Chabuchar Jingyuan Temple

Sunzhaqi Township, located 5 kilometers west of Xibo Autonomous County of Chabuchar, was built in 1893 (the 18th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty) by the army and people of Xibo camp. "Jingyuan Temple" has a grand scale with a construction area of 1000 square meters. There are tall walls around, brick walls in front of the mountain gate, and large gold characters of "Jingyuan Temple" in Chinese and tin above the main gate. The strokes are neat and vigorous. The courtyard is wide and quiet, and the roads connecting the halls are paved with bricks. Jingyuan temple is a beautiful temple with well arranged buildings, symmetrical layout, fine engineering, carved beams, painted buildings and cornices. The whole building of Jingyuan Temple adopts the art of brick and wood carving, with color painting and clay sculpture. Jingyuan temple is of great significance to the study of the history, culture, religious belief, architectural arts and crafts of Xibo people after they moved to Ili from Northeast China. In recent years, the state has allocated special funds for maintenance, which has been renovated.

Chabuchar Jingyuan Temple

Jingyuan temple is located in Niulu Township, sunzhaqi, 6 km west of Chabuchar Xibe Autonomous County, Yili Prefecture, Xinjiang. It was built in 1892 and is one of the most influential temples among the eight Lama temples in Yili in the Qing Dynasty. Now it is a key cultural relic protection unit at the autonomous region level, covering an area of 15000 square meters and a construction area of more than 2000 square meters. The symmetrical and proportional buildings of the whole temple are scattered, simple and natural. They are the epitome of the integration of Central Plains culture and frontier culture, fully reflecting the architectural art of the Xibo people, and also the physical witness of the Xibo people and their brothers in defending the frontier and safeguarding the reunification of the motherland.

brief introduction

Chabuchar Jingyuan temple, located in sunzaqi Township, 5km west of Xibo Autonomous County of Chabuchar, was built in 1893 (the 18th year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty) by the army and people of Xibo camp.

The scale of Jingyuan temple is magnificent,. There are tall walls around, brick walls in front of the mountain gate, and large gold characters of "Jingyuan Temple" in Chinese and tin above the main gate. The strokes are neat and vigorous. The courtyard is wide and quiet, and the roads connecting the halls are paved with bricks. Jingyuan temple is a beautiful temple with well arranged buildings, symmetrical layout, fine engineering, carved beams, painted buildings and cornices. The whole building of Jingyuan Temple adopts the art of brick and wood carving, with color painting and clay sculpture.

Jingyuan temple is of great significance to the study of the history, culture, religious belief, architectural arts and crafts of Xibo people after they moved to Ili from Northeast China. In recent years, the state has allocated special funds for maintenance, which has been renovated.

Travel

In sunzaqi Niulu Township, about 5 kilometers west of Chabuchar County, surrounded by farmhouses, you can see the top of Jingyuan Temple far above the farmhouses.

The Jingyuan temple, which we see now, was built in 1893. It is magnificent, symmetrical in layout, and extremely beautiful. The plaque on the gate is engraved with the big gold character "Jingyuan Temple" in Xibo and Chinese. "Jingyuan Temple" was written by Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, Jingyuan temple was one of the nine famous temples in Ili.

Introduction to the temple

Entering the gate, there is a colorful clay sculpture from the four generals of the magic family in Fengshen romance. Walking out of the north gate of the heavenly king hall is the front yard of the Buddha Hall. In the middle of the main road, there are peony flowers planted on the roadside. Under the peony flowers, there are three "statues" of grey cranes. When they approach, they suddenly begin to hide behind the peony flowers. It turns out that they are three captive grey cranes. The crane is the embodiment of good luck, so they are deeply loved by Xibo people.

In the main hall of Tathagata Buddha, there are statues of Tathagata Buddha in the middle and various bronze statues on both sides. It is said that there were gold, silver and jewelry in the bronze statues, which were looted in the turmoil.

Around the main hall of Buddha, two brick carvings were found on the east wall, one is the picture of Double Cranes, the other is "double deer rejuvenate". It is said that the two brick carvings have a history of more than 100 years.

The third Buddha Hall is the highest, grand and magnificent building in the whole temple of Jingyuan temple.

The three Buddhas are the past Buddha, the present Buddha and the future Buddha. Many Buddhist temples offer them. The three statues of the third Buddha in Jingyuan temple are different from those seen elsewhere. They have obvious national characteristics and the image characteristics of small eyes and big face of Xibo nationality. The three Buddhas in Jingyuan temple are of Xibo nationality. In the hall of the third Buddha, there were more than 160 volumes of Ganzhuer and dozens of arias, so it was also called the Sutra Pavilion. At that time, Jingyuan temple was full of Buddhist scriptures, lamas, Buddhist rituals and incense.

The East and west sides of the third Buddha Hall are the side halls. On the horizontal board under the eaves of the main door of the east side hall, that is, the hall of the king of hell, are the stories of monks and disciples in the Tang Dynasty in journey to the West. The Xipei hall is the Bodhisattva hall, where many Bodhisattvas are provided. The name of the person who donated money to build the temple is written on the forehead of the main gate.

On the walls of the museum, there are dozens of colorful pictures of Xibo military and civilian participation in the construction of Jingyuan temple. From ramming to completion, the historical scenes at that time are reproduced in the form of comic strips.

history

Jingyuan temple was built by the Xibo people after they came to Yili. At that time, each of the eight Niulu built a brick kiln specially for firing the tiles needed for the construction of Jingyuan temple. Even so, Jingyuan Temple took five years to complete.

The whole building of Jingyuan temple has brick carving, wood carving art, color painting and clay sculpture, which integrates the original architectural culture and the architectural style of the frontier region. It fully shows the architectural and arts and crafts level of the Xibo people, and is also the historical witness of the Xibo people and their brothers in defending the frontier and safeguarding the reunification of the motherland.

Chabuchar, meaning "granary" in Xibo language, is the only Xibo Autonomous County in China.

In 1764, more than 4000 Xibo people moved westward to Yili and settled in Chabuchar to cultivate and defend the border. With 200 households as one Niu Lu, they were compiled into eight banners and eight Niu Lu. Up to now, the name "Niu Lu" is still used in the towns of Chabuchar county.

Address: sunzaqi Township, 5km west of Xibo Autonomous County, Chabuchar

Longitude: 81.072290851074

Latitude: 43.835331831874

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