Yaowang Mountain Observation Deck, Potala Palace

20220611 In the afternoon: 1. Direct bus, free of charge, located in the south west of the Potala Palace, outside the west gate of the Potala Palace Square. 2. This is a viewing platform for shooting the Potala Palace. The best photo point is the corner of the viewing platform closest to the Potala Palace. You need to queue up to shoot in turn. If there are many people, the queue time is not short. If there are fewer people, you can finish shooting in 10 minutes. 3. It is also a 50 yuan pattern attraction, many people hold the banknote and the Potala Palace behind the frame, but with the mobile phone to shoot, focus on the banknote, the background will be blurred; focus on the background, the banknote will be blurred. So it is recommended to focus on the streets in front of the Potala Palace, so that the banknote and the Potala Palace will be clearer at the same time.

The white tower near the Potala Palace is also one of the important components of the Potala Palace. There are three big white towers. The close view is the white tower of Yaowang Mountain, the middle is the cross-street tower, and the red mountain white tower in the distance. The three white towers form a gateway to Lhasa City. The best angle of the white tower is at the highest point of the Yaowang Mountain Observation Deck. Here you can shoot all 3 white towers. Many of the tourists who take personal photo photos or wedding photos will be photographed here. In addition, the cross-street white tower in the middle of the road can also be seen at close range. The snow-white tower body, the golden tower top, looks like three high monks quietly meditating in Zen. It is recommended to come over in the morning to take pictures of the beautiful scenery of the golden roof of the Potala Palace, and you can also take pictures of the sunset in the evening. The white tower lights up at night, and there is also a kind of holy god's glory.

The Yaowang Mountain Viewing Platform diagonally opposite the Potala Palace, here is the best angle to shoot the Potala Palace, and the scene on the back of the current version of 50 yuan is from here. Climb up the Yaowang Mountain Observation Deck and feel the power from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Feel the grandeur of the Potala Palace at close range, the sky is pure without a cloud, and the towering Potala Palace seems to be the closest place to heaven.

Very good, no ID card to pass the security check, no need to climb the mountain, just on a white tower at the intersection, punch a card is enough.

"In Tibet, the closest to heaven, say love you" Potala Palace is the most brilliant symbol of the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Tibetan culture, just like the meaning of Tiananmen Square in China, the Potala Palace is the most sacred place in the hearts of believers, and the Potala Palace is also their faith. There is a mountain on the west side of the Potala Palace, more than 3,700 meters above sea level, in fact, it is not high, it is most famous is the photo platform behind the famous white tower on the mountainside, here is known by the majority of photography lovers as the best location to shoot the cloth palace, this attraction is called Yaowangshan Observation Deck. The Yaowang Mountain Observation Deck is the best place to shoot and enjoy the Potala Palace. Visitors to the Potala Palace must come to Yaowang Mountain to see. The observation deck is not very high, and you can reach it by a small step. When I arrived at the observation deck of Yaowang Mountain, I saw the picturesque cloth palace. Many of the popular classic photography works of the cloth palace were from here, including the Potala Palace on the back of the country's 50 yuan was taken at the Yaowangshan observation deck. You can go up in the early morning before the sun comes out and take pictures of the Potala Palace, where the first rays of light shine. I booked tickets for the Potala Palace on the same day, waited for the sunrise to enter the Potala Palace to visit, and arrived at the Yaowang Mountain Observation Deck before sunrise to shoot the Potala Palace that woke up in Wanzhang Yunxia. Because it is winter, the observation deck tourists are not many, the east fish belly white, the people on the observation deck began to surge, everyone raised their hands of "long guns", "squeaking" shutter sound one after another. Under the gaze of the people, a red sun gradually broke through the clouds and spilled the golden sun on the golden roof of the Potala Palace. Standing on the ground with a pattern on the back of the 50 yuan face value RMB, it was still very meaningful to usher in the first ray of light of the day. When you record this moment with your phone or camera, you will not stop sighing: "incredible, so beautiful"! That shocking beauty, only the scene can experience, in the closest to heaven Tibet, say love you! Tourist tips: Potala Palace Yaowang Mountain Observation Deck Address: No. 2 Luoblinka Road, Chengguan District, Lhasa City, Tibet; Tickets: Free; Opening hours: summer 7:00-22:00, winter 8:00-19:00 (dark starts around 20:00 in Lhasa); Transportation: Take a taxi; Or take bus 13 and 14 at the [Yaowangshan Vegetable Market] station to get off; walk from the Potala Palace. Play strategy: Lhasa's sunrise time is slightly later than the mainland, and there is no need to get up early. The Yaowangshan Observation Deck is a 50 yuan viewing place, and Lhasa's most popular must-check-in attractions. The best view of the sunrise on Yaowangtai, with very beautiful side light and clouds. But because of this, the sunrise is very crowded, pay attention to the time; It is recommended to incorporate the Potala Palace itinerary of the day. After watching the sunrise of the Potala Palace on the observation deck, it is just opposite to enter the Potala Palace to visit.