Mysterious Yellow House
There is a mysterious yellow house on Barkhor Street, sometimes calm, sometimes noisy, sometimes smile, sometimes cool. She owns a charming name-Makye Ame. This is an old dream exists in Tibet. Too beautiful to make me feel dizzy, too thirsty to make my lips dry.
Under the bright sun, the yellow color seemed even more pronounced against the backdrop of surrounding colors. Windows on the second floor provide a good view of the street bustling with ritual walkers, visitors who come to travel in Tibet and shoppers in Lhasa.
Its fame stems mainly from the fact the Tibetans worship white color and their houses are generally painted white. Only monasteries and residences for Living Buddhas and eminent monks wear"yellow robes". Legend has it that the 6th Dalai Lana often visited the building during his life, adding mysterious color to it.
Makye Ame's Beautiful Legend
VI Dalai Lama Cangyang Gyaco and His Lover
This yellow house around the southeastern corner of Lhasa’s Barkhor Bazaar is over 300 years old. The 6th Dalai Lama was a religious leader and a romantic poet. He often went out alone into monasteries for a better understanding of the life experienced by the general populace. It was said that the Cangyang Gyaco met a beautiful girl named Makye Ame here. And he fell in love with that girl. But he never saw that girl again. They only thing Makye Ame left to him is miss and the love poems.
Somebody said it's just a legend. I'd rather it's true. I love the feeling of drinking in soft sunlight on the roof of Makye Ame, while reading the love poems the Sixth Dalai Lama Cangyang Gyaco wrote:
Drops of rain wash away
The love songs written in
Black and White
But love, thongh unwritten
Remains long ofter, in the heart.
When the bright moon climbs up
The eastern mountain peak
The smiling face of Makye Ame
From back of my mind
Looms up
Delicious Food in Makye Ame
Makye Ame is a must-try restaurant in Lhasa while some hotels in Tibet provide tasty food as well. It serves not only typical Tibet food, but also tasty pasta pesto and coffee. Internet access is available here too. Following appetizers of sweet and pickled cucumber slices and pork slices with "sauce", you can feast on nicely fatty yak tail braised in a clay jar with star anise and ginger, and chicken fried with corn, peas, carrots, and a vegetable called juoma that came on like succotash with a Tibetan touch. As for the selection from the beverage section of the menu, bowl of yogurt with sugar on the side is refreshing, in its way, if not particularly liquid.
Makye Ame Today
No boundary exists in Makye Ame. Makye Ame has opened chain stores in Beijing and Kunming. When you travel in Yunnan, have a try on the differences in Makye Ame.
Makye Ame in Lhasa
Address: Southeast Corner of Barkhor street, Lhasa, Tibet
Tel: 86-891-6328608
Makye Ame in Kunming
Address: 2F, Shangri-la Service in Kunming, Jinhuapu Road, Xishan District, Kunming, Yunnan
Tel: 86-871-8336300
Makye Ame Jianguomen in Beijing
Address: 2F, South Xiushui Street, Jian Guo Men Wai, Beijing, China
Tel: 86-10-65069616
Makye Ame Tuanjiehu in Beijing
Address: 2F, Jinhuyuan Apartment, No. 23, Baijiazhuang Dongli, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Tel: 86-10-65088986
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