Gongtang Pagoda

Gongtang pagoda is located in the southwest corner of Labrang temple. It is famous for its limitless light Buddha statue from Nepal. Climbing the tower overlooks the whole picture of Labrang temple, which is a favorite place for many photographers and one of the most popular places in Labrang temple. When you come out of Gongtang pagoda and walk through the wooden bridge on the Daxia River, you can also see the panoramic view of Labrang temple on the hillside. It's a little farther from the pagoda.

Gongtang Pagoda

Gongtang pagoda is located in the southwest corner of Labrang temple. Its original name is now jiejie gold pagoda. It is famous at home and abroad for its statue of Amitabha Buddha, which was invited from Nepal.

Basic introduction

Gongtang pagoda is located in the southwest corner of Labrang temple. The existing pagoda is a magnificent Buddhist building rebuilt on the destroyed pagoda foundation in the "Cultural Revolution". It has a solemn shape and novel design. In the history of tower architecture in the world, it can be said that it is unique and unique. Gongtangcang was a living Buddha of saichi. He served as the chief Dharma station and Regent of Labrang temple, and enjoyed a high status in Labrang temple.

The existing pagoda was built in July 1993, with a total of five floors and a height of 31.33 meters. The pagoda is Bodhi style, covering an area of 2144.16 square meters. It is composed of Tasha, taping and tower base. The Tasha is the sun, the moon and the stars; the taping is the eight Bodhisattvas in bronze relief; and the tower base is a three story quadrangle building decorated with glazed tiles. The pagoda is resplendent in appearance and exquisite in internal structure. In the center of the pagoda are four Buddha halls connected by two layers, which are used for gongtangcang pagoda or wooden gold-plated statues, and contain more than 20000 volumes of Buddhist scriptures. On the top of the hall are Amitabha Buddha, the second Jiamu statue and the bronze statue of Thousand Buddhas. The pagoda is unique in shape and exquisite in workmanship, which is now open to tourists.

Historical evolution

Gongtang pagoda was first built in 1805 by gongtangcang, gongqudan and beizhongmei, a famous scholar of Labrang temple. It was originally named "Xianjian liberation gold pagoda". It is famous for its presence of Amitabha Buddha, which was invited from Nepal. In 1806, Emperor Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty granted a plaque of "Buddha's light". After the fourth and fifth gongtangcang masters spent a lot of money on several repairs, they reached the perfect and sacred realm in the sense of architectural art and religion. After a hundred years of vicissitudes, the pagoda was unfortunately destroyed by the "Cultural Revolution". In 1980, after the opening of Labrang monastery to the outside world, the sixth gongtangcang danbei wangxu, in order to revive the religious tradition, promote the religion and benefit the people, worked hard in many ways. With the support of the state, overseas Chinese and religious people, he personally presided over the reconstruction of Jingdi rituals on February 8, 1991. After two and a half years, in July 1993, the eternal opening ceremony was held at the special festival of Sakyamuni's first turning to Falun.

Reconstruction of characteristics

The rebuilt pagoda of Gongtang was built on the original site in the southwest corner of Labrang Temple according to the original scale and style. The tower is five stories high and consists of three parts: Tasha, taping and tower base. The Tasha is the dazzling sun, moon and stars. The Tasha bottle is the eight Bodhisattvas with fine copper relief and gilded gold. The base of the Tasha is a three story four corner building decorated with glazed tiles. The first floor is surrounded by copper Sutra wheels. The pagoda is not only magnificent in appearance and extraordinary in momentum, but also exquisitely constructed and decorated with many treasures. In the center of the tower are four Buddhist temples on the second floor. On the front side of the temple are the magnificent Pagoda in the pagoda, the third gongtangcang pagoda and the first, second, fourth and fifth gongtangcangdu statues. On the left and right sides are the Tara and the Puming Buddha Hall. On the back side is the Sutra collection hall, which has more than 20000 volumes of Buddhist Scriptures. At the top of the four temples are more than 300 bronze Buddha statues. The third floor of the pagoda is the thousand Buddha Hall, which has 1032 bronze Buddhas. In the fourth level bottle, there is Amitabha, which is nearly two meters high. The tower base and the inner wall of the vase are also painted with more than 100 vivid and delicate murals. Gongtang pagoda is resplendent to Daxia River and Dalin tree, and echoes with the Sutra Hall of Labrang temple and dajinwa temple.

Gongtang pagoda, which is set against the Daxia River and the spruce Zen forest, stands majestically and magnificently, and is now open to tourists.

geographical position

Travel information

Admission: 20 yuan (in the spring of 2012)

traffic

Gongtang pagoda is on the southwest corner of Labrang temple. After arriving at Xiahe bus station, you can get there by taxi at one yuan per person.

get accommodation

Xiahe has low-grade accommodation, high-grade hotels include civil aviation hotel, Wangfu Hotel, Jinzhu Hotel, medium grade hotels include BMW Hotel, white conch Hotel, Hongyan Hotel, personal Hotel, Zhuoma Hotel, Youth Hostel, local tax Hotel, etc. in winter, the price of 60-260 is higher in summer tourism season and Buddhist activities, 160-680, and it needs to be reserved in advance

delicious food

Tibetan bag, hand grasping Juema, rice, road food, hair, noodles, intestines, plateau mushrooms and other local specialties.

Address: southwest corner of Labrang temple, Renmin East Street, Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province

Longitude: 102.50675

Latitude: 35.189102

Tel: 0941-8225353; 0941-71

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: you need to get to dalablang temple first, and get to dalablang temple first

Shuttle Bus

1. There are five buses to Xiahe at 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 14:00 and 15:00 every day at Lanzhou South passenger station. It takes about 4 hours and the fare is 75 yuan

2. From 7:00 to 16:00 every day, half of the buses arrive at Xiahe every half an hour. It takes about one hour and the ticket price is about 15 yuan

3. There is a bus from Langmusi town to Xiahe at 14:00 every day, which takes about 4 hours and costs 70 yuan

After arriving, turn right out of Xiahe station and go straight up the slope. You can also take a taxi. The taxi in the county varies from 1 to 3 yuan per person according to the distance

Self driving

Turn along G213 to S312 (towards Wangtang) until Labrang town

Ticket information: 20 yuan per person

Opening hours: 8:00-18:00

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