Muli Temple

Muli Temple

Muli temple is a key cultural relic protection unit in Sichuan Province. It is located at the foot of daniyabu mountain, youyidian village, Taoba Township, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County. It is more than 300 kilometers away from Xichang City and about 60 kilometers away from the county seat. It used to be one of the largest yellow Lama temples in Kangba Tibetan area, and has a special status in Tibetan area.

Founded in 1656, it is another large temple built after wazhai temple and Kangwu temple. Raojieba sandensanbu, who imitated the pattern of Drepung temple in Lhasa, laid the foundation and presided over the construction. It took three years, covering an area of more than 80000 square meters. The full name of Tibetan is muligerdan xizhuqulelang bajiwalin.

geographical position

Muli temple, known in Tibetan as muligadan Xuezhu qulelang bajiwalin, is located on the West Bank of Wuliang River and the east side of daniyab. It is located in youyidian, Taoba Township, with an altitude of 2637 meters. It was built in the 11th year of fire monkey (1656 A.D. and the 13th year of Shunzhi of Qing Dynasty) in the Tibetan calendar. It was built by Lama sangdeng Rongbu following the pattern of Lhasa Drepung temple. Back against the holy mountain "Jiasu salad", Congfeng stands tall and handsome. In front of it is the flowing burtang River, surrounded by verdant trees, clear mountain springs, and numerous flowers and trees, just like "the sky listening to the law, the boundless world, Ten Thousand Buddhas drooping in the purple".

Overview of temples

The building materials of Muli temple are mainly civil engineering, with the style of Tang and Ming Dynasties. The main hall of Tibetan fangbao, which is more than 20 meters high, is adjacent to hundreds of Lama and monk rooms. The main building is magnificent and gorgeous. In the space combination, the courtyard overlaps, the cloisters and columns are in disorder, and the foyer, pilasters and walls are painted with various color murals and patterns. In the front hall, there are statues of wuliangshou Buddha, Maitreya Buddha and Manjusri Bodhisattva. In front of the Buddha's seat, there is a living Buddha's chair throne in Muli, on which is hung a brocade umbrella cover, reflecting with the top building and flag decorations, which is solemn and solemn. In the back hall, there is a 10 meter high bronze statue of Jiawa Qiangba, which is dazzling and dignified. Inside the hall, there are statues of Guanyin Bodhisattva, zongkaba (also known as luosangzaba), Panchen Lama and sulangzaba. At its peak, there were 770 lamas. Damaged in 1967. In 1982, the original site was rebuilt and restored to the status quo with state funding.

For Muli, we are more likely to pass through Locke. More than 70 years ago, Locke traveled a long way to China. He had traveled a long way to such a magical and beautiful place. He called her "the garden of God's browsing" and took her out of the closed village, so that the world could see the magnificent and beautiful mountains, rivers and mysterious customs. Locke wrote in his travel notes, "in my dream, I went back to the fairy tale land surrounded by mountains - Muli. It is so beautiful and peaceful. I also dream of gold and wealth in the middle ages, mutton coated with butter and pine torch. Everything is so comfortable, comfortable and beautiful... " It can be seen that most of Locke's Shangri La tours at that time were completed in Muli.

The first discoverer and performer of the story is Locke. When he arrived here on horseback and on foot, along rivers and mountain paths, he wrote a report on his discovery. Finally, he was performed and edited by a British writer into the novel the lost horizon. Finally, the Shangri La whirlwind came into being and became popular all over the world. Many people remember Shangri La, but not "God's garden". We feel the beauty of nature quietly here. For thousands of years, Muli is like a bright gem, inlaid in the mountains. When we go out here, we can see the green mountains and the green water. On this trip, we really feel the beautiful place he called the garden.

Muli temple was the religious and political center of Muli Kingdom at that time. It was here that Locke got the help of King Muli that he was able to complete his investigation plan to Aden. Therefore, we paid a special visit to Muli temple. Muli temple, one of the three major temples in Muli, was once one of the largest yellow Lama temples in Kangba Tibetan area. It has a special status in Tibetan area. The road to Muli temple is S-shaped on the mountain. The mountain road is very narrow. It only allows one car to pass in one direction. If there is no place to avoid the passing car, the people on the car only have big eyes and small eyes.

At that time, Muli was ruled by Muli chieftains. How was that age? We went back to the world written by Locke: "it is said that Muli chieftains began in the Qing Dynasty. The famous Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne in 1723 and was presented with a report saying that they fought bravely, so they were granted the power to govern Muli forever. The chieftain of Muli governs 9000 square miles of territory, which is a little smaller than Massachusetts in the United States, but has only 220000 obedient subjects There are ten Lama temples in the Kingdom, three big and fifteen small.

Now the scale of Muli temple is no longer what it used to be. There are many ruins around the main hall, which were left after the former Muli temple was destroyed. The construction of Muli temple, from 1656 to 1958, lasted more than 300 years of continuous expansion and maintenance, and built a magnificent building group covering an area of more than 80000 square meters. The scale of the temple is becoming more and more prosperous. There are many Buddhist halls and many monks' houses. Moreover, the temple is dignified, full of monks, many famous monks, and prosperous Buddhism. There are both Xianzong college and Mizong department. Therefore, it has become a temple with both Xianzong and Mizong. As a result, Muli temple is famous and prosperous. The splendid palace, the scattered monk's house, the high and solid white wall, the gate on all sides, the alleys on all sides, and nearly a thousand permanent lamas are really in the glory of "riding the mountain gate and smelling the incense board for ten li". It has become the political, religious and cultural center of the "Muli Lama kingdom" at home and abroad. It is one of the larger yellow monasteries in kangzang area.

As soon as I got out of the car, I smelled the smell of butter, and the temple was solemn and quiet. Now we can see that the grand temple was rebuilt and restored to its present state in 1982 with state funding. Our arrival broke the original tranquility of the temple. The lamas in twos and threes came into our sight. Seeing our camera facing them, they were a little shy, smiling and some embarrassed. They left their companions and ran away. As the power supply equipment has not been repaired, we spent the first night without electricity in Muli temple hotel. After chatting with a Lama in the temple by lighting a candle, I know that the temple is like a university and a museum. It is compatible with the connotation of natural science, society and science. There are all kinds of treasures. Whether you are a devout believer, an artist, a historian, an architect, a music dancer, etc., each guest shows his different appearance and style The feeling of self-confidence. The young Lama told me that it will take at least 13 years to complete all the required courses in the temple, and Xianggen living Buddha is no exception. All of them have to go through this process.

Zaxinima, who manages the library, introduced us to the history of Muli temple, and then took us to a small courtyard outside the temple, saying that this is where the living Buddha lived when he was a child. He told us a lot about Locke. The vegetable field outside the courtyard turned out to be a horse shed. On the first night of his arrival, the director of the temple management committee said that the younger brother of the living Buddha in Muli temple was still alive. His name was Jiayang bading. That's great news! The next day we bid farewell to Muli temple and headed for Muli County. The smoke of the early morning has not completely dispersed, the sound of chanting scriptures is still reverberating in the valley, and we set foot on the road to Muli.

Construction scale

The construction of Muli temple, from 1656 to 1958, lasted more than 300 years of continuous expansion and maintenance, and built a magnificent building group covering an area of more than 80000 square meters. The scale of the temple is becoming more and more prosperous. There are many Buddhist halls and many monks' houses. Moreover, the temple is dignified, full of monks, many famous monks, and prosperous Buddhism. There are both Xianzong college and Mizong department. Therefore, it has become a temple with both Xianzong and Mizong. As a result, Muli temple is famous and prosperous. The splendid palace, the scattered monk's house, the high and solid white wall, the gate on all sides, the alleys on all sides, and nearly a thousand permanent lamas are really in the glory of "riding the mountain gate and smelling the incense board for ten li". It has become the political, religious and cultural center of the "Muli Lama kingdom" at home and abroad. It is one of the largest monasteries of Huangjiao in kangzang area. The whole building can be divided into four parts: Cuoqin, Qula, Dala Yamen and Sangha.

Tsochin

Cuoqin Dajing hall is the largest Hall of the temple and the main activity center of the whole temple. It is located in the middle of the whole building group. Dajing hall is a large-scale Tibetan art building with 108 capitals on the third floor and one floor. In the middle of it are eight "Heaven connecting pillars". At the same time, it can accommodate thousands of people sitting and chanting. The important ritual activities of the whole temple are carried out in this hall.

On the ground floor is the lobby. In the center of the top is a gold statue of the patriarch of the sect, master zongkaba (bronze gilded statue). On both sides are two statues of gaotu jiacuojie and kezhujie. There are also gold statues such as Buddha Sakyamuni and Green Tara. On both sides of the wall, there are tall wooden bookcases with thousands of volumes of Tibetan scriptures, mainly in ganzhur and danzhur. There are wonderful drawings of various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas on the wall. At ordinary times, there are two "guoneier" (incense lamp Division) on duty, responsible for management, cleaning, water and light, and receiving pilgrims. The interior of the hall is exquisitely decorated with smooth parquet floor, high double lion platform throne, oil lamps and monk seats. The layout is ingenious and the light is properly combined. The wonderful paintings on the four walls make the hall full of colorful curtains, flags and buildings made of silk. When nearly a thousand people chant scriptures in unison, the hall is filled with cigarettes and chants

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