Mange Buddhist temple

--Mange Buddhist temple is the oldest Buddhist temple in Jinghong City. The scale of the temple is magnificent. The main temple is supported by 18 red toon columns, and 16 carved statues stand on the eaves.

--The Buddhist temple is surrounded by many Dai bamboo buildings and tall broad-leaved trees such as Bodhi, mango, betel nut, etc. it is a typical southern Mahayana Buddhist temple.

--In the construction process of the whole temple, no matter the beams or the brackets, they are all connected by tenons, and there is no need to nail and rivet, so the shape is very exquisite and beautiful.

--During the Dai People's "open door Festival" and "Water Splashing Festival", local and even foreign believers come here to worship and redeem the Buddha.

Mange Buddhist temple

Mange Buddhist temple is called "wamange" in Dai language, which means the central Buddhist temple. It is the oldest Buddhist temple building in Jinghong City. It is located in the north of Lancang River Bridge, close to mange village near the river. Surrounded by Dai bamboo buildings and tall broad-leaved trees such as Bodhi, mango and betel nut, it is a typical southern Hinayana Buddhist temple and one of the ancient temples in Xishuangbanna. The temple was built in 1477 and was originally located 1 km west of the site.

Brief introduction to the temple

Standing by the beautiful Lancang River. From Yunjinghong, the capital of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, to the East, cross the Lancang River Bridge, and turn right into the garden like mange village, you can see the magnificent and magnificent mange Buddhist temple.

Around the Buddhist temple, the graceful Phoenix tailed bamboo, the tall Ma Pavilion tree, the bodhi tree, mango tree, betel nut tree, the Burmese osmanthus flower, the bell flower, the Trumpet Flower and other exotic flowers and trees, make this Buddhist temple magnificent and beautiful.

General situation of the temple

The architecture of the Buddhist temple is magnificent. There are 16 RED toon columns in the temple, supporting the Dai style roof, and 16 small white elephants standing on the eaves of the temple.

The whole Buddhist temple, whether it is a beam frame or a bucket arch, is connected by tenons, without one nail and one rivet.

Entering the gate of the temple, you can see a 4-meter-high statue of "pa Zhao" (Sakyamuni) standing on the right Buddha seat in the temple.

On the top and four walls of the temple, the designs of golden dragon, white elephant, fairy, Phoenix and peacock are vividly painted. On each beam, there are Colorful streamers embroidered with fairy tales and various animal patterns symbolizing good luck.

Related history

Mange Buddhist temple was established in the prosperous period of Hinayana Buddhism in Xishuangbanna, that is, around the 840 year of the Dai calendar (1477). Since the temple was built, it has been repaired three times. By the middle of the 16th century, it had the current scale.

Before liberation, there was an endless stream of pilgrims (worshiping Buddha and pilgrimage) who came here every closed door Festival, open door Festival and Dai new year. There were not only local believers, but also pilgrims and monks from foreign countries.

In recent years, the party and the people's government have allocated special funds to renovate mange Buddhist temple. At present, this ancient building is more resplendent and magnificent, attracting many tourists at home and abroad.

The function of Buddhist temple

It is said that before liberation, as many as 84000 volumes of Beiye scriptures were preserved in Buddhist temples, including literature, history, astronomy, calendar, medicine, psychology, law, natural knowledge, etc.

The famous Dai narrative poems "wushamalo", "zhanbaxidun" and "langaxihe" are adapted from the stories in the Scriptures. Beiyejing is a treasure of Dai People's culture.

Before liberation, Dai people did not run a school. When Dai men were 8 to 9 years old, they were sent to Buddhist temples to become monks. They learned Dai language by reading scriptures, history and literature. Buddhist temples played a role as schools at that time.

Dai nationality

The first year of the Dai calendar (639 A.D.) is the time when Buddhism was introduced. After the introduction of Buddhism into Xishuangbanna, due to the resistance of the local primitive religion, it was not until the 12th to 13th century that Buddhism established its foothold here and began to flourish. Buddhist temples were built in various villages.

Tourism transportation

Jinghong City by bus to mangezhai, 2 yuan ticket price, southbound 100 meters.

Detailed introduction

geographical position

Mange Buddhist temple is located in mange village on the East Bank of Lancang River in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province. "Buddhist temple" is called "Burmese Temple" in Dai language. The Dai people in Xishuangbanna believe in Theravada Buddhism. Where there are villages, there must be Buddhist temples.

Mange Buddhist temple, with its long history, unique architectural style and the status of central Buddhist temple, has a great influence in Jinghong area. It is the most intact and valuable Buddhist temple at present.

It is set off under the tall tamarind trees and contrasts with the lush bodhi trees. Under the sunlight, the ornaments on the top of the temple are shining like dazzling pearls.

Panoramic view of the temple

Mange Buddhist temple was built in 960 (1598), with a history of nearly 400 years. The Buddhist temple faces east from the West (it is said that this is the reason why Sakyamuni faced the east when he became a Buddha). It is composed of the main hall, sutra hall, monk's house, drum room, corridor and gate Pavilion. Surrounded by short walls, it forms an east-west rectangular temple.

The whole building is 41.5 meters long and 31.5 meters wide, with a total area of 1307 square meters. As soon as you enter the Buddhist temple, the first thing you see is the gate Pavilion and tall green palm trees on both sides of the gate Pavilion. You can enter the Buddhist hall through the corridor, which is the main building of the Buddhist temple. It is 11 meters long, 10 meters wide, with an area of 110 square meters. It is a three slope building with double eaves and no columns.

Standing at the gate of the hall, you can see sixteen red toon log columns painted with red paint and carved patterns, which stand upright and support a Zhuge Liang hat like temple roof. Seven trees on the left and right are the main supporting points of the hall, and one tree in the middle forms a rectangular frame with each other. The whole building of the hall is built on a high wooden frame, so the roof has a large slope and slightly curved surface.

The outer side of the parallel column is directly placed on the wall, and a stone column foundation and an image structure are respectively filled in the place where the beam frame and the bucket arch are placed, which not only plays the role of connecting the preceding and the following, but also allows the sunlight to penetrate into the hall from the gap between the beam frame and the wall, increasing the brightness of the hall. The upper layer of the hall is composed of three sections, the highest in the center and decreasing on both sides.

The upper slope of the truss top of the main ridge, and the lower slope of both sides below the top of the Shu column are added with stringers to form the downhill surface, forming the multi slope of the upper double eaves. The whole beam frame and bucket arch are connected with each other, restricting each other and connecting with each other. It is not necessary to nail and rivet to form a solid roof truss structure.

The round wooden column is decorated with delicate and beautiful sparrows and hanging; the ceiling is painted with beautiful patterns, all of which have strong Dai characteristics and high artistic value.

hall of a Buddhist temple

On the west side of the central hall of the Buddha Hall, there is a two meter high Xumi seat, on which is a four meter high gold-plated statue of Sakyamuni. In Dai language, it is called "Pazhao guotama", honorific as "sabangyou pabutazhao" or "sabangyou", meaning "noble supreme Buddha". There are various sizes of Buddha statues and animal statues on the front table. There are two types of standing and sitting.

Most of these statues are made of flame bun, curly cloud shaped ears, beautiful eyebrows, smile, thick head and wide shoulder, thin body.

On both sides of the front of the statue are colorful banners, which are called "Dong" in Dai language. The banners are 20 meters wide and more than four meters long, hanging from the beam to about two meters above the ground. They are painted with colorful patterns and decorated with golden paper and silver foil. Each banner is a piece of exquisite Dai war brocade. It is said that "Dong" is a ladder given by Buddha to believers after death. The longer it grows, the more auspicious it will be.

On the south side of the main hall, there is a brick upper seat about half a meter high, which is specially used by Buddhists and monks when chanting sutras. It looks like a blooming lotus. On the lotus, there are pavilions, which are extremely exquisite.

According to the doctrine of Southern Buddhism, only monks can become Buddhists, while all secular people can only listen to the admonition of the Buddha and pray for the protection of the Buddha. They can not become Buddhists themselves. Therefore, the establishment of the throne strictly separates those who can become Buddhists from those who can not. Therefore, the secular people who come to listen to the sutras can only sit opposite the throne, under the north side of the temple.

On the right side of the upper seat, there is a sutra desk, which is called "diantanwei" in Dai language. It is supported by seven elephants, and a small pavilion is specially designed for the people to offer wax sticks and offerings when they listen to the sutras.

The seven elephants are exquisitely carved and unique in shape. It is based on the story of Sakyamuni riding the seven elephants to defeat bidang. The seven elephants express a very lofty meaning.

On the walls around the Buddha Hall, there are colorful and painstakingly painted sutras. The content is the story of Sakyamuni x becoming a Buddha. The lines of the painting are fluent and rough, which is full of Dai mural style.

When you are in the hall, you feel as if you are in the world of Buddha. In the deep and dim light, the shining Buddha statues, the colorful "Dong" (flag curtain), the colorful murals and the colorful drawings on the top of the temple make you feel the mystery of the Buddha world. At the same time, you can see the outstanding wisdom and ingenuity of the Dai people.

Drum room

From the West back door of the main hall, the light is suddenly bright. In front of you is a long wooden drum room with a large cowhide drum on the right side of the drum room. It is said that every evening of the seventh, eighth, fourteenth and fifteenth day of every month, all the Buddhist temples in jinghongbazi must beat drums and gongs together, in order to "suppress the nine thousand and nine hundred demons on Lunan mountain", so the drum room has become an indispensable part of the Buddhist temple.

This is because in the Dai belief, the primitive religion based on animism has long been mixed with Buddhism

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