Zhaxi QuLin Temple

Zhaxi QuLin Temple

Zhaxi Qulin temple, located in Geji County of Ali area, is located in Salt Lake Township to the east of the county. Zaxi Qulin, which means "the land of auspicious Buddhism", overlooks the papangka temple from the temple wall, and the sky burial platform of papangka is at the foot of the mountain. The Temple belongs to the Sera Monastery.

Zhaxi Qulin temple was funded by Geji ruquwang in 1894. It was founded by zicangba Gongga Zhaxi Renqin and believed in the Kaju school

An overview of Zhaxi QuLin Temple

. The main buildings are Dukang (with an area of 12 columns), gongkang, cijiukang, gajurakan, juewokan, zisenqiong, etc., with large scale. Inside the temple, there are mainly statues of pharmacist Buddha, eleven Avalokitesvara, Manjusri Bodhisattva and Vajra holding clay. The pharmacist Buddha, also known as "the great king of Medicine Buddha", is compatible with the Tathagata. He gives the vow seal in his right hand and holds the medicine bowl in his left hand. On both sides are the two flanks: the sun shines all over the Bodhisattva on the left and the moon shines all over the Bodhisattva on the right. According to the records of the book of pharmacists, he once made twelve great wishes to cure diseases and sufferings for all living beings, eliminate disasters and prolong life. So it's in a golden, blue bun. The eleven faces of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is one of the six Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas. There are eleven kinds of faces, which are divided into five layers. The first layer has three faces. The main face is gentle and kind, white, the right face is blue, and the left face is red. The second layer has three faces, the main face is sad, yellow white, the right face is bright yellow, and the left face is red and yellow. The third layer also has three faces, and the main face is smiling, Red and white, the right face is green, the left face is purple; the fourth layer is one-sided, showing the king of wrath, the hair is cyan; the fifth layer has a statue of Amitabha (called "Dingyan"), golden, which is the true appearance of Amitabha as Guanyin. Manjusri Bodhisattva is called "jianbeiyang" in Tibetan. He holds a green lotus in his left hand and sits on the white lotus seat. He is highly respected in Tibetan Buddhism. He looks Zen and gentle, and his body is golden. In Tibetan Buddhism, zongkaba is regarded as the incarnation of Manjusri Bodhisattva. Vajrayana is the Vajrayana Bodhisattva. Its body is cyan gold. It holds the Vajrayana pestle in its right hand and the Vajrayana bell in its left hand, which indicates that the Vajrayana Bodhisattva's resolute intelligence of destroying the evil enemy. Tantric Buddhism believes that he is the image of Sakyamuni Buddha when he speaks the secret law, and is the secret incarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha. Therefore, he is also called "secret master" and "chanadoj" in Tibetan. In the murals and Thangka, Vajrayana has two bodies, embracing the Ming imperial concubine "sunnali" Bodhisattva. In addition, there are also statues of maerba and Milarepa, the ancestors of the Kagyu sect, which are very exquisite.

History of Qulin temple in Zhaxi

Zhaxi Qulin temple is located in jiangmai village, Salt Lake Township, Geji County, Ali Prefecture, 5 kilometers south of Salt Lake Township. It belongs to the black hat Temple of Gama Gaju sect and Chubu temple in duilongdeqing County, Lhasa. In the 20th year of Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1894, the 15th year of the Tibetan calendar), with the financial support of guruquwang, the head of the Geji tribe, the temple was founded by cangba gonggazhaxi. Since its establishment, the temple has held eight days of "Sidi Sutra" every year. In the 24 years after the temple was built, six Lacan temples were built, including the Sutra hall, the Sutra hall, the Buddhist hall and the monks' residence. At first, there were cangbagonggazasi and his disciples, but later, the number of monks in the temple increased year by year. Cangbagongzaxi presided over Zaxi Qulin temple until his death in 1918. In 1955, he invited masons, carpenters, painters and other famous craftsmen from India and Nepal to expand the original temple, especially the Sutra hall. He also purchased and produced a large number of magic tools, Buddha statues and thangkas. So far, Zhaxi Qulin temple has developed into a relatively complete Bai temple.

Brief introduction of Qulin temple in Zhaxi

There is a 16 pillar Sutra hall in the temple, which is mainly for the huge one story high gilded 11 sides of Guanyin Bodhisattva, Sakyamuni, Wuliang Buddha and master lianhuasheng. They are inlaid with many gems. There are silver statues of the 1st to 16th gamaba living Buddha, and exquisite Thangka portraits of the hereditary eminent monks of the Gaju sect and the hereditary eminent monks of the gama sect, which are on the wall There are many exquisite murals, such as the picture of life and death, the four heavenly kings, Xumi mountain, the picture of Saint monk, the sixty Arhats of babotahe, and so on. There is also a Dharma protection Temple (for the Kagyu sect Dharma protection gods of many clay sculptures), a ganzhur Hall (for the complete set of ganzhur and danzhur scriptures, Prajna detailed section, LongQin seven collections, and the complete works of successive gamaba, etc.) and a cejiu Hall (for the lotus students and eight kinds of medicinal nuns) In addition, there are also the living Buddha's lazhang, the dense Vajra's upper teacher's virtue's hall and the monk's house.

Functions of Qulin temple in Zhaxi

The time offering ceremony of Qulin temple in Zhaxi mainly includes: offering sacrifices to God in the first month of the Tibetan calendar, the Kaju sect Dharma Association in April of the Tibetan calendar, the grave offering Dharma Association in June of the Tibetan calendar, the Savior offering sacrifices in September of the Tibetan calendar, the Buddhist activities held on the third, eighth, tenth, fifteenth and thirtieth of each month, the fasting held in April, the lotus shining practice on the tenth day of June, and the demon subduing ceremony held on December 29th. The main Buddha statues are: Guanyin Bodhisattva statue, Milarepa master statue, immovable Vajra statue, longevity three Buddha statue, Licha Zhongfa King statue, gamabakagadoji statue, lianhuasheng Vajra statue, adixia venerable statue, mamita three masters statue, riding sheep Dharma God and pharmacist statue with cangbagonggazasi ashes. The main scriptures are: Ganzhuer, wanwan Prajna Guangshi, etc.

Lacan has a building area of 470 square meters, covers an area of 12000 square meters, with an altitude of 4630 meters. Its orientation is 32 ° 28.971 'n and 82 ° 28.017' e, with 15 monks.

In 1968, during the "Cultural Revolution", Zaxi Qulin temple and the surrounding manidui were demolished. In 1984, Qulin temple in Zhaxi was restored according to its original appearance. By 2000, in addition to restoring the original six Lacan and monks' houses, more than 40 houses including guest houses, shops and warehouses have been built, covering an area of more than 1500 square meters.

Address: Salt Lake Township, Geji County, Ali Prefecture

Longitude: 93.337099

Latitude: 29.900249

Chinese PinYin : Zha Xi Qu Lin Si