Attractions
The Samye Monastery is renowned for the characteristic art of its buildings and the vivid murals as well as other ancient relics stored within them.
The three-story Wuzi Hall is the soul of the whole monastery. Its design is very special. All of the layers follow different styles, the bottom Tibetan, the middle Han and the top Indian. Hence the monastery is also called the 'Three-styled Temple'. There are also many substantial murals here. On the porch of the middle story is inscribed the reputed 'Painted Historical Records' of Tibet, which extend 9.2 m. (10 yd.) and contains the religious history of Tibet as well as many related legends. Besides these, the murals depicting the 'Historical Records of Samye Monastery' and the 'Biography of Padmasambhava' on the other two levels are also of high aesthetic value.