The Summer Palace is the former summer home of HH Dalai Lama. It’s now a museum, as designated by the communist Chinese, but many native Buddhists still consider it a sacred place and offer prayers at the temples within. Foreign visitors cannot go in to any temples or museums or to other cities or sites (such as Mount Everest) without a local guide. Our guide was a very nice young Tibetan woman named Tenzin seen here in photo one.

 

 

Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Many pilgrims come to the Palace
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Symbolic door knot.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Visitor with her child.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Another elaborate doorway.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Truzing palace surrounded by a moat.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Women picking certain weeds (for cooking?).
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Friendly visitor.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Another view of Truzing Palace.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Small garden palace.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Truzing Palace
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Altar in Truzing Place.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Dadan Mingjur Palace
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Ornately decorated hallway.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Shapden Temple description.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Shapden Temple entry gate.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace gardens.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Shapden Temple with chanting benches.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Shapden Temple thangka painting.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Shapden Temple exterior.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace carved rocks at entry.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace carved rocks at entry.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace entry walk with sculpture.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace sculpture outside front gate with transmission
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace entry walk through gate hole.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace has several smaller palaces on
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace entry. It is also called the
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace An obnoxious digital billboard at the
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Colorful detail on the entry door
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Symbolic knot tied to door handle.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace has several palaces on the
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Entry fountain to the main
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Micheal and Richard and pilgrims.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace (also called the Norbulingka) has several
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace has several smaller palaces on
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace has several smaller palaces on
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace has several smaller palaces on
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Michael and Tibetan guide Tenzin
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Everywhere there are colorful potted flowers, a
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Interior of the main palace is
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace The throne room of the Dalai
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Buddhist devotees offer prayers in throne
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Closeup view of the throne with
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Wall painting depicts Tibetan history.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Former bedroom of Dalai Lama.
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Brightly colored curtains mask palace details
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Another throne (whose?) that is now
Tibet: Lhasa - Summer Palace Blurry image of the Dalai Lama's

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