Ta'er Temple

Ta'er temple is one of the six temples of Gelug Sect (yellow sect) of Tibetan Buddhism in China. It is the birthplace of the world's second largest Buddha Zong Kaba (Sakyamuni is the world's largest Buddha, both of whom have real people). Ta'er temple is first tower, then temple, so it is called Ta'er temple.

The vivid butter flowers, colorful murals and colorful embroidery are known as the "three wonders of art in Ta'er Temple". Many Buddhist classics and academic monographs on history, literature, philosophy, medicine and legislation are also collected in the temple. There are three saints in Ta'er Temple: Saint, the eldest of Ta'er Temple (Master zongkaba), holy land, 400 million (Grand Golden Hall), and holy object, bodhi tree. There is a row of Scripture tubes in front of the exit. You have to turn them by yourself and recite the hum mani hum devoutly over and over again.

Ta'er Temple

Ta'er temple, also known as Ta'er temple, is located in the urban area of Huangzhong District, Xining City, the capital of Qinghai Province. It was founded in 1379, the 12th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. It is named after the Dayan Pagoda built in dajinwa temple in memory of zongkaba, the founder of the Yellow religion. It is called "gunben xianbalin" in Tibetan, which means "Maitreya Temple with 100000 lion roaring Buddha statues". It is a national AAAAA tourist attraction

Ta'er temple is the activity center of Tibetan Buddhism in Northwest China. It is well-known in China and Southeast Asia. The central government of all dynasties highly praised the religious status of Ta'er temple. The Ming Dynasty granted names to the upper religious figures in the temple for many times. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty granted the plaque of "jingshangjinliang", Emperor Qianlong granted the title of "fanzong Temple", and the plaque of "fanjiao Fa Building" for dajinwa temple. The third Dalai Lama, the fourth Dalai Lama, the fifth Dalai Lama, the seventh Dalai Lama, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the sixth Panchen Lama, the ninth Panchen Lama and the tenth Panchen Lama all conducted religious activities in the Ta'er temple.

Butter flower, murals and embroidery are known as the "three unique arts of Ta'er Temple". In addition, many Buddhist classics and academic monographs on history, literature, philosophy, medicine and legislation are also collected in the temple. The annual Buddhist activities "four Dharma meetings" are even more lively.

The butter flower sculpture of Ta'er temple is also lifelike and famous far and near.

Ta'er temple is one of the six monasteries of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism in China. It is also one of the most famous places of interest in Qinghai Province and a national key cultural relic protection unit. On April 13, 2018, he was shortlisted for the "magic northwest 100 scenes".

Architectural features

Ta'er temple is first tower, then temple, so it is called Ta'er temple. Ta'er temple is the Buddhist Center of Qinghai Province and Northwest China, and the holy land of yellow religion. Its main buildings are located on the slopes of Lianhua Mountain. There are more than 9300 rooms (seats) including dajinwa temple, dajingtang, Maitreya hall, Jiujian hall, Huasi, xiaojinwa temple, jubazacang, dingkezhacang, manbazacang, Dalang, dakitchen, Ruyi pagoda, etc The building complex of Tibetan and Han nationalities covers an area of 450000 square meters.

Ta'er temple has more than 1000 courtyards, more than 4500 halls and monk's houses, including dajinwa temple, xiaojinwa temple, Huasi temple, Dajing hall, Jiujian hall, dalalang, Ruyi tower, Taiping tower, Bodhi tower and Guomen tower. The palace, Buddhist hall, sutra study hall, dormitory, the Zhaha and the courtyard where lamas live are all in one. It has been the center and center of yellow religion since ancient times The holy land of Buddhism. The architecture of the temple covers the style of Han Palace and Tibetan flat roof. It integrates the Han three eaves Xieshan style with the Tibetan eaves in the form of whiplash wall, middle inlaid with Shilun Vajra Sanskrit mantra and bronze mirror, and bottom inlaid with brick. It harmoniously and perfectly forms an architectural complex combining the Han and Tibetan artistic styles. Ta'er temple is not only the holy land of Lamaism in China, but also one of the high-level institutions to cultivate a large number of Tibetan intellectuals.

The tall and low buildings of Ta'er temple are scattered, and they complement each other with spectacular momentum. Located in the center of the temple, the big golden tile hall, with green walls and golden tiles, is the main building of the temple. It is connected with the small golden tile Hall (Dharma protection Temple), the great Sutra hall, Maitreya hall, Sakya hall, Yigu hall, Manjusri Bodhisattva hall, dalarang Palace (auspicious Palace), four Sutra courts (Xianzong Sutra court, Mizong Sutra court, Yiming Sutra court, shilunjing court), butter flower court, Tiaoshen dance court, living Buddha residence, etc Laiba pagoda, Bodhi pagoda, Guomen pagoda, Shilun pagoda, monk's house and other buildings form a complex of well arranged, rigorous layout, unique style, and integration of Chinese and Tibetan technology.

Main buildings

Babao Ruyi tower is located in the square in front of the temple. It is said that the eight pagodas were built in 1776 to commemorate the eight merits of Sakyamuni. The tower is 6.4 meters in height, 9.4 meters in circumference at the bottom and 5.7 square meters in base area. The pagoda body is whitewashed, the base is made of green brick, the waist is decorated with scriptures, and there is a Buddhist niche in the south of each pagoda body, which contains Sanskrit.

Dajinwa hall is located in the center of the temple. In Tibetan, it is called "selton qingmo", which means Jinwa. Its construction area is 450 square meters. The dajinwa hall was first built in 1560, and later in 1711, with 1300 taels of gold and more than 10000 taels of silver, the roof was changed into a golden roof, forming a three-layer Xieshan style golden roof with double eaves. Later, the eaves were decorated with gold-plated cloud heads and dripping lotus petals. The flying ridge is equipped with a pagoda and a pair of "flame palms". The four corners are equipped with Vajra and bronze bell. The first floor is a sulfur glass brick wall, and the second floor is a side hemp wall with hidden windows, highlighting golden Sanskrit mirrors. The front colonnade is wrapped with a Tibetan blanket. In the hall, there is also a gold plaque given by Emperor Qianlong, which is inscribed as "Sanskrit law building". Entering the dajinwa hall, the 12.5-meter-high silver pagoda stands in front of us. This is the place where zongkaba was born. The Silver Tower is made of pure silver, plated with gold, inlaid with various kinds of jewelry, and wrapped with dozens of layers of white "hada" to show its nobility. There is a niche on the tower, in which there is a statue of zongkaba. In front of the tower, there are various butter lamps, silver drums, horns, jade stoves and gold buildings. Liang Fang is full of hangings, banners, embroidered Buddhas, tents and trellis. The whole building is dignified and magnificent.

Xiaojinwa temple is also known as the Dharma temple. It was first built in the fourth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1631 AD). The cloisters in the temple display specimens of bison, sheep, bear and monkey. It is said that these animal specimens symbolize that all demons and ghosts have been conquered by gods. On the left side of the hall is a specimen of a white horse. It is said that the third Dalai Lama rode it from Lhasa, Tibet to Ta'er temple, Qinghai. After paying homage to Ta'er temple, the third Dalai Lama went to Mongolia to preach the Scriptures. He said that the white horse refused to go, so he stayed. Soon, the horse died without food. Later generations regarded it as a god horse and displayed it with the family God.

Dajing hall is a Tibetan flat top building with civil structure, which is the largest in the construction of Ta'er temple. With a construction area of nearly 2000 square meters, it is a large Sutra hall with 168 pillars. It was first built in 1606, the 34th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. It is a place where lamas chant sutras intensively. There are mats in the hall for more than 1000 lamas to chant sutras. The interior furnishings are very elegant, decorated with yellow, red, green, blue and white flags, curtains and various kinds of ceiling caisson. There are also precious large-scale embroidered hanging Buddha and embroidered Buddha. The eaves are painted with Tibetan style patterns, and the color paintings are delicate and vivid. The pillars in the hall are wrapped by the carpet of dragon and Phoenix. The whole Sutra hall is colorful and magnificent. On the roof of more than 1000 square meters, according to the religious legal system and Tibetan traditional art, there are gold deer Falun with copper gilding, various kinds of gold buildings, treasure bottles, pagodas, umbrellas and inverted bells, which make a monotonous grass mud flat top colorful. Overlooking the flat roof, resplendent, give people a sense of dignity.

Xiaohua temple, also known as longevity Buddha Hall, was built for the seventh Dalai Lama to recite longevity Sutra, so it is called longevity Buddha Hall. It has formed a small courtyard. The front is a small door protruding from the sulfur glass brick wall, exquisite and chic. There are bodhi trees in the courtyard, with luxuriant leaves and thick shade, clean and elegant. There are more than 30 Buddha statues such as Sakyamuni in the hall. Wood relief, overlapping layers, niche background, carved wood painted gold. Exquisite and meticulous hand carving is the crystallization of wood carving art in Ta'er temple. Its shape is a two-story generation of eaves Gallery, double eaves rest on the top of the mountain, the four corners of the roof are tilted, and the brackets are delicate and bright, just like a beautiful wood carving picture.

Jiujian hall, also known as Manjusri Bodhisattva hall, is a Han style hard peak building with nine wide faces and three deep ones, covering an area of 592 square meters. It was first built in the 20th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1592 AD) and expanded in the 12th year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1734 AD). The porch columns are of Tibetan style, and they are of vermilion color. The whole hall is divided into three rooms as a unit. From north to south, it is divided into shizihoufo hall, Manjusri hall and zongkaba hall. The flower temple, also known as the hall of praying for longevity, was built in the 56th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1717 AD). It is an independent small courtyard. The hall is a two-story building with double eaves. The pillars, beams and fangs are decorated with birds, animals, flowers and patterns, and the courtyard walls are decorated with glazed brick carvings. There are statues of Sakyamuni, sixteen Arhats and four vajras in the hall.

Dalalang is composed of three halls: Sutra hall, Huamen hall and memorial archway. It is a Chinese Tibetan architecture. It is the residence of the general Dharma platform of Ta'er temple. Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama once stayed here. Jubazacang (Mizong College) is a Tibetan flat top building. Manbazhakang and dinkezacang belong to Sino Tibetan architecture. There are dozens of pagodas, of which eight are juxtaposed in front of the temple

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