Donggu Temple

Donggu Temple

Donggu temple, a Gelu temple, is located in the northeast of Ganzi County, 60 kilometers away from the county seat, with an altitude of 3500 meters. At the intersection of the East Bank of Daqu River and the West Bank of nilong River in sitongda Township, the temple faces south and is connected by Luodong highway. Hall is one of the thirteen temples. Donggu temple was built in 1417 by dawajatso, the first living Buddha of Donggu temple. Since the establishment of the temple, monks of all ages have left a large number of cultural relics in the temple, especially the Golden Buddha and Thangka paintings collected by the temple, which are unique in the Tibetan area.

Human history

Here is a brief introduction of some important cultural relics

1、 All kinds of important cultural relics given to Donggu Temple by successive emperors.

There is a scroll painting of Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty. Some say it's Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Some say it's Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. Others say it's Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty

There are two pairs of big cymbals, one of which is engraved with "Xuande system of Ming Dynasty", the other is engraved with "Xuande five-year system of Ming Dynasty". There are also many precious cultural relics from the mainland of China, such as the Buddha statue of Sakyamuni carved in white jade, ivory plate and so on.

2、 Cultural relics unearthed from Tibet and other places. One is the statue of Sakyamuni, a spontaneous manna Buddha (commonly known as the sweating Buddha) presented by the sixth Panchen Lama luosangbeidan Yixi. The second is a Buddha that can recognize the position. The Buddha's body is about 10 cm high. The Buddha's statue is small, exquisite, and dignified. It is called the Dharma protector Weide. This dharma God always faces the West. The third is a golden Buddha, which is the treasure of Donggu temple. The fourth is a Dapeng golden winged bird egg fossil. It is said that the bird egg fossil often exudes something like oil, which makes people feel very mysterious.

3、 Donggu temple not only has a collection of Thangka paintings more than 700 years ago, but also has a collection of many exquisite modern Thangka paintings. Among them, a set of Ruyi baoteng painted more than 300 years ago (which is a biography of Sakyamuni's life and describes the deeds of Sakyamuni's life) is particularly precious. This set of Thangka paintings of Ruyi baoteng was painted in the 17th century by langkajie, the painter of the sixth living Buddha of Donggu temple. The painting is painted with pure natural pigments, gold powder and silver powder. The figures in the painting are vivid, the mountains, flowers, birds and animals are harmonious, the lines are smooth, the composition is rigorous, the color is gorgeous and lifelike. This set of Thangka paintings of Ruyi baoteng, which have been preserved up to now, has a total of 31 pieces (only 29 pieces at present, and the other two pieces were missing during the Cultural Revolution). It is as if they were newly colored up to now. According to the collectors, the painting imitates the techniques of Han Dynasty in terms of color and strokes. The scenery, buildings and decorations on the Buddha are very lifelike. This painting method is still popular in some parts of Ganzi County.

Collection scale

According to statistics, Donggu temple has collected more than 500 golden Buddhas and more than 200 Thangka paintings, including more than 50 rare Thangka paintings. More than 700 sets of classical scriptures are collected, among which more than 100 sets are written in gold and silver, which are of great value.

Address: Ganzi County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Longitude: 99.739296

Latitude: 31.66026

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