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Jokhang
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The Jokhang (, ), historically known as the Rasa Trulnang (ra sa 'phrul snang) or Qoikang Monastery or Zuglagkang ( or Tsuklakang), is considered the "heart of Lhasa". The Jokhang consists of a Tibetan Buddhist temple, its temple complex, and a Gelug school monastery. Located in Barkhor Square, it was built in c.640 by King Songsten Gampo to house the Jowo Mikyo Dorje, a statue of Akshobhya Buddha, brought to Tibet by his Nepalese queen, Bhrikuti. Another statue, the Jowo Shakyamuni, brought by his Tang Chinese queen Wencheng, is currently housed in the temple and the Jowo Mikyo Dorje is house
Key facts
- Tibetan Buddhist monastery.location_country
- China
- Tibetan Buddhist monastery.location
- Barkhor, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region
- Tibetan Buddhist monastery.founded_by
- Songtsen Gampo
- Tibetan Buddhist monastery.founded
- 7th century
- Tibetan Buddhist monastery.sect
- Gelug
- Tibetan Buddhist monastery.dedicated_to
- Shakyamuni; home of the most-venerated statue in Tibet
- Tibetan Buddhist monastery.architecture
- Vihara, Tibetan, Nepalese
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
- yes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.official_name
- Jokhang Temple Monastery
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.part_of
- Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
- (i), (iv), (vi)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 707ter-002
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
- 1994
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.extension
- 2000, 2001
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin
- Tibet#China
- Tibetan Buddhist monastery.name
- Jokhang
- Tibetan Buddhist monastery.image
- Jokhang Temple in Tibet.jpg
- Tibetan Buddhist monastery.alt
- Ornate temple, with two poles and people in a courtyard
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- Area
- 130
- Image
- Jokhang Temple in Tibet.jpg
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- catalog code
- 81
- Commons category
- Jokhang
- Commons gallery
- Jokhang
- inception
- 0639-01-01
- native label
- ཇོ་ཁང་
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- Location
- Etymology
- History
- Architecture
- {{anchor|Collection of Buddhist scriptures and sculptures}}Buddhist scriptures and sculptures
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
The Jokhang (, ), historically known as the Rasa Trulnang (ra sa 'phrul snang) or Qoikang Monastery or Zuglagkang ( or Tsuklakang), is considered the "heart of Lhasa". The Jokhang consists of a Tibetan Buddhist temple, its temple complex, and a Gelug school monastery. Located in Barkhor Square, it was built in c.640 by King Songsten Gampo to house the Jowo Mikyo Dorje, a statue of Akshobhya Buddha, brought to Tibet by his Nepalese queen, Bhrikuti. Another statue, the Jowo Shakyamuni, brought by his Tang Chinese queen Wencheng, is currently housed in the temple and the Jowo Mikyo Dorje is housed in the Ramoche, in Lhasa.
Many Nepalese and Indian artists and craftsmen worked on the temple's original design and construction. Around the 14th century, the temple was associated with the Vajrasana in India. In the 18th century the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty, following the Nepalese Gorkha invasion of Tibet in 1792, did not allow the Nepalese to visit this temple and it became an exclusive place of worship for the Tibetans. Early into the Cultural Revolution, the Red Guards attacked the Jokhang temple in 1966 and for a decade there was no worship. Renovation of the Jokhang took place from 1972 to 1980. In 2000, the Jokhang became a UNESCO World Heritage Site as an extension of the Potala Palace, which has been a World Heritage Site since 1994. After its UNESCO status was conferred, PRC China redeveloped parts of the World Heritage Sites in Lhasa, and the Barkhor Square in front of the temple was partially demolished and encroached upon.
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