The potala palace stands at an altitude of 3700 meters on the hongshan, a total construction area of about 13. 8 square meters, the potala palace building plane ChengLaChang triangle, span is about 370 meters, the palace level 115. 7. From the 5th century A. D. sontzen gampo for marrying princess wencheng in the center of Lhasa river is now red up and build the palace, the embryonic form of the potala palace, the potala palace has experienced natural disasters, fires, after one thousand years, through the different period of restoration and reconstruction, formed now tall and magnificent potala palace.
for thousands of years, when night falls, the potala palace of the high precision will be submerged in the dim light of night, until 2000 years later by the potala palace, the administration set up a simple lighting lit up the potala palace, positive, visitors can finally seen in the night of the potala palace. With the completion of the qinghai-tibet railway, Lhasa ushered in the new development opportunity, the potala palace as a symbol of Lhasa and in Tibet, as a one thousand - year - old precipitation of world cultural heritage, puts forward higher requirements on lighting.
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