One of the most famous Dzong in Thimphu, Bhutan is the Tashichhodzong, which means “Fortress of the Glorious Religion". It was build in 1641. It was just a small temple before it was rebuilt into this great castle as you can see.
Putting on a white cloth on the “Gho” (yellow for the royal family) before getting in Tashichhodzong is the basic manner to show respect to national building. Our tour guide Caiwang became more handsome after putting on the cloth. (:P)
Nowadays, the Tashichhodzong is no longer just an attraction for tourists, it is also the centre of Bhutan’s administrative and religious department, house of the throne room of the king, government ministries, the nation’s largest monastery and the headquarter of Je Khenpo and the monk body.
P.S. Interestingly, Tashichhodzong is called “summer palace” as the monk body would only live here during summer.
宗中最有名的,相信是位於首都廷布的札西秋宗。
13世紀,這裡還是一個不毛之地,不丹的宗教之父帕角.達岡.斯普戈(Phajo Drugom Shigpo)從西藏來到這裡修建了一座佛寺,1641年不丹「國父」夏遵.阿旺.朗傑再將這座佛寺加建成像城堡一般的建築,名為Tashichho Dzong,意思是:「光榮的宗教城堡」。

小巴在停在城堡旁邊的停車場,下車後我們沿城牆外慢慢走去入,城牆之外種了玫瑰,卻是有點疏落,若要看到眾花爭豔鬥麗,想是要等到明年變萬更新的時節了。
Caiwang 拿出一塊白布(不同身份會用不同顏色的布,皇室當然是用黃色,普通人則會用白色),斜披在身上,十分帥氣。這是國民對一些國家重要地方的尊重,披上白布就類似我們在正式場合穿著正式的服飾一樣。
經過安檢以後,我們拾級而上,兩邊牆壁盡是不同神佛的浮雕。樓梯頂是一個開闊的廣場,嚴如走入另一個世界之中。各個寺廟、政府建築就建在這個廣場之上。

今天這座光榮的堡壘,當然不是原來十七世紀不丹「國父」起好的那座。在二十世紀初這裡曾經歷大火,其後再重建加建,才成為今天的模樣,但重建之時,政府盡量以當時的建築方式:「沒有圖、不用釘」的方式重建,務求令宗堡更「原汁原味」。今天大西丘宗除了是國王、國師的辦公室、國會、政府部門辦公室外,也是千餘僧侶的住所。他們夏天會住在這裡,冬天則住在普那卡的宗堡,故此這裡也被稱為「夏宮」。


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