Chubu Temple

Chubu temple is the main temple of the gama Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet. It belongs to the Bai religion and is also the birthplace of the reincarnation system of Tibetan Buddhism.

There are a large number of rare cultural relics here. The treasure of zhensi is a silver statue created by the eighth Karmapa in memory of his guru. It is said that after the statue was built, it was suspended in the air for seven days, so there is a saying that "the Buddha lives in the air".

Chubu Temple

Chubu temple is located in the upper reaches of Chubu River in the northwest of duilongdeqing County, 60 kilometers west of Lhasa, Tibet. It is 4300 meters above sea level and about 70 kilometers away from the western suburb of Lhasa City, Tibet. It is the main temple of Gama Gaju sect. The reincarnation system of Tibetan Buddhism, which has attracted worldwide attention, was first established here and later extended by other religious sects in Tibet.

The temple is located in the north and faces the south. It was founded in 1189 by the first Dharma King Du songqianba. The first Dharma King Du songqianba realized in a Buddhist temple that Chubu temple is the altar of Shengle Vajra. Anyone who comes here can get the blessing of Shengle Vajra. Chubu temple was rebuilt after the "Cultural Revolution". Because there were living Buddhas of the first big sect recognized by the Chinese government after the cultural revolution, it once developed rapidly. There were 400 lamas in the temple.

Chubu temple has a large number of rare cultural relics. The jiansi stele of Jiangpu temple, which is now located in the main hall of Chubu temple, is about two and a half meters high and half meters wide. It is engraved with ancient Tibetan, which has important historical value for the study of politics, economy and religion in Tubo Period. The silver statue created by the eighth Karmapa in memory of his guru is the treasure of Chubu temple. It is said that the silver statue was automatically suspended in the air for seven days after it was formed. Therefore, it is said that the Buddha lived in the air. Chubulaqian (the Great Buddha) is about 6 meters high and was cast by the second Karmapa.

There is a spring gushing out near Chubu temple. The water is clear and sweet. In the past, the Karmapa God poked it to the ground with his crutch. In addition, the stone sculptures of machagala, the bowls used by Milarepa, and the monk hats of dusongqinba are all precious treasures of Chubu temple.

There are also a series of famous scenic spots on jiqinbo holy mountain, which is surrounded by Chubu temple, such as the celestial burial platform, the meditation room, the closed cave of Karmapa in the past dynasties, and the heart mantra left on the stone when the 17th Karmapa turned the mountain.

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The large-scale complex of Chubu Temple centers on the main hall, including Sutra hall, Buddha Hall, Dharma hall, Buddhist Academy, Tantric school, living Buddha's private residence and monk's house.

Chubu Temple faces south in the north, surrounded by mountains in the south, West and North, with Dukang hall as the center and water on the back. There is a tall Buddha exhibition platform built at the north foot of the high mountain on the south bank. The main hall is surrounded by four ZHACANG, with Sutra Hall, temple, temple and temple

The monk's house and the buildings of lazhang and Jingwai constitute a magnificent ancient Buddhist temple.

In front of the temple is a large square, covering an area of 1520 square meters. In the center of the square stands a stone tablet called "Jiangpu Temple Monument". This monument was erected in the 9th century during the period of longzu Dezan. The inscription says: "the temple was built in Jiangpu, where the dragons were piled up, and where the three treasures were built." At the beginning of the 9th century, the Jiangpu temple built by Shang Tsai Bang Da sangnieduo (the powerful minister of Tubo) was destroyed as early as when langdama destroyed the Dharma. However, the stone steles (256 cm high, 48 cm wide, 18 cm thick, engraved with ancient Tibetan characters: 46 lines on the front and 21 lines on the side) were completely preserved and moved to Chupu temple. This precious cultural relic has become the evidence of Chupu temple's long history, and is an important historical material for studying the politics, economy, religion and culture of Tubo Period.

Through the square 24 stone steps, there are six columns of the corridor. Entering from the Ming corridor is the main building of Chupu temple, Dukang hall, which is three stories high and has a square layout with an area of 614 square meters. It is composed of Sutra hall and Buddha Hall. A floor is raised in the center of the Sutra hall to form a 33.6 square meter high open skylight for daylighting. This is the place for monks to gather and chant scriptures. There are 16 Arhats and other murals on the four walls of the Sutra hall. Ascending from the back of the Sutra hall is the sangjieduogong Buddha Hall (about 9 meters high). In the center of the hall are statues of Sakyamuni, wushishou Buddha and the 16th Karmapa living Buddha. On both sides of the hall are large niches with more than 1000 Buddha statues. On the side of the hall is the pagoda of the 16th Karmapa living Buddha. In the middle of the second floor of Dukang hall is the courtyard of the Sutra hall. There are a row of houses in the south, with a total of 3 rooms. In the middle of the room is the top of the 17th Karmapa living Buddha for worshippers, covering an area of 84 square meters. The two buckets on the right of jizuo are the bedrooms of situ living Buddha and jiecao respectively. Outside the platform of the third floor of Dukang hall, there are two houses in the north. One is called "Bei Zhuo Kang", which is the Sutra collection room. It is 13.6 meters long, 6.4 meters wide and more than 4 meters high. The north wall stands on the shelf and holds all kinds of classics. The house in the east of Bei Zhuo Kang is the bedroom of the 17th Karmapa. In addition to Dukang hall, there is also a two-story ZHACANG, five Dharma protection temples, qiangzikang, Yinjing hall and reception room in the West.

There are two white pagodas on the west side of Chubu Temple: the front pagoda has a square base with a bottle shaped body on it; the back pagoda has a square base with a simple shape. According to the records of the banquet for the wise, Renzong, the fifth emperor of the Western Xia Dynasty, believed in Buddhism and sent envoys to Tibet to welcome Du songqinba, the master of Chupu temple, to preach Buddhism in the Western Xia Dynasty. Dusongqinba sent Ba to Xixia to preach the Dharma. Dusongqinba sent his disciple gexi zangsuowa to Xixia, and was named "guru" by Renzong. When dusongqinjiu built the Baideng Drepung Pagoda in Chupu temple, Renzong of Xixia offered red gold wreaths, buildings, covers and other ornaments. After the death of dusongqinba, another Jixiang Jumi pagoda was built at its incineration site, and gexi zangsowa wrapped the pagoda with gold and copper. The communication in this period became a historical material for the communication between Xixia and Tibetan Buddhism.

At the back of Chubu temple, at the waist of Jiari tuqiaobo mountain, there is a white building, zhuokang, which is the place where the monks of Chupu Temple practice. The general practice time is three years, three months and three days. During the cultivation period, they are not allowed to go out, nor can they contact with anyone outside. Their food is delivered through a window hole by a specially assigned person. In addition, the temple's historic sites include the image stone of Karmapa pilgrimage, the natural pattern of stone pattern of goldfish pilgrimage, and the grottoes of the first Karmapa monastics on the back mountain.

Historical evolution

Chubu temple is the most important temple for the inheritance of Gaju. It is the residence of the great magic kings of the past dynasties and the center for the inheritance of Buddhism. The 17th Karmapa was promoted here, and Chubu temple is the most important temple in the mind of the disciples of the inheritance of Gaju.

The reincarnation system created by the first Karmapa began in Chubu temple. In the 13th century, the second karma pakshi was recognized as the reincarnation of the first karma. Since then, the "zugu" Lama reincarnation tradition in Tibet has begun. Since then, Karmapa has been reincarnated from generation to generation until ogyen trinley Dorje, the 17th king of magic. Located in a quiet, lush and picturesque environment, Chubu temple is the ashram of many great achievers, including Karmapa. The architecture of Chubu temple is magnificent and beautiful, representing the achievements of Tibetan traditional art. There are many magic artifacts collected for centuries in the temple, which are regarded by practitioners as the most powerful Taoist temple. Establishment of Chubu Temple: in 1159 ad, when the first Karmapa dusongqianba went to Kham, he went to touml; lung, central Tibet to buy the land for the construction of Chubu temple.

In 1189, when the first Karmapa was 80 years old, he returned to Tulong Valley to build Chubu temple. The temple, known as the "pure land of the world", can accommodate more than 1000 monks, and is the main temple inherited by Karmapa and Gaju.

Later development: the second Karmapa expanded the temple and built the famous lhachen zamlinp gyen Buddha. In more than 800 years, the temple continued to develop into a huge Taoist temple.

Chubu temple is located in the northwest of Tulong Valley, about 70 kilometers away from Lhasa, with an altitude of 4300 meters (14000 feet). The main hall is located in the center of the valley surrounded by mountains, beside the Chubu River, facing the south. It is surrounded by the hall of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Karmapa, benzun, Dharma protection, Guanfang, Liaofang, publishing center, administrative center and the summer palace of Karmapa. It also has two Scripture Libraries, which collect scriptures and continue to collect them. It is also a place for practice guidance, Dharma books, rituals, works of guru of various sects, Tibetan literature, and the great treasures of the past dynasties The works of Wang and their disciples. The magnificent back mountain is known as "thukje chenpo". Qianshan is known as mahagala mountain. The central mountain range is known as the merciful Maitreya Bodhisattva mountain.

On the higher half of the mountain, there are three-year closed centers. There are many small closed centers in Karmapa. In the rear of Chubu temple, a very exquisite temple, named chouml; gargong, was built, which was the main temple of the national master Jiacha Rinpoche. On the right side of the temple are two small temples: dratshang and zuri. On the rock slope on the right side of the temple, there is gyang Tsen Dharma hall. On the left are mahakali and Paden Lhamo Dharma halls. In front of the stream is khanak D

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