Nunnery

Nunnery

The full name of the nunnery temple is Sandan qiongpeilin (sangdan pegelin in Tibetan). It is located in the Lingta beach of nanzonggou, south of Kanla Township, Jianzha County, Huangnan Prefecture. It is adjacent to the Nanzong temple in the South and 40 kilometers away from the county seat. Founded in 1327, it is the largest nunnery temple in Qinghai and the Ningma monastery of Tibetan Buddhism

Introduction to geography

The full name of the nunnery temple is Sandan qiongpeilin (sangdan pegelin in Tibetan). It is located in the Lingta beach of nanzonggou, south of Kanla Township, Jianzha County, Huangnan Prefecture. It is adjacent to the Nanzong temple in the South and 40 kilometers away from the county seat. Founded in 1327, it is the largest nunnery temple in Qinghai. It is a temple of Ningma sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is a unique tourist attraction in Qinghai, where natural scenery and cultural landscape are integrated.

Historical evolution

It is said that more than 300 years ago, there was a nun named Yexi Zhuoma who had been practicing meditation for several years. Once, when her female disciples returned to the Buddhist temple, they did not see the nun. They immediately went out to shout for the nun. After hearing this, the nun returned to the Buddhist temple. Only then did the female disciples see the nun in the cave where people were hard to reach. Yexi Zhuoma (called nun in Chinese) was practicing meditation in that cave, and pills served as fasting food The fruits of cultivation are passed down from generation to generation. The "Jiao Mao" in the nunnery Temple take abbess Yexi Zhuoma as an example, strictly abide by the temple rules and sincerely practice.

Temple scale

There are eight Benkang (pagodas in Chinese) built around Nanzong nunnery temple. After reconstruction, it covers a total area of 40 mu. The main building is a big Sutra hall with 42 rooms. It is the center of nuns' collective religious activities. The main offerings in the Sutra hall include lianhuasheng master and apprentice, statue of jiuzhecheyangduojie, and many sutras, as well as Dharma instruments such as drum, spiral horn, suona, cymbal, etc. A total of 86 nunneries, 260, is a relatively independent living environment and religious activity place for nuns.

"Juemo", or nun, is a part of Tibetan Buddhism culture. Since the resumption of opening-up in 1980, the Sandan qiongpeilin of aqiannanzong has begun to take shape. As of August 1994, it has 160 nuns, who are a special social group composed of Tibetan women (mostly teenagers). At present, the living Buddhas in the nunnery Temple mainly include gulangjiasai, zhuolo and so on.

Temple rules and Buddhism

The rules of the temple are very strict. Nuns are not allowed to go out without permission. They are not allowed to ask for leave without major affairs. They must go out with two people on official business. They are not allowed to eat melon seeds and other snacks. They are not allowed to read books and other publications outside the rules. They are not allowed to communicate with each other or spend the night outside except holding Buddhist activities with Nanzong Temple monks and Nanzong Zhaxi Temple monks.

Every year, Buddhist activities are held for several days in the first month, March, April, may and August of the lunar calendar. The Pilgrims who came to worship in nanzonggou came in an endless stream. The monks and customs in the three temples of Xian, MI and Ni lived in harmony and each abided by its own rules.

Address: Linzhou County, Tibet Autonomous Region

Longitude: 91.261749267578

Latitude: 29.895929336548

Opening hours: 08:00

Chinese PinYin : Ni Gu Si