Sangzhou Temple

Sangzhu Temple

synonym

Sangzhou Temple generally refers to sangzhu temple

Also known as "Sangzhou Temple", "Lengzhu Temple", etc. Located about 22 kilometers to the west of today's Zhongda Township, it is recorded in the volume "Yushu investigation" written by the social and historical investigation group of Jinling University during the Republic of China that it is the original Dieda temple, with 20 monks and no living Buddha. The Temple belongs to the Sakya sect.

Detailed introduction

In Tibetan, it is called "xuanmi Dale Temple", which means "talking about building a prosperous island". Located 38 kilometers northwest of the county, on the hillside of sangzhugou, 3 kilometers southwest of Jiajia township. It is said that it was first built in the Yuan Dynasty at the foot of Shenbao mountain. In the early period, it was a Sakya temple. Later, it was moved to jiajiari. The third time, it was moved to the current site and changed to Gelu sect. According to the political and religious history of Anduo, in the 12th year of Shuima in the Tibetan calendar, the temple invited yeshijiang oremba (i.e. the first yeshijiang living Buddha, Jiayang Luozhe, 1651-1733) to preside over the affairs of the temple, and established a series of ritual systems, such as preaching Buddhist scriptures, living in summer, Changjing, Jiezhi, holding praying Dharma meeting, and reciting music King Kong. Since then, sangzhu temple has become the temple of yeshijiang living Buddha. Yeshijiang sent an agent to manage the temple. Later, awanggen dunzhaxi, the living Buddha of Deqian, a disciple of yeshijiang, presided over the affairs of the temple and became the second master of sangzhu temple, commonly known as "sangzhucang". Sangzhu temple also became a subordinate Temple of lamodeqian temple.

Historical evolution

Sang Zhucang, born in 1832, is a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference in Jianzha county and a member of the Huangnan Buddhist Association. Sangzhu temple was originally built on a large scale, with a total construction area of 150 mu in 1958, including 9 halls, 6 angqian courtyards, 52 monk houses, 790 rooms, 15 mu of cultivated land, 10 horses, 138 cattle, 400 sheep, and 148 monks in 52 households. Besides sangzhucang, there is Jicang. Jicang ranks first in the world. Now it lives in Tuole ranch, Qilian county. The temple was demolished after 1958 and approved for opening in December 1980. It has a new Sutra hall, two angqian houses, 32 monk houses, a Tibetan medical clinic, 38 monks and 58 people.

Address: Zhongda Township, Yushu County, Yushu City

Longitude: 97.008613586426

Latitude: 33.247943878174

Chinese PinYin : Sang Zhou Si