Tongka Temple

Sangzhu deqinlin Temple

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Tongka Temple generally refers to sangzhu deqinlin temple

Sangzhu deqinlin temple is located in Tongka Township, Basu County, Changdu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, commonly known as Tongka temple. It is 4171 meters above sea level and surrounded by mountains. There is only one simple road leading to the temple. In 1473, it was founded by monk ge of luobajiang village, which is a temple of Gongdelin in Lhasa.

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Sangzhu deqinlin has made outstanding contributions in safeguarding the reunification of the motherland, strengthening the unity of the Han and Tibetan Nationalities and cultural exchanges. Especially since the seventh living Buddha of dasa, rosangbab jiangcuobaisanbu, assumed the post of Kanbu, the religious and cultural exchanges between the temple and the mainland have become more frequent. The main building of the temple is well preserved. There are many precious cultural relics, such as the emperor's long live plaque and the tapestry Tangka.

The whole building of sangzhu Deqin Temple faces west and East. It is basically composed of Sakyamuni hall, sutra Hall (storeroom) and monks' houses distributed around, covering an area of 22800 square meters. There are more than 3000 statues of Buddha, Bodhisattva, Buddha, Dharma protector and historical figures, more than 100 thangkas, 34 pagodas and a large number of gifts and silk fabrics from India, Nepal, the mainland and Tibet in different times and in different qualities. They are exquisite in workmanship, high in taste, diverse in style and extremely valuable for studying the development of Tibetan, Chinese and Indonesian Art Indispensable physical data. The temple is one of the temples with the largest collection of cultural relics in Changdu area. Sangzhu Deqin temple was announced as the third batch of cultural relics protection units at the autonomous region level by the people's Government of the autonomous region in 1996.

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Sangzhu Deqin temple is a temple with important influence in Kham District of Tibet and even the whole Tibet. It plays an important role in the formation and development of Tibetan Buddhism. Due to the important historical position of dacha living Buddha in the temple, it has had an important impact on the history and culture of Tibet, and played an important role in promoting the unity of Tibetan and Han nationalities.

Address: Tongka Township, Basu County, Changdu Prefecture

Longitude: 96.62956237793

Latitude: 30.55512282837

Tel: 0891-6650845

Ticket information: market price: 25.0 yuan

Chinese PinYin : Tong Ka Si