Barkhor: A Temple Circuit with a City Around It
Around Jokhang, Barkhor brings devotional movement, trading streets and the thresholds of old courtyards into close proximity.
Barkhor
Around Jokhang, Barkhor brings devotional movement, trading streets and the thresholds of old courtyards into close proximity.
A reported café in Gungsangzi courtyard shows how a former resident’s household objects can become part of an old building’s new public life.
Barkhor
Inside Barkhor’s Courtyard Life: Old Objects, New Uses
A reported café in Gungsangzi courtyard shows how a former resident’s household objects can become part of an old building’s new public life.
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Devotional practice gives the Barkhor circuit one of its characteristic rhythms.Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗
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Barkhor’s street network forms the setting for its many historic courtyards.Gerd Eichmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗
