Why are the toilets in the Potala Palace so clean after 400 years without anyone cleaning them?

Updated on Toilets 2024-07-26
5 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    Tibet is known as the most "mysterious" place. When you walk into this land, its vast and lush grasslands and magnificent mountains and rivers will make you forget about trivial things and fall into them. If tourists come to Tibet, the Potala Palace is known as one of the inevitable tourist attractions.

    It is built on a hill and is also home to many sacred sites of the Buddhist faith. Many sincere believers come to visit, and many tourists come to visit. Why the toilets in the Potala Palace have not been cleaned for nearly 400 years.

    The Potala Palace is a symbol of Tibet and a sacred place in the hearts of all pilgrims! The Sanskrit word "Buddhism" refers to the meaning of the residence of Guanyin Bodhisattva. It is located on the top of the Potala Mountain in the center of Lhasa.

    It was originally built in the 7th century AD during the "497" period of the Tibetan Dynasty.

    The Potala Palace has collected and preserved a large number of historical relics, including golden books, jade books, gold seals, gold and silverware, jade, porcelain, enamel, etc., which were presented by the Ming and Qing emperors. History of Tibet and the Central Government. Craft.

    Such a beautiful Potala Palace, why haven't the toilets here been cleaned in 400 years.

    According to reports,Because the topography of the Potala Palace is relatively high, and the location is only in the suburbs, there are some mountains or fields and land below, so when designing the toilet, the feces are discharged directly outside the mountain, Or in this way, tourists and leaders directly discharge the feces from the sky to the ground.

    In addition, it has a certain connection with the local environment. After all, it's dry and windy here. After the feces come down, they are easy to weather, and the feces gradually decrease.

    With the help of this, there will be no accumulation and there will be no need to do it manually. Because the underground mountain fields of the Potala Palace can be used as fertilizer directly under the mountain fields, tourists feel very good, and the staff of the Potala Palace also save a lot of time, so the owners of the mountain fields below always regard them as "God's gifts" and harvest countless green nutrients every day, pure natural and harmless fertilizer.

  2. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    Although it is said that no one has cleaned its toilets for 400 years, no one has used it in those 400 years.

  3. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    I think he must have been cleaned up, but we didn't see them.

  4. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    This is because people's awareness of environmental protection is very good, and the quality of people is also very high.

  5. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    The toilets of the Potala Palace are cleaned by some specialized people.

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