• Ruins of Guge Kingdom
  • The Ruins of Guge Kingdom is located in the Ngarin prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. It was the Old Summer Palace of Tibet, lies on a hilltop near a river, covering an area of 180,000 square meters. The destroyed city walls and the natural earthen forests exist harmoniously. More than 400 houses and 800 caves scatter on the 300 - meter - high mountain slope. The Guge Kingdom was founded by one branch of descendants of a nearby crumbled Kingdom. It was ruled by about 16 kings with armies of tens of thousands of soldiers during the over 700 years in which it flourished. The kingdom played an important role in the economic and cultural development of Tibet at that time.
  • The main ruins of the Guge Kingdom are in Zarang, the capital of the Guge Kingdom, covering an area of 720,000 square meters. It is the second largest building complexes in Tibet next to the Potala Palace and the main buildings include the Red Temple, White Temple and Mandala Hall. The most precious thing is the murals on the walls of Samsara Hall which is more than 1,000 square meters. And the wall of Guge is actually a library of stone inscriptions, which are equally impressive as its murals.
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