayas, as well as the rare flowers transplanted from the mainland or imported from abroad. It can be called the plateau botanical garden. The main body of the building is Gesang pozhang, golden pozhang and Dadeng Mingjiu pozhang, with 374 rooms. It is the largest, best scenic and most historic garden in Tibet. Robrinka means treasure garden.

Lobrinka was designated as the people's Park. Some people jokingly said that lobrinka was composed of "a water tower, two rows of handicraft shops, and several palaces surrounding the zoo".

Robrinka has doors on all sides, and the east side is the main gate. Kangsongsilun is the most eye-catching loft on the front. It was originally a small wooden pavilion of Han style, but later it was converted into a theater viewing building. In the East, an open space for performance was added, which was specially used by the Dalai Lama. Next to it is chabdian Lacan, a place for religious rituals.

Before liberation, loprinka was just a "Summer Palace" for Dalai Lama and a few dignitaries to have fun and rest. After liberation, it has been renovated and has a new look. There are 49 kinds of trees such as pines and cypresses, 62 kinds of famous flowers and herbs such as peony and peony, and 15 kinds of animals and birds. There are well repaired flower beds and lawns, exquisite pavilions and waterside pavilions, stage and wooden tables and stools.

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Architectural features

Luobulinka is the largest, best scenic and most historic garden in Tibet. Its architectural features are as follows: building a platform at a high place, digging a pool at a low place, letting nature take its course, and taking scenery as its victory. In Luobulinka, there are dense trees. Among the green trees, there are some Tibetan style buildings, such as Huxin palace, Longwang Pavilion, golden Linka, and so on. The fresh air and quiet environment have a kind of simple and natural taste unique to Tibetan gardens.

Composition and distribution

Loprinka is composed of several groups of palace buildings, such as gesangpozhang, golden pozhang and dadanmingjiupozhang. Each group of buildings is divided into three main parts: palace area, front area and forest area. The building complex with gesangpozhang as the main body is located in the southeast of the South courtyard in the second wall. Located about 120 meters northwest of gesangpozhang, the main building complex of cuojipozhang (huxinting) is the most beautiful scenic spot in loprinka. The main body of the building complex is golden pozhang, which is located in the west of loprinka. The buildings in each group are built with wood and stone as the main materials, with neat planning and obvious Tibetan architectural style. The walls of the main hall are painted with exquisite murals. In addition, there are a large number of cultural relics and classics in loprinka.

The whole garden of loprinka is divided into three areas: the eastern palace front area includes the entrance and the front garden in front of the Sanjie Pavilion of Weizhen; the central palace area is the core part; and the western area is the golden Linka which is characterized by natural forest and wild interest. According to the functional requirements, each scenic spot combines with the natural environment to form a different landscape. Luobulinka's garden layout not only has the characteristics of Tibet Plateau, but also absorbs the traditional methods of inland gardens, and uses architecture, rocks, water surface and trees to create different artistic conception. For example, the design of Huxin palace has traces of "one pool and three mountains" in the ancient garden art of Han nationality.

The palace has three floors. The first floor is the Sutra hall. There is a 600 square meter stone courtyard in front of it. The second floor has the Rohan hall, the Dharma hall and the Dalai reading room. The third floor is where the Dalai Lama meets the monks and folk officials. There are many trees and flowers in the garden, including pavilions, pools, bamboo trees, rocks, rare birds and animals, promenades in front of the palace and carved beams and painted buildings.

From the north gate, along the straight Yonglu Road, there is an open space of about 500 square meters on the left side of the road, which used to be a performance venue for the Dalai Lama. The opposite Kang Song Si Lun is a small wooden pavilion which was originally Han style, but later it was built into the attic of the opera house. In the northeast of kangsongsi wheel is chabudian Lacan, which is a place for religious rituals. There are offices and conference rooms in gaxia in the north. Every summer, many government agencies in the Potala Palace will move to work here with the Dalai Lama.

The new palace of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama is called "dadanmingmingpuzhang", which means "eternal Palace" in Tibetan and is commonly known as the new palace. Although the new palace is a modern building, it is still traditional in appearance, but has a modern flavor in many facilities inside.

On the west side of the small Sutra hall is the bedroom of the 14th Dalai Lama. There are the collapsed bed of the Dalai Lama and the seats of two sutras. All the furnishings are the same as before. Here, we can see the modern traces of sofa, radio and so on. In addition to the traditional seats of Tibetan Buddhism, there were more sofas and tea tables in the reception hall, and there were bathtubs, showers and other facilities in the bathroom. From the perspective of texture and appearance, these things were of high grade at that time. Turning out of the bedroom is the Dalai Lama's lecture hall. The Dalai Lama's throne in the middle is wrapped in gold foil and inlaid with all kinds of gems, shining in the soft light of chandeliers. In order to protect the Dalai Lama's throne from damage to the maximum extent, the outside of the throne has been covered with an aluminum alloy glass cover.

Historical evolution

The construction process of loprinka began with the construction of wuyaopozhang by Dalai in the 7th, and ended with the construction of Dadan miwenpozhang by Dalai in the 14th, which lasted more than 200 years. Before 1840s, loprinka was still a wild land with wild animals, weeds and dwarf willows. Later, because the seventh Dalai Lama liked and often came to this place, the Qing ministers stationed in Tibet built a bird Yao pozhang (Pavilion Palace) for him.

Luobulinka area was originally a shrubbery, where the old road of Lhasa River passed. Here, the river bends back and the water flows gently. In summer, the grass and willows on the Bank of the dike are reflected in it, and the scenery is beautiful. During his study of Sutra in Drepung temple, the seventh Dalai gesanggyatso often came here to spend the summer. Later, because the seventh Dalai Lama liked and often came to this place, the Qing minister in Tibet ordered to set up some tents near the spring for Dalai Lama to rest and chant sutras. This is the earliest origin of loprinka.

The earliest palace built by the minister in Tibet was niaoyaopozhang (Pavilion Palace). In 1751, the seventh Dalai Lama built a three story palace named gesangpozhang (Xianjie Palace) in the east of niaoyaopozhang, which contains Buddhist hall, bedroom, reading room, Dharma protection temple, assembly hall, etc.

After its completion in 1755, with the approval of Yongzheng, the seventh Dalai Lama dealt with government affairs in gesanpozhang every summer. Later, it was used by successive Dalai Lamas for office work and meeting Tibetan monks and officials in summer.

From then on, robrinka gradually evolved from a sanatorium to a summer palace dealing with political and religious affairs. Later generations of Dalai moved from the Potala Palace to loprinka on March 18 of the Tibetan calendar, and returned to the Potala Palace at the turn of September and October of the Tibetan calendar. The Dalai Lama, who had been in charge of politics before, had been studying the Confucian classics all the year round.

On this basis, the eighth Dalai Lama expanded chabaikang (reading room), kangsongsilun (Sanjie Pavilion in Weizhen) and QURAN (preaching Academy). He excavated the old pond into a lake. According to the architectural style of Han style pavilions, he built the Dragon King Temple and cuoji pozhang Palace (Huxin Palace) in the center of the lake, and built stone bridges on both sides.

In 1922, the 13th Dalai Lama rebuilt Luobulinka, built golden pozhang palace, gesangji palace and qimeiquji Palace on the west side of the garden, built golden Linka in the southwest, and planted a large number of flowers and trees.

In 1954, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama built another palace in the middle of the garden, namely the palace of constancy and constancy, and a new palace in the north, which made loprinka develop to its existing scale.

Through the careful management of successive Dalai Lamas, loprinka has built various palaces, villas, pavilions, waterside pavilions, planted a large number of flowers and trees, and has become a large-scale garden covering an area of 360000 square meters. It has become an open park and Museum for people to visit and hold various festivals and holiday activities.

In April 2019, the southwest tourism scenic area alliance, jointly launched by eight units including Tibet's loprinka, was held in Chengdu Wuhou Temple

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