Xide Temple

Xide temple is located about 500 meters southwest of Xiaozhao temple. According to the biography of the seventh Dalai gesangjiacuo, the Xide temple was one of the six Lacans built around the Jokhang Temple by zanpulongzudezan (who was in power from 815 to 836) of Tubo. It was called "gawa" at that time. At that time, the scale of the LAKANG was small, with only four Zaba, from which the name of the temple "Xide" came. In the 9th century, langdama destroyed Buddhism, and many temples such as Dazhao temple, Xiaozhao temple, Sangye temple and Xide temple were destroyed to varying degrees. In the Yuan Dynasty, with the support of the head of family Cai Bawan, the temple was expanded on the basis of the original site, gradually developed from Lacan to ZHACANG, with the establishment increased to more than 20 people, and provided for a fixed system of support. [1] [2] since the 14th century, Xide temple has become the subordinate Temple of Rezhen temple and the residence of Rezhen living Buddha. [3] It is said that the Xide Temple belongs to one of the four dalins (others include the danjielin temple, the Cemolin temple, and the Gongdelin Temple). But in fact, it is wrong to say that the four dalins should exactly refer to the danjielin temple, the Cemolin temple, the Gongdelin temple, and the cejuelin Temple, which were established successively between the seventh Dalai Lama and the eighth Dalai Lama. [4] In the early days, Xide Temple belonged to Ningma sect, mainly chanting such classics as Shengle Vajra, dense Vajra and Daweide Vajra. During the period of the third Rezhen living Buddha, the temple was converted to the Gelug Sect and belonged to the stuttering ZHACANG of the sera temple. [1] Wang Yixi, the third rejuvenated living Buddha, presided over the repair and expansion of the temple, and was granted the name of "Ningxi Temple" by the Qing government. In 1846, he was appointed Regent. After the eleventh Dalai Lama came to power in 1854, he was still in charge of business affairs. One year later, the eleventh Dalai Lama died suddenly in the Potala Palace, and Emperor Xianfeng ordered him to be Regent. In 1853, Emperor Xianfeng issued an edict to the third Rezhen living Buddha: "to sell the bonus to nomenhan as a way of conquering azitu Hutuktu and allowing him to reincarnate." In 1856, Emperor Xianfeng awarded the third Rezhen living Buddha "Huiling" and granted it to Huang Huan because of "Guoli's contribution in the case of chamu Duoyi.". During the period of emperor Xianfeng, the third Rezhen living Buddha expanded the temple on a large scale, and the name of "xidega beisangbeilin" began here. In March 1855, when the expansion project was completed, zhunling, the Minister of Tibet, invited the benefactor to reward the plaque on his behalf, and then was granted the plaque of "yizanzongyuan", indicating that the Qing government attached great importance to the third Rezhen living Buddha. [1] In 1862, the temple was seriously damaged. At that time, the third Rezhen living Buddha had a conflict with Drepung Temple because he retired from Drepung temple. The monks of Drepung temple and the lamas of Gandan Temple attacked the government, causing serious damage to the building of Xide temple. The third Rezhen living Buddha went to Beijing to file a lawsuit, but to no avail. After his death, according to the monks, he was allowed to reincarnate by the Qing government. [1] After the 13th Dalai Lama passed away, he was unanimously elected Regent by the monks of the three major temples in Lhasa. During his tenure, he resisted the British school in Lhasa, accepted the title of "Fu Guo Hong Hua Zen master" granted by the national government, and was elected as the alternate executive member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang in 1943. Later, Daza living Buddha took over as regent and attacked the fifth Rezhen living Buddha, which led to the "Rezhen incident". In March 1947, Rezhen living Buddha was arrested and soon died in the Potala Palace shaqinjiao prison. [1] According to records, after the death of the living Buddha Rezhen, Daza sent people to dress up his body and move it to the side of the temple. Later, he framed the living Buddha Rezhen and aroused people's anger. The temple was burned and looted. [5] From 1949 to 1960, there were 300 to 400 monks in the temple. After 1960, the temple was destroyed. From 1965 to 1984, the temple was used as a military camp by the Chinese people's Liberation Army and built a wall. After the garrison left in 1984, citizens gradually moved in. [6] On November 29, 2011, at the work meeting of key cultural relics protection projects in Tibet, Ji mingnanjia, vice mayor of Lhasa City, introduced that Lhasa city has determined the national investment projects as the fire protection, security, water supply and drainage, electrical circuit transformation, surrounding environment renovation and cultural relics maintenance of Drepung Temple, sera temple, Gandan temple, Xiaozhao temple, nietang zhuomalakang, Rezhen Temple (including Xide Temple) The project has all entrusted the relevant units to carry out the feasibility study report, preliminary design and evaluation. [7] In 2013, Xide temple was listed in the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Address: Beijing East Road, Chengguan District, Lhasa, Tibet

Longitude: 91.128163933754

Latitude: 29.654059752333

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