Tibet art buildings--Blockhouse

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As is known to all, Tibet is a sacred place of Buddhist culture. this is not only reflected in their customs or religious beliefs,but also in their buildings. such as “ Blockhouse”, known in Tibetan as "tnkhar" or "Zongkar" (rdzong–mkhar), originally meant to be a fortress, built on steep rocks, towering and easy to defend. because Tibetans are mainly distributed in Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu and western Sichuan. In order to adapt to the climate and environment on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, traditional Tibetan dwellings are mostly made by stone structures build a house, shape likes fortress, so they are called “Blockhouse”. At the same time, the Blockhouse has the characteristics of local materials and convenient construction, so it can be widely adopted and developed.
Blockhouse generally has three to four floors. The bottom layer raises livestock and piles up feed and sundries; the second floor is equipped with a bedroom and kitchen; the third floor has a sutra hall. Because the Tibetans believe in Tibetan Buddhism, the Buddhist scriptures occupying an important position in the Buddhist scriptures, God above the position cannot live or pile up debris, so it is located on the top floor of the house. In order to expand the indoor space, the second floor is often picked out of the wall, and the lightweight picking building is in sharp contrast with the heavy stone wall, the shape of the building can, therefore, be varied and varied.
Now there have a lot of blockhouse buildings in Tibet.
Like Yumbulagang palace in Shannan, Niang Ruobo in post-Tibet, etc. is the representative of such buildings. These are the manifestations of Buddhist culture.