Zharu Temple

The tallest building in zharu temple is the main hall, which is divided into three floors. The first floor is the place where religious activities are held in public, lamas chant sutras and believers worship Buddhism; the second floor is the place for practicing Tantric Buddhism; the third floor contains a large number of Buddhist sutras, statues and thangkas. Outside the main hall, there is a circle of corridors on which many Scripture turning tubes are placed. After arriving here, believers from all over the world would move the scripture tube with their left hand along the corridor outside the main hall and turn it anticlockwise one after another, still reciting the eight character mantra. There is a huge picture of Tangka with decals hanging on the top of the Dharma seat facing the inner door of the main hall. Its smooth lines, bright colors, vivid and elegant shapes show the mutual integration of Benbo religion and Tibetan Buddhism in the common survival and development.

Zharu Temple

Zharu temple is located in the middle of zharuma road in Jiuzhaigou scenic area, under baojingyan. It is the largest Yongzhong temple near Jiuzhaigou.

According to Tibetan historical records, it has a history of 1000 years. The full name of Tibetan is "rewugongzhaxipengcuolin" (the holy land is auspicious and round Manchuria). After the temple was destroyed during the cultural revolution, the site of the temple was owned by zharu village nearby, so Shunkou called it "zharu Temple".

The current abbot is benkagasan Renjing Rinpoche.

Zharu temple is composed of the main hall, sutra tower and auspicious Duomen tower. It is a building with strong Tibetan temple color. In front of the temple, there are five colors of Sutra flags, which move with the wind. “

Brief introduction to temples

Temple creation

Zharu Temple belongs to "Yong Zhong Ben Jiao" and "Ben karakang" in history.

Benkalakan is a living Buddha named zhangsonimatado, a descendant of xishenggong canwangdeng, who is the founder of the sect, shinrao Miwo Buddha (dunbaxinrao). By the end of Ming Dynasty, in 1573 ad, the 21st benka living Buddha Dan Zengjian was blessed and instructed by the eminent monk ngarang NIMA who came from Tibet at that time. He integrated the previous scattered small temples (benkalakan, panxinglakang, etc.) into a large temple, and selected the site of the temple to build a new temple, which was named "rewu palace Zhaxi Pengcuolin" (the holy land is auspicious and round Manchuria). Therefore, danzengjianzan, the living Buddha of benka, is a deeply loved living Buddha in modern times, which has a far-reaching influence in Jiuzhaigou. After the temple was destroyed during the cultural revolution, the site of the temple was owned by zharu village nearby, so it was called "zharu Temple" in Shunkou

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In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, renqingjianzan, the 28th benka living Buddha, and youzhongchizhong, the 29th benka living Buddha, carried out large-scale expansion and repair of the temple. At the same time, a group of monks with firm faith and hard work were sent to Qinghai, Tibet and other places to buy the architectural decorations, sutras, Bodhisattvas, and magic weapons needed by the temple.

On the eve of the people's reform, the temple had been built into a place of worship with a considerable scale and became a holy land of Buddhism.

Monks and believers

The temple has 129 monks, 5 "Dudan", 2 living Buddhas (the 30th benkasangjicizhong and panxingzejue), more than 40 religious villages and more than 6000 religious people.

Temple

Cultural relics

The important magic tools and cultural relics include "Neng Xu Da Ren Gu rang chest", "self born golden Bodhisattva", "self born golden pagoda" and "Buddha relic"; there are also Jinding, Jinlun, golden pagoda, Jinchuang, Jinfa beast, etc. there are more than 100 statues of Buddha and Bodhisattva, including thousands of Buddhas, murals, Tangka, mang tube, copper horn, suona, jingshuihu, manibao, jingangzhuo, drum, Gong, bowl, copper lamp, bronze ware, etc . There are more than 300 volumes of Buddhist scriptures such as "Ganzhuer", more than 500 large and small Scripture barrels, and more than 70 pieces of various tools and instruments used in Buddhist activities and divine dance.

During the land reform in ethnic areas after liberation, the party and the state adopted the policy of retaining and protecting temples. In 1957, a rebellion by the reactionary upper class broke out in the Tibetan area of Aba Prefecture, destroying the temple houses and main cultural relics in Nanping County (Jiuzhaigou County). The remaining houses and properties were completely destroyed as "four old" in the ten-year catastrophe. In 1970, in the "agricultural learning Dazhai", the remnant wall was demolished and reclaimed for farmland, and the fruit wood garden was transformed.

Reconstruction of zharu Temple

After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in 1985, believers and monks of the original Temple spontaneously gathered to set up tents at the site of the temple to carry out the first Buddhist activities. Later, religious people actively donated money and materials to rebuild zharu temple.

In 1986, during the Jiuzhaigou site office meeting of Sichuan Provincial People's government, Sichuan Provincial People's Commission and Sichuan Provincial Bureau of religion attended the meeting. After a detailed investigation on the situation of zharu temple, the person in charge of the Religious Bureau of Sichuan Province agreed to restore it. The Religious Bureau of Aba Prefecture approved the restoration of zharu temple with a Zongfa (1986) No.2 document. The Religious Bureau of Sichuan Province allocated 40000 yuan as the fund for the restoration of zharu temple. With the donations from the masses, the Sutra Hall of zharu temple is planned to be rebuilt and restored according to the original scale and shape. However, due to the policy and other reasons at that time, the scale of Dajing hall had to be reduced. Since then, it has been built one after another according to the funds raised.

The temple has established a temple management committee composed of benkagasang Renjing, Langjie CHIGUO, ZEWANG Langjie, nengjie and zedingjie. The 31st benkagasang Renjing living Buddha is the abbot and director of the temple management committee.

At the same time, as a cultural scenic spot, it is included in the overall planning of Jiuzhaigou scenic area and managed in a unified way. The temple has carried out the economic income channels of catering services and the sale of tourist souvenirs. The temple's social functions were gradually improved by increasing its economic income through donations from religious believers and tourists.

With the full support of all monks, believers and a special group of good hearted people, the temple management team overcame all kinds of difficulties and successfully completed the main project construction, part of the decoration and the placement of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

Temple architecture

Today, the temple covers an area of more than 100 mu, with a construction area of more than 20000 square meters. Among them, the temple's landmark building is "Yongzhong laze pagoda". The total height of the tower is 50 meters, the practical space is 5 floors, and the space height of each floor is 6 meters. The first floor is the museum, the second floor is the Xianzong hall, the third floor is the Mizong hall, the fourth floor is the Xinzong hall, and the fifth floor is for 108 sets of Buddhist relic pagodas and "Ganzhuer".

Outside the main hall, there is a circle of corridors on which many Scripture turning tubes are placed.

There are also teahouses, warehouses, guest rooms, reception rooms, benka cangnangchin (living Buddha building), Lang jieque dengqinmou (Zunsheng pagoda), square, monk apartment, drum room, Zen door, shops, restaurants, parking lots, etc.

Temple Heritage

Zharu Temple belongs to the "yongzhongben religion", which is the Tathagata Dharma preached by xinrao Miwo Buddha. It is also known as the oldest Xiangxiong Buddhism in Tibet. "Yongzhong based religion" is the Mahayana Dharma, which is based on human beings, takes all sentient beings as the object of universal salvation, and makes the world break the maze and realize, break the obstacles and remove the doubts, solve the pain of this life and the next life, and finally get a complete liberation.

Due to the long and splendid history of "ancient Xiangxiong civilization", it has been included in the protection scope of world cultural heritage. In July 2013, the Chinese translation project of "ancient Xiangxiong Buddhist dharma" has been included in the key project of "Chinese Academy of Social Sciences".

Yongzhongben religion has been inherited in Tibet for more than 18000 years. From the eighteen Xiangxiong kings to the first king of Tubo, Nie chizanbu, the whole people believed in this religion. Therefore, there were many great achievements in practicing this religion and making Honghua incarnation. In history, there were 24 great achievements in practicing this religion and making Honghua incarnation, while there were other intermittent great achievements in rainbow incarnation And the number is not recorded. "Yongzhongben religion" is not only the core of ancient Xiangxiong culture, but also the source of traditional Tibetan culture and Tibetan Buddhism in China. It is a treasure that people on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau give to the world and a precious spiritual wealth that Tibetan people should be proud of.

Temple events

On May 18, 2014, a grand ceremony was held at zharu temple in Jiuzhaigou. The living Buddha of zharu temple, benkagasang Renjing Rinpoche, led by the monks of the whole temple, invited the Buddha shinrao miwosheribao to the top of the "Yongzhong laze" pagoda of the temple.

The temple holds four Buddhist activities every year. The first one is "Liangmei duqin", which is held from the third day to the sixth day of the first lunar month;

The second was "Mazhi zhuqin", which was held from the seventh to the sixteenth day of the fourth lunar month for 11 days;

The third time was "Lang Jiedong Ke", which was held from May 14 to 16 of the lunar calendar for three days;

The fourth is "Guduo", which is held from September 27 to 29 of the lunar calendar.

Nisang Culture Festival

Most of the Tibetans in Jiuzhaigou believe in Benbo religion, which is also called Benjiao, Yongzhong Benjiao. It is the earliest ancient Xiangxiong Buddhism introduced into Tibet. The most basic theory is: everything has spirit. Spirit is "soul and life"

. Tibetans believe that Jiuzhaigou's mountains, rivers, plants and trees are given by gods, so they give more care to everything in Jiuzhaigou.

The Tibetan people in Jiuzhaigou believe that all things have gods. Mountain has mountain god, water has water god. It is held once a year in April of the Tibetan calendar (June of the Gregorian calendar) for a period of five years

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