Dongke Temple

Dongke Temple

Dongke temple, also known as "Dongke Temple" and "dongkuo Temple", are transliterated names in Tibetan. Dongke Temple belongs to Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

Dongke temple is located in Sitan village, Riyue Township, about 30 kilometers southwest of Huangyuan county. It is between the north foot of Riyue mountain and Dongke Temple River. It is now called "dongke Buddhist sermon Xiuzhou".

Historical evolution

In 1648, dongke temple was built in ShiXiakou in the East and west of the city by the fourth dongke Jiayang mucuo. It lasted for three years. The architectural style is purely Tibetan. In the sixth year of Yongzheng reign, luobuzangdanjin rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and the temple was reduced to ashes. In the fifth year of Yongzheng reign, dongke temple was moved to this location by Dong ke'ersonan Jiacuo. There are five main halls, two ear halls and five main doors, with cypress floor, pine ceiling and door leaves inlaid with bronze rings and gold nails. The gold bodies of Buddha Sakyamuni, Wenzhu, Puxian Bodhisattva and zongkaba are all gold-plated sculptures.

In dongke temple, the pillars are red and the golden dragons are twined around. Only from Beijing can we buy thousands of gold-plated copper Buddha statues. The camel passes through Suiyuan and Baotou to the temple, and special pavilions are built for worship. Emperor Qianlong specially granted the gold plaque "Te Pu Yao Xie Dan Shu Lin" and "Jia Shan Temple". Since then, the Qing government designated dongke temple as the place where the imperial ministers sacrificed to the sea Alliance on July 15 every year. Dongke Temple focuses on the cultivation of Esoteric Buddhism. It is most famous for its colored powder Dharma hall, which integrates the three essences of MI and daweifa. There are silver stupas of the fifth and seventh Dongke Living Buddhas in the temple.

The scale

At that time, Dongke Temple occupied 13000 hectares of land, including most of the land in the southwest of Huangyuan county and part of the land in Haiyan, Gonghe and guide. There are 300 cows, more than 4000 sheep and 650 houses. In 1958, during the reform of the religious system, most of the precious cultural relics and archives were lost, and the main buildings of the temple were demolished. In 1985, the temple was reopened and a new Sutra hall was built

In the Qing Dynasty, the temple was built on a large scale, with 5 main halls, 2 ear halls, cypress floors, pine ceiling, animal heads, copper rings and gold nails inlaid on the door leaves. The statues of Sakyamuni, Manjusri, Puxian Bodhisattva and zongkaba are all gold-plated bronze statues. The red pillars of the hall are wrapped with golden dragons, and the golden eyes of the golden dragons are tilted up. They are flying in the clouds. All kinds of Buddha statues are wonderful. The fire courtyard in front of the hall is as flat as a stone. There are hundreds of monks' houses, warehouses, kitchens and discussion rooms. Among them, the living Buddha residence is extremely exquisite. In 1737 (the second year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong), after the completion of the temple, thousands of gilded bronze statues were bought back from Beijing, and special pavilions were built for worship. It was actually the leading Tibetan Buddhist temple in tangar, so the Emperor Qianlong granted a gold plaque and officially named it "Tepu tianxie Dan Shulin". As a result, the reputation of East Kor temple is growing day by day.

Prosperous period

Dongke temple, which used to have Xianzong and Shilun Scripture academy, adopted the Tibetan serraj bazaar course, with more than 200 monks. The monks pay attention to the cultivation of esoteric sect, and are most famous for the colorful powder altar, which is composed of three main parts, namely, the worship of music, concentration and great virtue.

In history, dongke temple had a wide range of temple property, extremely rich, and had great political power. It is recorded in the annals of dangar hall that "the land is vast and the land is rented so much that it can be found all over Danyi. And adjacent to yixigezhuang in Xining County, they set up various kinds of cruel punishment, and they were unjustly punished by the officials. The number of monks and apprentices reached more than 100. " The housekeeper of the temple has real power. The master of the temple, Dong Ke'er Hutuktu, is stationed in Beijing. He "takes charge of the collection of wealth and Fu. The housekeeper of Wei takes charge of it. The monk of the temple has the power to be the housekeeper for several years. His family's wealth is tens of millions of dollars, and he is rich in a village."

Layout structure

There are six subordinate temples in dongke temple, including Jinfo temple, xialala temple, guide qunaihai temple, Tiantang temple and Sunan horseshoe temple in Tianzhu County of Gansu Province. After the religious reform in 1958, the temple was closed, and most of the precious cultural relics and archives were lost. Except for a living Buddha mansion with 48 rooms, the main buildings of the temple were demolished. It was reopened on March 30, 1983. In 1986, five glazed tile Sutra halls were restored, 48 living Buddha mansions and 24 six monasteries were repaired.

The Sutra hall faces east from the West. Inside, from left to right, there are clay statues of Wuliang Buddha, pharmacist, Sakyamuni and Kaya. On both sides, there are eight clay statues of Vajra. Beside the door, there are two Dharma protectors, Danzheng and shanduo. There are also one precious Buddha and one statue of 13th dongke. All of them are made by famous craftsmen. They are vivid. At present, there are 17 monks in the temple (4 of them are Wande), and the management committee is composed of three people to manage administrative and religious affairs.

Gonghe Dongke Temple

Located 24 kilometers northwest of qiabuqia Town, Gonghe County, yangrang village, 1 km north of today's niandi Township, east of Qirang River, was founded in 1942. In 1958, there were 10 public houses, 44 private houses, and 22 believers. The temple affairs were presided over by the temple leader Dan Zheng. Approved to open in May 1982, it has one Sutra hall, three rooms, nine houses and 27 believers. At present, there is no living Buddha, and important religious activities are generally hosted by the living Buddha of quemao temple in Guide county. Compared with gasai temple, dongger temple has more strict commandments. All Temple residents wear Dharma suits and are not allowed to get married. The system of learning scriptures and some activities are similar to the Gelug school. It is a typical baiben temple.

Address: Sitan village, Riyue Township, about 30 kilometers southwest of Huangyuan County, Xining City, between the north foot of Riyue mountain and dongkesi river

Longitude: 101.13375377655

Latitude: 36.525324811767

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