Looking up at the Potala Palace

Author: Shi Zhenping
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Borges was an Argentine writer who never visited China, only seeing the Great Wall in his books, which stretched across northern China. Yet the shadow of the Great Wall extended into the heart of this great figure. – Excerpted from Details of Europe
I gazed up again at the Potala Palace, towering high on the Red Mountain, its complex of terraced palaces, majestic and enigmatic, appearing before me. The tens of thousands of windows, each adorned with black borders, seemed like the eyes of deities, demons, and cosmic spirits, full of temptation. I clearly felt that the Potala Palace symbolized the faith, will, and perseverance of the Tibetan monks and people. – Excerpted from Gazing at the Potala Palace
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