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Norbulingka, meaning “the Treasure Park” in Tibetan language, is a park formerly used as a bathing spot by the 7th Dalai Lama in mid-18th century and later expanded into a summer resort for Dalai Lamas in the following centuries. After expansion, the palace became the real center for all political and religious activities, therefore it was also called “Summer Palace”. As successive Dalai Lamas all used the Summer Palace for this purpose, the procession from the Potala to Norbulingka became a grand affair and a festive occasion of the Lhasa calendar.
Norbulingka takes up of 360,000 square meters and is the largest among all man-made parks. With its well-designed architectures, beautiful green tufts, colorful flowers, evergreen trees, bamboos and apple orchards, people worship Buddha, spend their holiday, and study the Tibetan-style palaces.
In 2001, UNESCO had it written on the list of the World Heritage.
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