4187 x 2791 px | 35,4 x 23,6 cm | 14 x 9,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
août 2010
Lieu:
Tibet, China
Informations supplémentaires:
The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) or Xizang Autonomous Region, called Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It was created in 1965 on the basis of Tibet's incorporation by the PRC in 1951. Tibet is the second-largest province-level division of China by area, spanning over 1, 200, 000 square kilometres, after Xinjiang, and mostly due to its harsh and rugged terrain, is the least densely populated province of the PRC. A Kumbum (Tibetan: "One hundred thousand holy images") is a multi-storied aggregate of Buddhist chapels. The Kumbum or great gomang (many-doored) chörten at Gyantse is a three dimensional mandala, meant to portray the Buddhist cosmos. The Kumbum, like other mandalas, which are portrayed by a circle within a square, enables the devotee to take part in the Buddhist perception of the universe and can depict one's potential as they move through it. Mandalas are meant to aid an individual on the path to enlightenment. The Kumbum holds a vast number of images of deities throughout its structure with Vajradhara, the cosmic Buddha, at the top. The Gyantse Kumbum has nine floors or tiers; each tier has unique chapels. The 76 chapels have images that form "a progressive hierarchy of three dimensional manadalas, as outlined in the Sakyapa compilation known as the Drubtob Gyatsa, ensuring that the stupa encapsulates within it the entire spiritual path and gradation of the tantras."
