Gegen Temple

The main hall of Gegen Temple imitates the shape of Tibetan temple, which is magnificent. The exterior of the temple is made of stone, with white walls and red edges. The flat top is equipped with large windows, and the four corners of the top are set with bronze brocade and gold Sutra columns to show that the temple stands upright. On the top of the wall are bronze brocade and gold Falun and the statue of deer standing face to face to show that the temple has a long life. The interior of each hall is painted with red columns, and the ceiling is painted with ancient dragon and phoenix patterns, which is resplendent and solemn.

Gegen Temple

Gegen temple is on the left bank of Taoer River, 30 kilometers southeast of Ulanhot City, Xing'an League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and at the foot of the south slope of taolaitu mountain. Built in 1798, it is the largest lama temple in Northeast China. The Temple group, which imitates the style of srejebusang temple in Tibet, has five main halls: Fantong temple, Guangshou temple, guangjue temple, Hongji temple and Huitong temple, with a total area of more than 60000 square meters.

history

In 1748, Emperor Qianlong granted the Lotus Temple as Fantong temple. In the first year of Jiaqing (1796), the former Prince of 10 banners of Zhelimu League raised funds to build the taolaitu Gegen temple in the territory of lisaktu banner.

Presided over by the great Lamas of lotus Tu temple, chadder and awandan, they hired more than 30 skilled craftsmen from Beijing to build the temple for three years. On July 12, 2003, Yujia built four halls, namely Fantong Temple (chaokeqin Dugen), Guangle Temple (Larsen Dugen), guangjue Temple (hushuo Dugen) and Hongji Temple (Chagan Dugen).

In 1807, Huitong temple was built. Gegen temple is mainly composed of the above-mentioned five halls, with Gegen palace, NIMA palace, Gegen mausoleum and other small halls, becoming the largest lama temple in the history of the banner. It covers a total area of 60000 square meters.

The main hall of Gegen Temple imitates the shape of Tibetan temple, which is magnificent. The exterior of the temple is made of stone, with white walls and red edges. The flat top is equipped with large windows, and the four corners of the top are set with bronze brocade and gold Sutra columns to show that the temple stands upright. On the top of the wall are bronze brocade and gold Falun and the statue of deer standing face to face to show that the temple has a long life.

The interior of each hall is painted with red columns, and the ceiling is painted with ancient dragon and phoenix patterns, which is resplendent and solemn.

In the front of the hall is the Sutra hall, on both sides of which are displayed various scriptures, Buddha statues, sutra utensils and utensils. In the center are arranged two rows of Sutra reciting mats with carpets, which are used for collective chanting.

At the back of the hall is the Buddha Hall. In the center of the hall, there is a Satin Embroidered umbrella top steamed bread, which means the light of the Buddha. At the bottom of the hall is a large-scale copper gilded statue of Buddha, and on both sides are the statues of zonghabu and medel. According to the order of Buddha's position, there are gold-plated statues, bronze statues and a number of offerings and utensils.

On the table, there are silver tripods, long and short sutras, silver and copper bowls full of dairy products and fruits.

After the completion of Gegen temple, it enjoyed a high reputation among the ten banners of Zhelimu League. With the change of history, it gradually went from prosperity to decline and spent 168 spring and autumn, On August 28, 1966, more than 200 "Red Guards" rushed into the temple, destroyed the temple, burned all the precious scriptures, carried away 5073 gold-plated and copper Buddha statues, smashed 35 stone Buddha statues, 500 clay Buddha statues, and 2 stone lions, drove away the lamas, looted them and razed them to the ground.

customs

In the traditional Mongolian folk dance, Andai dance is loved by people of all ethnic groups for its strong national style and healthy and active artistic characteristics. It is said that a long time ago, there was a father and daughter living together in Horqin grassland. The girl suddenly got a strange disease. She was in a trance, and her behavior was abnormal. After several times of treatment, she did not improve. The old father had to take her daughter to his hometown for medical treatment with an ox cart.

On the way, the axle broke, the daughter's condition worsened, dying, and the old dad ran around the car anxiously, singing instead of crying.

The singing attracted the people nearby. Seeing this, they all burst into tears. They all followed the old dad, shaking their arms and stamping their feet behind him, and went around the lament.

Unexpectedly, the girl quietly stepped out of the ox cart and danced with all the people. When she was found, she was sweating and recovered as before.

The news spread like wildfire. Later, people followed this singing and dancing way to treat young women with similar diseases, named "Andai".

It was also used in mass gatherings, such as praying for rain, offering sacrifices to Oboo, Nadam meeting, and so on. It was widely spread and gradually developed into a group dance freely expressing thoughts, feelings and life.

According to the custom, in the early stage of Andai dance, there was a broken axle wheel or wooden pole in the middle (meaning the thing to suppress demons and ward off evil spirits). The participants formed a circle, held a silk scarf in their right hand or pulled up the hem of Mongolian robe, and sang and danced with the lead singer (the lead dancer).

Melodious melody, mellow charm, good at expressing feelings. The lyrics are rich in content, lively and impromptu.

The main dance movements are: putting the silk on the spot or moving gently to the side; leaning forward to throw the silk, standing up and moving forward with "small kicking step"; running in circles while throwing the silk; continuously doing "leg sucking jump" step and throwing the silk on both sides.

Address: Horqin Right Wing Front Banner, Xing'an League

Longitude: 121.94607991705

Latitude: 46.073800585381

Tour time: 2-3 hours

Ticket information: 3 yuan

Chinese PinYin : Ge Gen Miao