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The Red Palace is located in the Potala Palace and has 8 pagodas. According to records, as much as 119,000 taels of gold were used to encase the pagoda alone. The whole of the Red Palace is a stone and wood structure. The outer wall of the palace is 2-5 meters thick, and the foundation is directly buried in the rock formation. The walls are all built of granite, tens of meters high, and iron juice is poured in the middle at intervals for reinforcement.

The roof and window eaves of the Red Palace are made of wood, with overhanging eaves, raised roof corners, gilded copper tiles, gilded scripture pillars, vases, scorpions and golden-winged crows as ridge decorations. The shining roof adopts the Xieshan style and Cuanjian style, which has the architectural style of the Han Dynasty. The walls under the eaves are decorated with gilt and copper ornaments, all of which are Buddhist instruments and eight treasures, with a strong Tibetan Buddhist color. The columns and beams are covered with bright colored paintings and gorgeous carvings. The interior corridors are criss-crossed, the halls are mixed, and the space is unpredictable. Being in it, you seem to step into a mysterious world.

West Hall
The Hall of Enjoyment of the Fifth Ngawang Luosang Gyatso Lingta Hall, it is a larger palace in the Red Palace. In addition to the plaque "Yonglian Chudi" bestowed by Emperor Qianlong, there is also a pair of large brocade curtains bestowed by Emperor Kangxi in the hall, which are rare treasures in the Potala Palace. Legend has it that Emperor Kangxi built a special workshop to weave the pair of curtains, and it took a year to weave them.

Songtsan Gampo's Dharma Cave
Go upstairs from the West Hall and go through the gallery to Qujiezhupu (Songtsan Gampo Xiufa Cave). This seventh-century building is one of the ancient buildings in the Potala Palace. Statues of the princess and her ministers. The taller palace in the Red Palace is called Sasong Langjie (meaning victory over the three realms), in which the portrait of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty and the "Long Live" tablet are enshrined. Since the seventh Kelsang Gyatso, all generations have come here to worship the emperor's tablet in the early morning of the third day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar every year, so as to show their subordinate relationship to the emperor.