Chagan Oboo Temple

Chagan Oboo Temple

Chagan Oboo temple was one of the famous ancient temples in Sunid Left Banner of Xilin Gol League. It is located in the territory of Chagan Oboo Sumu, Sonid Left Banner, Xilin Gol League. Chagan Oboo temple has a history of more than 300 years.

Architecture

The architectural style of Chagan Oboo Temple belongs to the Central Plains architecture, with cornices, brackets, carved beams and painted buildings. The temple has been continuously operated by five generations of living Buddhas, and has gradually expanded into a Lama Huang Jiao temple with 11 main halls, 12 gold chanting associations and 14 Buddha warehouses. There are more than 1000 monks at most, and the chanting of sutras is continuous in four seasons. Believers from all sides of the grassland came to court and gave alms in an endless stream. There were workshops for printing scriptures in the temple for the purpose of preaching scriptures. There are schools and handicraft workshops for leather, brick and tile, textile, sewing, woodworking, woodworking and so on. Within 20 kilometers around, shanaermen (family temple herdsmen) live in grazing. In 1937, the Japanese occupied Xilinhot grassland, and Chagan Oboo Temple declined, leaving only 335 monks.

Chagan Oboo temple is an ancient architectural complex with magnificent buildings and numerous pagodas. There are thousands of classic books, many Buddha statues, censers, Qin and flute and other Mongolian cultural heritage in the temple. However, these treasures were destroyed during the cultural revolution, and now only one hall is preserved. In the territory, there are traces of Emperor Zhu Di's sacrifice to heaven and ancestors on the way to the northern expedition in the first year of Yongle (1403). There are "xuanshipo" and "limanfeng" stone tablets between Xili Crouching Tiger Panshi in Changtu. There is also the wall site of Genghis Khan.

With the wide spread of Tibetan Buddhism in Inner Mongolia, Oboo is closely combined with Lama Temple. When you come to Sunit grassland, you can reach Chagan Oboo Temple site along the frontier defense road. Chagan Oboo temple, formerly a famous grassland temple in Xilinguole, is 180 km away from manduratu town and only 20 km away from the border between China and Mongolia. Chagan Oboo temple is one of the 13 temple sites in the whole banner, covering an area of more than 3700 square meters. At that time, the temple was well-known at home and abroad and had great social influence. It was one of the main places for religious activities in Inner Mongolia prairie.

history

Chagan Oboo temple was built in 1714 under the leadership of the first living Buddha Lobsang nurbu. In 1777, the Qing government named it "Qingyou Temple", which has a history of nearly 300 years.

Born in the Tumet grassland, the living Buddha of Lobsang nurbu was a Shami in the Dazhao temple in Hohhot when he was a child. He once studied scriptures in Ta'er temple and Labrang temple. In 1688, the living Buddha came to Sunite grassland and preached and practiced in the Wule Aobao cave of Dongsu banner, hence the name "cave living Buddha". In 1694, he built a small temple in manduhurile, where Chagan OBO Sumu is located, called manduhu Sutra chanting temple. In 1708, the living Buddha went to Kulun, Outer Mongolia to visit the great living Buddha Zhebuzundanba, expressing his wish to build the temple. Zhebuzundanba was extremely in favor of it, and promised to supply wood free of charge. The next year, Lobsang nurbu went to duolunnur, Zhangjiakou, Guisui and other places to recruit craftsmen and contact transport vehicles. In 1714, the main temple was built. In 1805, dongkuoer hall and Ming'an hall were built. In 1891, zhamuyangligebudezhamusu succeeded to the living Buddha. He was chagangegen, who was famous for grassland in modern history.

In the era of Chagan Gegen, Chagan Oboo Temple reached its peak. In 1900, he presided over the construction of manbaxue hall. Twelve years later, he began to build lamulin hall and rebuild Sutra chanting temple. In May 1932, Erdeni, accompanied by the king of Germany, went to Chagan Oboo temple to lecture, which made the temple famous.

Chagan Oboo temple is a typical Mongolian Tibetan quadrangle temple complex, with cornices, brackets, carved beams, painted buildings and numerous pagodas. After five generations of continuous operation of the living Buddha, the temple has gradually expanded into a large yellow temple with 11 halls, 12 subordinate temples and 14 Buddhist warehouses. Chagan Oboo temple has four university departments, namely Xianzong department, Shilun department, medical science department and Mizong department. There are eight white pagodas around the temple. During the heyday of incense, there were more than 1000 monks, chanting sutras all the time, and believers from all directions came in an endless stream. In order to spread the Scriptures, there are also workshops for engraving scriptures, schools and handicraft workshops.

Chagan Oboo temple has promoted the development of politics, economy, culture and transportation in this area. In 1937, the Japanese occupied the Xilingol Grassland. During this period, only 335 monks were left in Chagan Oboo Temple due to the war.

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