October 11, 1989, Lhasa, the Qing. Potala Palace Fahao a long time, a name from the Sera Monastery Jimzhong Gyaincain McGREGOR group of young lamas, waving the maintenance of the Potala Palace began the first-ho. Jimzhong Gyaincain McGREGOR group as a first play-ho of the Tibetan monks from the traditional fortune-selected. He Inflatable castle must be 24 years old, Wuguanduanzheng, parents alive, the Lunar New Year, the auspicious name, and noble character.
Prior to that, in order to pray for good fortune complete works, Dade senior monks in Tibet have held a series of Fashi activities. Ganden Monastery, monks daily Niansong "the mother of the" 10 million times, Drepung Monastery, Sera lama famous monk in the West Wangchuk benefit the 10-day gathering under the auspices of the Tripitaka Inflatable castle reading "Kanjur" 108, and German central Ha held a mystery with a touch of flavour "and means", "growth", "Granville with" three major Tantric Fire Festival ceremony.
This is the construction Songtsan Gambo in the seventh century Potala Palace, the building of this great usher in the first large-scale renovation, the Potala Palace in the most ancient palace has been more than 1,300 years of history.
In fact, After the peaceful liberation of Tibet, in June 1959, Tibet Work Committee issued a "file on strengthening the work of the heritage decision" to set up a "Chinese cultural relics in Tibet Work Committee, file management committee." Heritage management agencies soon, Lhasa City People's Government on the release of the Inflatable castle announcement for the protection of cultural relics. 1961, the Potala Palace was included in the first batch of key national heritage conservation units annually for maintenance and repair, commonly known as the "Year of repair." 1984, the Potala Palace-circuit due to the ageing Palestinian Hall fire, the State Cultural Bureau immediately sent expert Luo Zhewen, and other ancient buildings and related personnel to the investigation, and the organization of multidisciplinary experts to do meticulous inspection demonstration, the Potala Palace, the first overall Overhaul was put on the agenda.
October 1988, the Potala Palace, the first time to ensure the smooth completion of the overhaul, the state has set up a central member of the Political Bureau, state councilor, led by Li Tieying, member of the leading group and the State Council has allocated special funds. Li listened carefully to renovate the group's planning report, the "well-designed and construction work, strengthen leadership, foolproof" principle, in construction "to respect the national tradition, respect for ethnic style, respect for science, respect for the religious needs."
Potala Palace as a whole overhaul of the first Inflatable castle phase of the project was only from 1989, to be completed in 1994, lasted nearly five years, a total of 111 projects carried out repairs, the state total for 55 million yuan. As more than 350 years ago to expand the Potala Palace, the Dalai Lama V, with all the incredible mineral pigments: gold with gold, silver with silver, white with pearls and white conch, red using a red coral And cinnabar, green with turquoise…… People's Bank of China for specialized awarded 15 kilograms of gold, 40 kg of silver. In Chinese culture and the history of ancient building protection, this is an unprecedented project. In this year's December 17, the Potala Palace was officially included in the United Nations "World Heritage List."
Four years later, due to the heavy rainfall in 1998, the Potala Palace, the re-emergence of dangerous wall. National Heritage Board of the Potala Palace, more systematic investigation, survey and repair immediately. According to instructions when the leadership of the State Council, the State Cultural Bureau in Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance several working groups composed of a series of field visits to Tibet. June 14, 2002, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji presided over the State Council No. 131 of the office of the Prime Minister, approved the Potala Palace, Norbu Lingka and Sagya Monastery three key heritage preservation maintenance projects under feasibility study report and agreed to start Building. The maintenance of a total investment of 333 million yuan project, 179 million yuan Potala Palace, Norbu Lingka 67.4 million yuan, the Sagya Monastery 86.6 million yuan. From 2002 to 2008, is five years, maintenance of the Potala Palace, the two Inflatable castle have been close to the end of this year completed a comprehensive inspection.
"Overhaul of the Potala Palace difficult than the National Palace Museum overhaul." Responsible for conducting the second phase project of the National Heritage Board, Senior Engineer Zhang Ping of Sinorama told reporters. Mainly due to the overall construction of the Potala Palace was built in the mountains, the environment more complex, difficult to grasp the hidden danger. In addition, the construction of the Potala Palace, the palace belonged to different generations, no overall planning of construction, even layer and the layers are not relevant, not flat plane to dock with the situation.
Even in many construction experts, the Potala
Inflatable castle Palace is a "maze." All the ancient architecture experts are trying to find such a balance: how can maximize maintain the original style of the Potala Palace, the use of traditional materials and technology, while it Yishou Yannian, vibrant.
In this sense, the maintenance of the Potala Palace, is a not the end of the story.