Leiwuqi Temple

Leiwuqi Temple

Leiwuqi temple, located in Wuqi County of Changdu Prefecture, is located in leiwuqi town to the north of the county seat, 29 kilometers away from the county seat and connected to the highway. Leiwuqi temple, originally known as "Yanggong Temple", is called "chajma" or "Gepeilin" in Tibetan. Founded in 1277 by sangiwen, it has a history of more than 700 years. The temple is a famous Kagyu monastery in Northeast Tibet, with the architectural style of Tibetan, Han and Nepalese.

geographical position

Leiwuqi temple, located in Wuqi County of Changdu Prefecture, is located in leiwuqi town to the north of the county seat, 29 kilometers away from the county seat and connected to the highway. It belongs to Dalang Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in leiwuqi County of Changdu area.

Leiwuqi temple, originally known as "Yanggong Temple", is called "chajma" or "Gepeilin" in Tibetan. Founded in 1277 by sangiwen, it has a history of more than 700 years. The temple is a famous Kagyu temple in Northeast Tibet, with the architectural style of Tibetan, Han and Nepalese

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Historical changes

Founded in 1277 by sangjiewen, a monk of Dalong Gaju sect, it is the main temple of Dalong Gaju sect in Kang district. The religious rites and the contents of learning scriptures in the temple are related to the Sakya sect, and belong to a mixed type temple with two kinds of sects and doctrines. After thirteen generations, the hereditary master of the temple was changed into a reincarnated living Buddha, who was granted the title of Hutuktu by Emperor Jiajing of Ming Dynasty and led leiwuqi. There are many cultural relics in the temple, such as the legendary Jiulong gilded saddle of King Gesar, the sword of King Gesar's Department, the King Kong statue of Shilun with eight petals of lotus, the Tangka of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the silver Buddha statue of Da Long Tang BA zhaxibei, and the gold, silver and copper Buddha statues and Sutras of different periods.

Buddhist influence

The construction of leiwuqi temple is closely related to the development of dalongkaju sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Dalonggaju is a branch of Tibetan Buddhism, which was founded by tangbazaxibai (1142-1210) of the Kasi family in Dalong (now Linzhou county) in Pengbo, north of Lhasa. Dalonggaju has a high status and great influence in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, which has been handed down to now

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From tangbazasi Bairen fatai (commonly known as "dhalong fatai king") to the fourth fatai sangjiwen (1251-1296), due to internal discord, sangjiwen only served as fatai for one year, and then he was replaced by mapengon pozhasi Lama as the fifth fatai. Sangjiwen left pengbokou and built a temple in the area of leiwuqi (meaning "Dashan") in Kangqu district. Therefore, in 1277, Yanggong temple and "SAMA" hall were built in Bashang and in front of Deqin pozhang holy mountain at the "nayitang" in the upper reaches of sequ River, and they were the first Buddhist platform. Later, in 1326, Wujian Gongbu fatai built a unique "chajma" hall, which became dalonggaju. There were two inheritance systems: people called Pengbo's dalonggaju "dalongyatang", which means "upper Dalong"; the dalonggaju passed down by leiwuqi temple in Kangqu district was called "dalongmatang", which means "lower Dalong". The founders of the two temples came from the Gasi family and were inherited by the way of "Wenju" (inherited by the family nephew). From the beginning of GUS sangjiwen to the present Temple leader Dengjiang Jiacuo (executive director of the Buddhist Association of Tibet Autonomous Region), it has been passed on for 23 generations. The reincarnation system of the living Buddha was formed in the 12th Dharma platform, with three living Buddha systems of "Jizhong", "Pangqiu" and "xiazhong".

Architectural features

Chajma hall is the main hall of leiwuqi temple. Leiwuqi temple, originally called Yanggong temple, was built by sangjiwen.

Chajma hall is located in Lei Wuqi Town, 30 kilometers away from the county seat. Chajma hall is an ancient temple with the longest history and the largest scale in Changdu area, which is managed by Yanggong temple. Yanggong temple was founded by sangjiwen in 1277. It is one of the main temples of Dalong Kagyu school. In 1285 ad, the foundation was laid by sangiwen to build the chajma hall, which was completed in 1328. The hall has always been famous for its magnificent momentum and the collection of numerous Buddhist classics.

In the past, there was a saying among the local people that "first go to the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, and then go to the chajma hall", which shows its great fame. Although chajma hall was once destroyed in ten years of turmoil, the scale and momentum of the rebuilt hall are as exciting as before. Up to now, the temple has a collection of high-quality cultural relics, such as sangiwen's silver Buddha, the legendary saddle and sword used by Gesar, the King Kong statue of shile with eight petals of lotus, Thangka of Ming and Qing Dynasties, metal statues of different historical periods, and exquisitely carved sutras

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Chagema, the main hall of leiwuqi temple, has a unique and magnificent shape, with the main building as high as 30 meters. The main hall has three layers, which are painted in three colors: the first layer is "Tiaohua hall", the wall is 13.5 meters high, and the external wall is decorated with three colors of red, white and black, each vertical bar is more than 1 meter wide, and each wall has 35, which is full of decoration. There are 64 huge columns in the hall, with a height of 15 meters; the second floor is the "red hall", with the outer wall painted red, with a height of 9 meters; the third floor is the "white hall", with the wall painted white, with a height of 5 meters, calm and mysterious. On the top of the hall, there is a towering golden roof, which is exquisite.

Chajma hall is square in appearance, with an area of 2856 square meters (56 meters long and 51 meters wide), giving people a sense of stability, solemnity and holiness.

At the bottom of the temple, there are countless Scripture turning tubes for worshippers to turn their scriptures. Red hall and white hall gradually to the inside, and decorated with cornices Jinding, was elegant rising trend. There are many statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Tiaohua hall, and countless thangkas are hung. It is said that there are more than 40000 statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in this hall in history, which shows its scale.

The two huge walls inside the red hall on the second floor are painted with the great virtues of the ancestors and eminent monks of the Gaju school, which vividly reproduces the history of the generation, development and prosperity of the Gaju school. The figures are vivid in shape, with different expressions, showing superb art.

Inside the white hall on the third floor, there are treasures of the temple: it is said that sangjiwen brought a purple gold statue of Sakyamuni Buddha from Dalong when he was building the temple. It is said that the Buddha's relic and a phalanx are hidden in the statue. There are 54 fine thangkas of yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, of which 12 have gone through more than 1000 years, the rest have a history of at least 700 years, and two large silk embroidered thangkas. Among them, there are five Buddhist scriptures written in pure gold on indigo paper with a history of more than 900 years. In addition, there are many precious cultural relics, such as: one Bodhi gayata statue, which is said to be made of dragon clay, has a history of 2400 years; three gadantas, which are made of black copper, are said to have a history of more than 1000 years; 212 Buddha statues in the west, Nepal, wuzhanguo, Kashmir, handi and Tibet, have a history of 500-1000 years; Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty A satin back screen, an ivory bowl, an ivory lion and an ivory tabletop were presented by the emperor; a gold and silver inlaid teapot and a big ivory from the fifth Dalai Lama (awan rosangjiacuo); a set of gilded saddle from King Gesar, two saddles from his generals dema, xingba and nang'er, and two swords from generals Jiang se; three large silver pagodas and two iron thunderbolt triangular swords Handle, iron thunderbolt diamond pestle, etc. These treasures are not easy to show.

Historical status

The central dynasty attached great importance to the important influence and special political and religious status of leiwuqi temple in Tibet. It is said that during the reign of emperor TAIDING in the Yuan Dynasty, empress Maka went to Tibet to make a pilgrimage. She passed by the temple and took half of her property as the support of the temple. During the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang granted the third fatai jawajianzan of leiwuqi temple as the national teacher, and granted the seal book, seal letter and coat. Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty granted the 13th fatai Pangqiu awanga as the numen Khan Hutuktu, and the gold book and seal, He also conferred the title of the twenty-first fategungarangjie as the nobility of Humen Khan Hutuktu. This shows the special status of leiwuqi temple in the history of Tibet, especially in eastern Tibet.

Temple Management

Leiwuqi temple is one of the most influential temples in Kang district. It once took charge of the local political and religious power in leiwuqi for a long time. As the main temple in the lower Dalong, the temple has 58 subordinate temples, which are distributed in Changdu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan. It has a large number of believers. There were more than 25000 monks who used to live there, and 2000 by the middle of the 20th century. At present, there are more than 300 lamas.

The fixed time of dancing gods in leiwuqi temple every summer is as follows: on the first day, dancing "maerqiangmu"; on the second day, dancing masked Dharma dance; on the third day, dancing Dharma protector dance. At that time, horse racing, equestrian performance and other entertainment activities will be held.

Address: Lei Wu Qi Town, Lei Wu Qi County, Tibet Autonomous Region

Longitude: 96.503848827

Latitude: 31.369536261001

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