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The Pargo Kaling (Tibetan: བར་སྒོ་བཀག་གླིང, Wylie: bar sgo bkag gling) was a large chorten straddling across the road leading from Drepung between the Potala's Red Hill (Marpori) and the Iron Hill at Lhasa, Tibet, and containing a through-passage or archway for people and animals.
The site on which the Potala Palace rises is built over a palace erected by Songtsen Gampo on the Red Hill. [9] The Potala contains two chapels on its northwest corner that conserve parts of the original building. One is the Phakpa Lhakhang, the other the Chogyel Drupuk, a recessed cavern identified as Songtsen Gampo's meditation cave. [10]
Tibet in Song is a 2009 documentary film written, produced, and directed by Ngawang Choephel. The film celebrates traditional Tibetan folk music while depicting the past fifty years of Chinese rule in Tibet , including Ngawang's experience as a political prisoner.
In the show, he played piano and sang Tibetan songs, reaching the top twelve in the Western Division and top forty-eight in the country. [4] He later left the competition and declined an invitation to participate in the music variety show The Voice of China , at the time produced by Zhejiang Satellite TV.
Tsewang is popular in the Tibetan community, as well as in Himalayan country, Nepal, and northern India. She sings both old Tibetan folk and pop songs , and has released 30 songs and 5 albums. [ 3 ] In May 2017, Tsewang released a duet with lead Tibetan singer Sherten in tribute to His Highness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje .
The historic ensemble covers three monuments namely, the Potala Palace, winter palace of the Dalai Lama, the Jokhang Temple Monastery and the Norbulingka, the Dalai Lama's former summer palace built in the 18th century considered a masterpiece of Tibetan art. The citation states: "preservation of vestiges of the traditional Tibetan architecture".
A view of Potala Palace Square from the Potala Palace, with the National Flag Stand to the north and the Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet to the south.. Potala Palace Square (Chinese: 布达拉宫广场) is a large square in the center of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, located in the south side of the Potala Palace, formerly known as the Working People's Cultural Palace ...
It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace," and a spiritual centre of Lhasa. This temple has remained a key center of Buddhist pilgrimage for centuries. The circumambulation route is known as the "kora" in Tibetan and is marked by four large stone incense burners placed at the corners of the temple ...