Yongbulakang is located in Zedang Town 1 1 km of Zhaxi Mountain, Naidong District, Shannan City, Tibet. "Yongbu" means "Doe", named after Zhaxi Mountain looks like a Doe, and "Lacan" means "Temple". According to historical records, it was built in the second century BC. 1962, yongbulakang was designated as a Xizang Autonomous Region-level cultural relics protection unit. [1] Yongbulakang is the first palace in Tibet.
Songtsan Gambu changed from a palace to a temple in summer. When Princess Wencheng first came to Tibet, she would come here to live with Songzan Gambu every summer. By the fifth Dalai Lama, on the basis of the original watchtower-style building, a pyramid-shaped Jinding was built and converted into the Huangjiao Temple.
Hall introduction:
It is said that it was built by Songzan Gambu, and the original three-story building was restored to two floors.
The first half of the first floor is the entrance hall, and there is a small platform with eaves and more than ten steps outside the gate. The hall is 6.3 meters long from north to south and 5.2 meters long from east to west. The original four columns were restored to two columns. There are far from Buddha statues and other furnishings in the hall. Then enter the Buddhist temple, 6.3 meters north and south, 9.3 meters east and west, and eight pillars. In the east half, a concave plane sumeru was built along three walls. The original statue has been completely destroyed.
Wang Yi's Record of Tibetan Cultural Relics Architecture records what he saw at that time, saying: "There is a statue of Buddha III in the temple, with two statues of Songzan Gambu and Chisong Dêzain on the north wall, and Princess Wencheng and Bhrikuti Devi sitting on the south wall. In addition to the statues on both sides, there is a statue of Misambuza in the north and a statue of Ludong in the south. There are also three statues of Manjusri and Changshou on the side of Sanbuza, and there is a wooden god on the side of Ludongzan.