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Sacred Relics in the Snow --Yong bu la kang
Brief Introduction£º
Yongbulakang means "the palace for mother
and son" in Tibetan. Standing on the top
of the Zhaxiciri Peak on the eastern bank of the
Yalong River, southeast of Zhedang County, Yongbulakang
is the first palace in Tibet. It is said to be
built for the first Tibetan king Liancizanpu in
200 B.C. Afterwards it became the summer palace
of Sonzanganbu and Princess Wenchen and a few
centuries later the fifth Dalai Lama made it a
temple of the Tibetan Buddhism. There lie too
many tales behind this 2,100 year old building.
This series starts with the daily life of the
lamas in the temple, telling you the long history
of Yongbulakang and the reason for its high position
in the heart of the Tibetan public.