Putuo Zongcheng Temple
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The Putuo Zongcheng Temple of Chengde, Hebei, China is a Buddhist temple complex built between 1767 and 1771. It is located near the Chengde Mountain Resort, which is south of the Putuo Zongcheng. Alo
The Putuo Zongcheng Temple of Chengde, built in the 18th century during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.
View within the Cihangpudu building, the main hall of the temple, crowned with Chinese pavilions and centered around a hall with a golden rooftop (see gallery picture below).
Another aerial view
Entrance to the complex
Potala Palace
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Potala Palace is a museum complex in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was formerly the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas, and from 1649 until 1959 served as the Dalai Lama
Putuo Zongcheng Temple
…of the Putuo Zongcheng. Along with the equally famed Puning Temple, it is one of the Eight Outer Temples of Chengde. The temple was modeled after the Potala Palace of Tibet, the residence of the Dalai Lama built a century earlier. Since it was modeled after the Potala palace, the temple represents a fusion of…
Potala Palace HQ
Potala Palace in the 1920s
The Sertreng ceremony on 28 April 1949 with thangkas on the front of the palace
The Potala Palace in 2008