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<< Our Photo Pages >> Jokhang - Ancient Temple in China

Submitted by DrewParsons on Wednesday, 15 January 2020  Page Views: 457

Multi-periodSite Name: Jokhang
Country: China
NOTE: This site is 0.635 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Lhasa
Latitude: 29.653020N  Longitude: 91.131610E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Jokhang submitted by DrewParsons : The front of the Jokhang. December 2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Tibet

The Jokhang Temple is located in the Tibetan Quarter of Lhasa. The oldest parts were built in 652 AD by Songsten Gampo, although it has been renovated several times since then. During the Cultural Revolution in 1966 the Red Guards attacked it and for ten years thereafter there was no worship permitted at the temple. It is now once again a pilgrimage place for Tibetans. Outside the main gate there is a stela dated to 821 AD with an inscription recording a treaty between China and Tibet. Tibet has many temples but most of the other ones I visited in December 2019 were too recent to include in the Megalithic Portal, although well worth a visit if you can obtain a Tibet Travel Permit!!
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Jokhang submitted by DrewParsons : The emblems above the entrance photographed at night in December 2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Jokhang submitted by DrewParsons : The twin deer and Dharma wheel emblem above the entrance to the Jokhang, with the ubiquitous Chinese flag next to it. December 2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Jokhang submitted by DrewParsons : The five metre high Tang Dynasty-Tubo Peace Alliance Stela recording the treaty between the Tibetan Empire and Tang Empire in A.D. 821 823. Photographed in December 2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Jokhang submitted by DrewParsons : Some of the shops selling religious items around the perimeter of the Jokhang. December2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Jokhang submitted by DrewParsons : The entrance to the Jokhang with pilgrims approaching it. December 2019

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