Gemo Temple

Huiyuan temple, also known as Huiyuan temple, is one of the three Gelug temples of Tibetan Buddhism in Aba Prefecture, and one of the sub temples of Labrang temple, one of the six temples of yellow religion. It is famous for its grand temple buildings, big pagodas and mysterious Tibetan cultivation.

Gemo Temple

Gemo temple, also known as Huiyuan temple, is one of the three Gelug temples of Tibetan Buddhism in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, and one of the sub temples of Labrang temple, one of the six major temples of the Yellow religion. Gemo temple is famous for its grand temple architecture, big pagoda and mysterious Tibetan cultivation. It is 13 kilometers away from the county, covering an area of 18000 square meters.

Traffic information

Gemo temple is located in the northwest of ABA County in Sichuan Province, next to Aju highway in Tangmai village, Gemo Township, 13 km away from the county, 518 km away from Chengdu, the provincial capital, and 259 km away from malkang. You can get off at the bus station of ABA County in Sichuan Province by bus at the malkang bus passenger transport center in Xichuan, and then take a taxi.

Main attractions

Gemo temple is located in Gemo Township, ABA county. The whole building is built in a prominent and dense way. There are more than 600 monks, and there are all kinds of pagodas, corridors and zhuanjing hall. It enjoys a high reputation in the local area.

Bodhi pagoda is a seven story Pagoda with a height of 35 meters. The whole tower is surrounded by more than one meter high brass leather turning wheels. On the eaves and walls of each floor of the hall, there are many auspicious decorative patterns, such as gilded ten phases, Falun, female unicorn and so on, which are extremely holy and magnificent. The first and second floors of the pagoda are connected from top to bottom. In the middle of the pagoda is a 5-meter square altar column, which runs straight through the top floor of the second floor. There are 300 million statues of Buddha, including master Tsongkhapa's portrait, yuanbeijing and various clay fired statues. Around the hall are four main Buddhas, thousands of Tara statues and 108 sets of Tibetan scriptures. The religious atmosphere created by the architectural decoration in the hall is quite spectacular. The third floor of the pagoda is where the treasure of zhensi is located. In the center of the hall is the Liujin pagoda of the parietal bone relic of master zongkaba, the founder of Gelug Sect. In Tibetan Buddhist temples, only two temples have zongkaba relic. One is in Tibet, and the other is Gemo temple. On the fourth floor of the pagoda is the location of the pagoda bottle. In the hall, there is a statue of Amitabha more than two meters high invited from Nepal. On the inner wall of the pagoda bottle, there are exquisite murals of the pure land of bliss. The fifth floor is the gilded Dafang gate, which is the position of the tower gate. There are guardrails around the tower gate. Pilgrims and visitors can stand inside the guardrails to have a bird's-eye view of the whole temple. On the sixth floor of the pagoda lies the overlapping 13 layers of Falun and more than 7000 small Buddha statues invited from Wutai Mountain. On the seventh floor of the pagoda is the spire with a dripping eaves and a sun moon top.

The Sutra Hall of each Mo Temple is divided into four floors, which can also accommodate a large place for nearly 1000 people to chant sutras at the same time. More than 100 thangkas are hung in the mid air and on the columns of the Sutra hall, and the exquisite murals mainly composed of Buddha statues are painted in the Sutra hall. On the second floor, there are six small Scripture halls, four of which are places for lamas to worship, and the other two are places for storing scriptures; on the third floor, there are places for worshiping statues of foot Russia Buddha, the most adored Buddha of the whole Gemo temple. In addition, there are also 16 statues of foot Buddha of Gedan, gexi platform and rest palaces for living Buddhas to exchange here; on the fourth floor, there are places for storing Temple antiques.

Gemo temple, with a history of more than 200 years, is one of the three Gelug temples. The temple presents the majesty of Buddhist architecture through the decoration details of lion statues on pagodas and under eaves, and also describes the ruling mode of political and religious unity in Aba county. Walk along the long corridor and turn clockwise every Scripture tube containing the Scriptures and sacred objects that the living Buddha has touched. Then you can feel the religious atmosphere of local believers' devotion to the Buddha, wholeheartedly doing good and praying for peace. There are 36 Large Scripture tubes and more than 1500 small Scripture tubes in the scripture corridor of Gemo temple. If there are more Scripture tubes in the temple, the larger the scale of the temple and the richer the living standard of the believers will be.

Historical evolution

It was built in 1790 in the 56th year of Qianlong reign. It was founded by chadeqing, the great chibagong of Labrang temple, according to the meaning of the second jiamuxiang living Buddha. It was originally named Faxiang temple, more than 200 years ago. Gemo temple is built on a big caobazi, and its architecture is exquisite and luxurious. Beside Gemo temple, there is the Xianmi lecture hall of Gemo temple.

Environmental climate

Aba Prefecture, where the Moshi is located, has a mild climate and four distinct seasons. In the north, the climate is quasi subtropical monsoon humid climate; in the south, the climate in mountainous area is divided into middle subtropical zone, north subtropical zone, south temperate zone and north temperate zone, which has the characteristics of three-dimensional climate in mountainous area. The annual average temperature is 17.1 ℃ - 18.5 ℃, the annual average rainfall is 748.4-1184.2 mm, the sunshine is 1200-1400 hours, and the frost free period is 300-358 days. The land is fertile and the products are rich. It has the characteristics of the south of the Yangtze River.

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Temple master Dharma platform

Harwa jiamuyangluo Zhoudan beizhongmei living Buddha (known as LianBo living Buddha) was born in Jiuzhi County, Guoluo County, Qinghai Province in 1948. At the age of 3, he was recognized as the third reincarnation Lingtong of harwa living Buddha of Gemo temple. He was invited to the temple the next year. In October 1988, he was nominated by the Panchen master and approved by the Religious Affairs Bureau of the State Council to be the director of the Tibetan Buddhism Research Office of the higher Buddhist College of the Chinese Tibetan language department. In 1996, LianBo living Buddha was appointed as the tutor of Buddhist Jushi Lin in Beijing. In 2002, he was invited by the founder / Chairman of Hong Kong Buddhist culture industry, Mr. Zhuang Shiping, and zugubaima oserinpoche to serve as honorary consultant of Hong Kong Buddhist culture industry.

The situation in the temple

There is a special building in Gemo temple, which is a "residential" Confucian school. It not only has a Confucian hall, classrooms, but also students' dormitories, providing food and living facilities. At present, 135 monks live and study here. Luo sansuonan, a Han monk who graduated from Tianjin University and worked as a programmer in Beijing, is one of the students.

In 1996, Lausanne sonan met LianBo living Buddha when he was a programmer in Beijing. He has always been very interested in Buddhism. When he encountered confusion in the process of studying Buddhist scriptures, he asked LianBo living Buddha to solve the problem. In 2001, 30-year-old lausansounan went to Wutai Mountain to become a monk. Two years later, on the recommendation of LianBo living Buddha, he went to Gemo temple to study the scriptures of Gelug Sect. The name of luosangsonan was given by LianBo living Buddha, which means "good wisdom" and "good fortune".

In 2002, Gemo Temple integrated the management system of modern schools into the study of monks in temples, and collectively studied the five great treatises of Xianzong in the form of refresher classes. There are more than 10 graduates in the first phase of 2009, and 43 graduates in 2010 and 2011. At present, there are 135 monks in the training class. After 10 years of development, the MoSi school has formed a complete learning system. According to the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar, the school sets three kinds of work and rest time each year.

The recent implementation is the work and rest schedule from April to October of the Gregorian calendar. Get up at 5:30 in the morning. At 6 o'clock, all the students go to the chanting hall for morning classes. Then they go to church in groups and recite the Scriptures. Breakfast starts at 8:30, class recitation and review starts at 9:00, self-study and class, and lunch starts at 12:30.

In the dining hall behind the school, there are eggplant, green pepper, cabbage, kidney beans and other vegetables, as well as Zanba and butter for lunch. Before the meal, everyone recited the Sutra of offering food and the Sutra of offering three treasures. The management monks of the school would take advantage of the meal time to issue "tickets". On the "ticket" are the names of the students, the mistakes they made and the punishment methods. According to zangjiacuo, a monk in charge of the school of Confucian classics, the punishment measures are to kowtow in the chanting hall for a long time. The short time is three minutes, and the long time may be two or three days.

According to the work and rest schedule, there will be another class at 3:30 p.m., and then all the students will participate in the activities of debating scriptures. When the reporter visited Gemo temple on the 10th, LianBo living Buddha held a lecture in the Bodhi Pagoda in the afternoon. Lausanne sonan and other students went early to wait to listen.

Before the sermon, believers had gathered around the Bodhi pagoda. Most of them were old people, women and children, because many young people had gone to the mountains to dig Fritillaria and Cordyceps at this time. When you enter the pagoda hall, you can see hundreds of monks sitting around. At about 2 p.m., the sermon officially began. From time to time, hada, coins and other objects were thrown from the back to the location of LianBo living Buddha.

There are two microphones on each side of the seat of LianBo living Buddha, so that its voice can be clearly transmitted to the ears of believers outside the hall. Some monks listen attentively, some sit upright and close their eyes as if they are settled, and some read the Scriptures and compare them Most of the religious people outside the hall sit on the ground, holding rosary beads and listening quietly. There are also young children running around.

Address: ABA County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

Longitude: 101.60628383069

Latitude: 32.996342067451

Chinese PinYin : Ge Mo Si