布达拉宫 Potala Palace

2009-08-17 14:42 BJT

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到西藏,如果不去布达拉宫那的确是件非常遗憾的事。
You’ll regret if you didn’t go to the Potala Palace when visiting Tibet.

这座举世闻名的宫堡式古建筑群坐落在海拔3600多米的西藏首府拉萨市的中心红山之巅。
The world-famous palace-castle-like architectural complex is at the center of Lasa, the capital of Tibet, on the top of Hongshan Mountain at an elevation of 3,600 meters.

“布达拉”音译自古印度梵文,意思是“佛教圣地”。
“Bu Tala” is the sound transliteration of ancient Indian Sanskrit, meaning “the holy land of Buddhism”.

在藏族人民心中是一个神圣庄严的地方。
It is a sacred and solemn place in Tibetans’ eyes.

布达拉宫东西长360米,南北宽270米,占地面积13万多平方米。
The Potala Palace is 360 meters long from the east to the west, 270 meters wide from the south to the north, with an area of 130,000 square meters.

从外边看有13层,实际上里面是9层,高117米。
It seems to have 13 floors seen from the outside, but in fact it has 9 floors inside, 117 meters high.

是世界上海拔最高集宫殿、城堡和寺庙于一体的宏伟建筑。
It has the highest elevation with palaces, castles and temples integrated into a magnificent building.

公元641年,藏族吐蕃王松赞干布好善。
641 AD, Sontzen Gampo, Tu Bo King of Zang nationality was beneficent.

他迎娶了唐朝信佛的文成公主。
He married Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty who believed in Buddhism.

为公主在红山上建造了一座新的宫殿。
He built a new palace on Hongshan Mountain for Princess Wencheng.

这就是“布达拉宫”。
This is the “Potala Palace”.