5 Amazing Places to Visit in China (3)——Top3：Potala Palace

    布达拉宫位于中国西藏自治区首府拉萨市区西北的玛布日山上，是一座宫堡式建筑群，最初是吐蕃王朝赞普松赞干布为迎娶文成公主而兴建。
    Located on Mount Maburi in the northwest of Lhasa, the capital of The Tibet Autonomous Region of China, potala palace is a fortress-like complex originally built by the Tubo Dynasty Zampsong Zanganpo to marry Princess Wencheng.

    1994年，布达拉宫被列为世界文化遗产。布达拉宫的主体建筑为白宫和红宫两部分。由于它起建于山腰，大面积的石壁又屹立如峭壁，使建筑仿佛与山岗融为一体，气势雄伟。
    In 1994, the Potala Palace was listed as a World Heritage Site. The main building of the Potala Palace is the White House and the Red Palace.Because it was built on the mountainside, the large stone wall stood like a cliff, making the building seem to merge with the hill and be majestic.

    布达拉宫海拔3700米，占地总面积36万平方米，建筑总面积13万平方米，主楼高117米，共13层，其中宫殿、灵塔殿、佛殿、经堂、僧舍、庭院等一应俱全。
    The Potala Palace is 3,700 meters above sea level and covers a total area of 360,000 square meters with a total construction area of 130,000 square meters. The main building is 117 meters high and has 13 floors, including a palace, a pagoda hall, a Buddhist hall, a sutra hall, a monk's house and a courtyard.

    布达拉宫是中国首批被列为国家重点文物保护单位，也是世界十大土木建筑之一。集中西藏宗教、政治、历史和艺术诸方面于一身。可以说，布达拉宫是“西藏历史的博物馆”。
    The Potala Palace is one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in China and one of the top ten civil buildings in the world. It focuses on Tibetan religion, politics, history and art. It can be said that the Potala Palace is a "museum of Tibetan history".
    参观须知：在布达拉宫参观需要遵循所有藏传佛教的禁忌，例如不能戴帽，不能拍照（指进入宫殿以后，宫殿外可以拍一些“外景”），不能踩踏门槛等等。
    Visiting Instructions: Visiting the Potala Palace needs to follow all the taboos of Tibetan Buddhism, such as not wearing a hat, not taking pictures (after entering the palace, you can take some "outside scenes" outside the palace), not stepping on the threshold and so on.

Here’s some details that’ll help make the trip a little easier.

·  Name in Chinese | 布达拉宫
   “I want to go to The Potala Palace” | 我想去布达拉宫
·  Open from |  09:00AM-12:00AM
·  Address in Mandarin | 中国西藏自治区拉萨市城关区北京中路35号
·  Price | May 1st-October 31st  200CNY

               October 8th-March 31st next year 100CNY