Changzhu Temple

Changzhu temple is located at the south foot of gongburi mountain on the East Bank of Yalong River, 2km south of Zedang town. Changzhu Temple belongs to the Gelug Sect. It was built in the period of Songzanganbu. It is the first Buddhist temple in Tibetan history. It is said that Princess Wencheng once stopped to practice in the temple. The stove used by Princess Wencheng is still preserved in the temple. The layout and form of the lower layer of the main hall of Changzhu temple is similar to that of Dazhao temple in Lhasa. There is a bronze bell hanging in the temple, which is very famous throughout Tibet. The Pearl Thangka of Changzhu temple is the treasure of the temple. It is painted with the statue of Mu ni'e song (the resting picture of Guanyin Bodhisattva), which attracts many believers and tourists.

Changzhu Temple

Changzhu temple is located at the south foot of gongburi mountain on the East Bank of Yalong River, about two kilometers away from NAIDONG COUNTY. It is a gelupai temple. Built in the period of Songzanganbu, it is said that Princess Wencheng once stopped at the temple to practice. There is a bronze bell hanging in the temple.

Changzhu temple is one of the first Buddhist temples built in the Tubo Period. The important buildings include the gate, "naidingxue", the main hall of tsoqin, which is named "naidingdang", and the main hall is like lianhuasheng. The tsoqin hall is 45 meters long from east to west and 29 meters wide from north to south. It has a patio, a canopy, 64 pillars and three main Buddhist halls. The form is similar to that of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. There are 12 Buddhist halls in the hall.

Temple composition

Changzhu temple is composed of three parts: main hall, zhuanjing Wai corridor and corridor courtyard. The main building is the tsoqin hall, in which there is a statue of Buddha III cast in copper.

The small hall opposite the main temple of Changzhu temple is called "naidinglakang", which is often called "naidingxue" (the first level) and "naidingdang" (the top level). Naidingxue is 10.2 meters long from east to west and 7.3 meters wide from north to south, with six columns inside. There are many statues of Buddha on the back wall of the hall, and the original one is Songzanganbu. Naidingdang and naidingxue have the same scope, and they are lotus students. When the early building was built, it was built with "Beima" grass, while the building was of stone and wood structure, which was the pattern of late repair.

After the expansion of Changzhu temple, it is divided into two parts: the front part is a small courtyard, and the rear part is the LAKANG courtyard with the Cuoqin hall as the center. When you enter the gate, there are small courtyards.

Small courtyard

The president of Xiaoting is 23.6 meters wide and 16 meters wide. There is a circle of cloisters around him and a monk's room on the top of the corridor. On the north side of the courtyard is sangapozhang, which was built after the 17th century. It is a house built by the Ningma sect of Nanzong to make it convenient for the monks of this sect to meet the Dalai Lama who came here to worship the Buddha. Therefore, there are all kinds of tea houses, firewood houses, grain warehouses, meals and houses. Later, in 1938, the center of the ground floor was rebuilt into a three in three room Tantric Lacan. There is also a secret passage in the underground of San a PO Zhang. The secret passage leads out from the southwest corner outside pozhang, and the inner exit is near the north end of the south side of laconne west wall. There are also two long and narrow storage rooms in the dark passage.

compound

The gate is the Lacan compound of the temple, which is the main body and architectural essence of the temple. There is a large porch in front of the courtyard. The two ends of the porch are bounded by the corridor outside the whole hall, which forms a circle for the corridor outside the temple. There are two statues of Dharma protectors standing on both sides of the door, and four heavenly kings standing on both sides of the door. In the front of the courtyard, there is a courtyard in the center, followed by Cuoqin hall. Around the courtyard and Cuoqin hall, there is the inner turning corridor. Along the corridor, there are twelve Lacans with different contents, forming an orderly "assembly line" for worshiping Buddhas. This layout is very similar to that of the main hall of the Jokhang Temple.

In the early period, the foundation stone under the arch column was like a compound basin, carved with lotus, but in the later period, there was no carving. There are murals on the south, North and west walls of the cloister. The stories of Buddha are painted on the north and south walls, and the three statues of the fifth Dalai Lama, Gushi Khan and dibasangjie are painted on the west wall. The murals look like works of the Qing Dynasty.

The shape of Cuoqin hall is quite special. The main hall of Cuoqin is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. It is surrounded by beams and columns instead of stone walls. It is a famous hall with a large space. It is quite different from the early architectural style and should be an additional part later.

Among the twelve Lacan Li around the middle cloister, zulacan is the most important. Zulacan is located in the center of the rear, with a side hall on the left and right. On the left is qujielacan, and on the right is tuochelacan, with the doors facing west. Three lacanians form a group, surrounded by a cloister. Zulakang has a large space, three into three, with the main statue of the third Buddha and ten standing Bodhisattvas on both sides. From the aspect of surface shape, it seems that the bronze casting of the third Buddha system has been integrated into some styles of the inland.

There are also corridors between zulacan and Cochin hall. There are three corridors and five rooms. There are low pillars in the middle. On the left and right pillars in the middle, there are two wooden statues of Dharma protectors. The figure is short and fat, and its shape is strange. It is a little like the statue of the alchemist in the mainland. Sculpture is an early art creation. There are several smaller towers in the left and right of the corridor, which are built in different times, and are added one after another.

The original statue of qujielakang is Songzanganbu, Princess Chizun on the left and Princess Wencheng on the right. The Standing Statue of ludongzan is tied by the left arm, and the Standing Statue of tunmi sambuza is in front of the right arm. On one side of sambuza, there are Buddha statues such as wuliangguang.

The pillar of Tuo Che La Kang is mainly used for Avalokitesvara with thousand hands. The statue is quite tall. Its backlight is set off by a thousand hands, with one statue on each side. It is an early work. There are murals painted on the walls of Lacan Zhou Dynasty, among which there is a mural of danras bufo. It is explained that he once helped Songzan Ganbu in his life. Interestingly, in the southwest corner of the hall, there is a pile shaped earthenware stove with a basin of pottery on it. It is said that it was used by Princess Wencheng in those years.

There are also four Lacans at the left and right ends of the front porch of zulacan. From the back to the front on the right side are dajinlacan and Jordan Lacan, and on the left side are sub balakang and de xielakang. The four Lacans are smaller, each with only one pillar.

Dajinlakang was originally Sakyamuni, and the top of Sakyamuni was covered with peacock hair. On the left and right sides of Sakya, there are two statues, one for the horse head Ming king and one for the Dharma protector. Ruodan Lacan offered 11 Avalokitesvara statues on the left and right, with various forms of pagodas painted on the four walls. Cibalakang was originally a longevity Buddha, with three standing statues of Bodhisattvas on the left and two Dharma protectors on the right. Dexelakang is a clay Medicine Buddha. There are nine statues in the middle and the left and right walls.

Among the four Lacans, dajinlacan and cibalakang are similar in style to those originally built, while most of the buildings and statues of the other two Lacans were built by later generations.

In the middle section of the north side of the LAKANG compound, another LAKANG was set up for the Xizhu Festival. Lacan two into three, for the ten side statue of mercy Avalokitesvara. The statue is quite different from the general eleven sided Avalokitesvara. On the left is the statue of Bodhisattva, and on the right is the statue of lotus and peanuts. On the walls of the hall are painted the statues of zugkaba, jiacaojie, kezhujie and other Gelug ancestors.

The corresponding position opposite kezhujielacan is oujinlacan. The Lacan was built by Rezhen I. It is divided into two chambers. The front chamber is opened three times into three, close to the right wall, and the middle part is molded with Wuliang longevity Buddha, while the right side is molded with a statue of Dharma protector. There are three rooms in the back room, and a shrine is set up in the hall, in which there is a lotus statue one floor high. There is an altar on the wall behind the niche, on which there is a lotus sambawa and many other lotus statues. In the front wall of the back room, there are statues of Dharma protectors on the left and right.

There are also one LAKANG in the West (on both sides of the front door) and one LAKANG in the East. It was built during the fifth Dalai Lama. On the right is abalacan and on the left is tongzhuilakang. As soon as abalacam enters three rooms, it is mainly used for the statue of the fifth Dalai Lama, which is one story high. On the left side of the fifth Dalai Lama are the statues of Zong Kaba and other yellow religion ancestors, on the right side are the statues of adixia, the king of Dharma, and the successive Dalai Lamas; on the two sides are the statues of Zong Kaba and the successive Dalai Lamas.

To the north of abalacan, there was a small Lacan named "gongkang" who opened a gate to the south. In the middle of the rear part of gongkang is a large statue of Dharma protector, with black body and claw like hands and feet. In front of other walls, there are several layers of platforms, on which there are various images of Dharma protectors, which may be early works at the same time as the building.

Close to Rhodan Lacan and dexie Lacan, there used to be a stone pagoda of sodupo type, and the one on the north side was earlier. In addition, there is a lotus hall outside the southeast corner of the temple. There are three rooms in the hall, with the door facing west. Although the temple was added in the late period, it is the only place with strong fragrance because it is well preserved.

Second floor

On the second floor of the main hall, around the patio and canopy, there are large platform passageways. Around the passageways, several Buddhist halls are built at the upper part of the original lower Buddha Hall.

There are two Lacans in the south of the second floor, the Dharma temple in the West and the kajurakan in the East. The temple of Dharma protection is located on the top of oujin Lacan. It has two rooms and three rooms. There is a cabinet between the two pillars in the room, with statues of Dharma protection inside. There is a long and narrow passage behind the cabinet, which is used for the statue of cangba. There is a sutra cabinet in front of the right wall. There are more than 200 sutras. In the front of the temple, there are two colonnade houses with murals on three walls, all of which are images of Dharma protectors.

Kajurakan is above de sherakan. There are altar seats on the left and right sides and the back wall of the Lacan, on which there are statues of Dharma protectors. At the center of the altar at the rear is the statue of the King Kong of the time wheel, and both the right and the right are double body Dharma protectors. In front of the altar on the left and right walls, there are also statues of double or single Dharma protectors. The statues of four Dharma protectors are unique in shape. In a galaba bowl shaped Lu ware, four Dharma protectors with different postures are superimposed, which is very rare in the shape of Dharma protectors. Kajiulakang belongs to the esoteric school, and most of the statues are early works.

Chinese PinYin : Chang Zhu Si