Brahma Temple

Brahma Temple

Fanzong temple is located 4 km northwest of Wudan Town, Wengniute Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, about 80 km away from Chifeng City. It is the only complete ancient architectural complex in the banner. It was first built in 1732, and damaged by flood three years later. In 1743, it was rebuilt. Emperor Qianlong gave it the name of "fanzong Temple" and inscribed the plaque in Mongolian, Manchu, Chinese and Tibetan characters.

The whole complex is composed of Mountain Gate (Tianwang Hall), main hall, East and West Hall, back hall (Zhangba Buddha Hall), Guandi hall, Jingjuan hall, etc. there are 115 existing buildings, with a total construction area of 5000 square meters. The buildings are all made of blue brick, tile and wooden frame structure, with different ridge features. Figures, dragons, Phoenix, birds and flowers are carved and painted with vivid shapes. About 200 meters to the west of the temple, there is a 27 meter high Bodhi pagoda. Every year, 100000 believers come to participate in Buddhist activities.

In 1985, the temple was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

brief introduction

It is called Beida temple. It is 4 kilometers north of Wudan Town, Wengniute Banner. It was first built in 1732, and damaged by flood three years later. It was rebuilt in 1743 and completed in 1743. The temple is a Tibetan Buddhist temple with Han style architecture. It is arranged from south to North according to the ups and downs of the mountain. It is composed of Mountain Gate, main hall, East and west auxiliary hall, Guandi hall and Jingjuan hall. There are 115 houses, covering an area of more than 5000 square meters.

Each building is built on a stone platform. It is of blue brick and gray tile wood frame structure. Colorful dragons and flowers are painted on the beams. A number of murals and exquisite carvings are preserved on the walls. This is a large-scale and well preserved ancient architectural complex in Chifeng area. The temple is surrounded by dense trees and beautiful environment.

Architectural features

Fanzong temple is located four kilometers away from Wudan Town, the seat of the people's Government of Wengniute Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. It was named by Emperor Qianlong. It was built in the eighth year of Qianlong (1743) of the Qing Dynasty. It originally covers an area of one hectare and has more than ten Buddhist temples. It was once designated as the banner Temple of Lama Temple by the banner zasak.

Fanzong temple, with beautiful scenery and quiet environment, faces south from the north and is built close to the mountains, forming a stepped courtyard along with the terrain. The overall layout is solemn and solemn, the momentum is extraordinary, the South half is bright and open, and the north half is neat and compact.

The temple takes the main hall and the auxiliary hall as its name, that is, the Mountain Gate (Tianwang Hall), the main hall (Daxiong Hall) and the rear Hall (Maitreya Hall) as its vertical axis, with auxiliary halls on both sides, forming several closed quadrangles. The buildings are all of blue brick tile and wooden frame structure. The buildings have their own characteristics. The roof forms are different. They are grand and magnificent with unique ingenuity. The color paintings on the forehead Fang and Liang Fang are lifelike. Figures, dragons, Phoenix, birds, flowers, etc. are lifelike and vivid. The top of the hall is made of cloth and tile, with lotus or animal triangular drip and round hook head. The main ridge is Qingshui ridge, with dragon kisses at both ends. The animals on the vertical ridge and the berm are full of spirituality, including lions, horses and spirits. All kinds of reliefs on the buildings are exquisite and exquisite.

history

This fanzong temple, which can be called a famous temple outside the Great Wall, has not been spared the misfortune during the "Cultural Revolution", and it has not been destroyed. In order to restore the original appearance of the temple, since 1987, the people's Government of the banner has raised funds to repair it. The Dean, researcher, the fifth living Buddha of the higher Buddhist College of the Tibetan Language Department of China, and the main living Buddha of fanzong temple, danjun rannabanza (Wu Zhan in Han Dynasty). In order to make the temple shine again, he spared no effort to come here from the busy Buddhist activities and lectures at home and abroad. Since 1998, he has invested tens of millions of yuan to repair the temple. The newly restored fanzong temple, covering an area of four hectares, consists of the square in front of the temple, the heavenly king hall, the drum tower, the bell tower, the guest hall, the monk's room, the zhuanjing hall, the Guandi hall, and the 21st Tara hall, forming a large-scale and unique ancient architectural complex in Chifeng area. Fanzong temple will hold a grand opening ceremony on the fourth, fifth and sixth day of June in 2004.

Under the guidance of Danji rannabanza living Buddha, in line with the opportunity of reason, the purpose of solemnizing the territory and promoting friendship, we aim to "cultivate patriotism, law-abiding, religious and quiet people", In order to meet the challenge of modern science and culture in the new century, fanzong Temple started from improving the ideological and cultural quality of monks, establishing a good style of Taoism and study, establishing a sound management organization and rules and regulations, opened up three classrooms in the newly built 1700 square meter two-story courtyard, and added advanced facilities such as projectors and microcomputers Teaching equipment, employing senior professors from domestic universities, specializing in systematic teaching of Buddhism, ancient Chinese, modern Chinese, Mongolian, English and other subjects.

According to the idea of Danji rannabanza, the living Buddha, fanzong temple was eventually built into an academic temple through perseverance and unremitting efforts. To this end, the temple set up a library, reference room, archive room and computer room, and built a "Mongolian Tibetan clinic". The "living Buddha mansion" and "Jushi building", which are convenient for the academic research and exchange of Buddhist experts and scholars in China, have also been included in the construction plan. The form of running a temple, which is still in the initial stage, is second to none in China and unique in Inner Mongolia.

Zobajiancuo, the great Lama in charge of the daily work of fanzong temple, became a monk in October 1980 and received a commandment. In 1997, when he was the abbot of Longquan Temple in Kalaqin banner, he presided over the restoration of Longquan Temple. He also participated in the restoration of the other three temples and made outstanding achievements. He was also rated as "advanced monk" and "model Abbot" by Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Chifeng City. The temple he presided over won the title of "advanced Temple". Fanzong temple also won the honor of "Chifeng model Temple" in April 2004.

In 1985, fanzong temple was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and was approved as a place for religious activities in 1995.

Traffic tips

Aviation: Chifeng airport has flights to Beijing, Hohhot and other places every day.

Railway: Chifeng station is located in the south of the city and the southernmost end of Zhaowuda road. There are direct trains from Chifeng to Beijing, Hohhot, Shenyang, Dalian, Jinzhou and Chengde.

Highway: Chifeng long distance bus station is located in the square in front of the railway station, and national highway 111 passes through. Chifeng to Beijing, Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, Shijiazhuang, Shenyang, Tangshan, Jinzhou, Chaoyang have direct train.

Beijing North Station train 2559 departs at 21.33 p.m. and arrives at Chifeng at 7.15 a.m. ticket price: 123 sleeper (price after 7.1 price adjustment) Chifeng to Beijing: train 2560 departs at Chifeng station at 20.20 a.m. and arrives at Beijing at 6.15 a.m. generally speaking, it is very convenient! When you get to Chifeng, you can take the bus to Wengniute Banner.

Address: Northwest Wudan Town, Wengniute Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Longitude: 118.992681

Latitude: 42.967069

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