The holiest of all temples in Lhasa, with an ancient Buddha statue of Sakyamuni, housed in a small chapel inside the temple. A queue into that chapel takes 2 hours. Our tour guide tried to persuade the curator monk to let us through into the chapel without queueing, without any success. Justice previals and all creatures under the eyes of Buddha Sakyamuni are equal. Built during the Tang Dynasty some 1350 years ago to honour Tang Dynasty Princess Wencheng marrying to a Tibetan King. While both Potala and Jokhang are now under World Heritage protection, Jokhang is more revered by the adage "A visit to Lhasa is not complete without a visit to Jokhang Temple".Pilgrims walked round and round, and round, and round the exterior perimeter of Jokhang Temple, some on all fours on ground every three steps. I recognise a young man who did just that on Thursday when we visited the temple. He was there again on Sunday when we returned to buy some souvenirs.
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