Author: Phuntsok Namgyal ISBN-13: 978-1-931907-02-6 ISBN-10: 1931907021 Order No. 1008 8.5 x 11, Hardcover 160 pages, 2003 Art/Architecture $39.95

这是一本精美绝伦的关于达赖喇嘛的宫殿布达拉宫的摄影画册。

布达拉宫坐落在西藏首府拉萨的中心地带，海拔3700 米，有 13层，1000个方间，是世界上最高最大的城堡式宫殿，堪称建筑史上的奇迹。它由白宫和红宫两部分组成，前者是达赖喇嘛在冬季时的住所及前西藏政府所在地，后者主要是达赖喇嘛的墓地和各类佛的神龛。布达拉宫中有大量的壁画，绘画，佛像和手稿，因此它也是西藏最具代表性的艺术和宗教宝库。
这本画册包含了150多幅珍贵的布达拉宫的照片，很多是经过特别许可方能拍摄的，尤其是那些壁画，唐卡绘画，佛塔，佛像及手稿，瓷器，玉器，织锦，达赖喇嘛的印章，还有通常不允许拍摄的宫殿外部等。这些照片汇集了西藏的历史，宗教和文化，展现了一个集华丽外表和神秘预言为一体的布达拉宫，给读者开辟了一个的广阔视角来了解佛教生活和西藏的独特风俗，看了令人惊叹又让人产生敬畏之情。

Splendor of Tibet is a magnificent and spectacular photographic book about the Potala Palace, the palace of the Dalai Lamas.

Located at the center of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, and at an elevation of 12,139 feet (3,700 meters), this 13-story, 1,000-room colossal and majestic architectural marvel is the world's highest and largest castle palace. The structure is composed of the White Palace and the Red Palace. The former was the winter residence of the Dalai Lamas which also housed the former Tibetan government; the latter lodges primarily the tombs of the Dalai Lamas and various kinds of Buddhist shrines. With its numerous murals, paintings, Buddhist statues and scripts, the Potala Palace is also the most comprehensive art and religious treasure house of Tibet.

The Potala Palace has its origin in the seventh century when the Tibetan king Songsten Gampo ordered its construction with 999 rooms and a meditation chamber. The building was later destroyed by thunderbolts and war fires. It was not until in 1645 that the Fifth Dalai Lama decided to rebuild the palace in an effort to consolidate his theocracy. The Potala assumed its present form and scale in 1936 when the Thirteenth Dalai Lama's stupa-tomb was completed.

At the heart of Splendor of Tibet are over 150 rare and extraordinary color photographs of the Potala Palace taken with very special permissions, especially those of murals, thang-ka paintings, stupa-tombs, Buddhist statues and scriptures, porcelain vessels, enamel work, jade ware, brocade, Dalai Lamas' seals, and palace exteriors that are normally not accessible for public photography. These stunning and awe-inspiring photographs bring together a magnitude of Tibetan history, religion and culture and open the reader onto a broad spectrum of the Buddhist life and the unique custom of Tibet, making one marvel at the ornate manifestation and esoteric prophecies of the Potala Palace.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Phuntsok Namgyal is the deputy director of the Tibetan Cultural Relics Administration and a member of the Chinese Association for Cultural Relics Preservation Technology. A researcher of the Tibetan cultural heritage, he is the author of two books: The Potala Palace: An Architectural Marvel and Zhaxi Lhunbo Monastery: The Temple of the Penchan Lamas.

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