Wood like Nimba

Wood like Nimba

Built in the Tubo Period (820 A.D.), in the maze of paths and blocks around the "bakuo Street" of the Jokhang Temple, and in the east of the Jokhang Temple, muruningba, which is adjacent to one of the walls, is also surrounded by the circular line of bakuo.

Archaism

There is an old saying in Lhasa: "first there is Muru temple, then there is Jokhang Temple". Today muruningba is a unique mixture of temple and residential compound. It is still a courtyard belonging to Lhasa people but not tourists.

Introduction to scenic spots

Muruningba is located in the east of the Jokhang Temple. It is just a wall away from the Jokhang Temple. Turn in from an alley in the east of bakuo street and walk to the end to muruningba. Enter the gate of the temple, in the dim light, turn a row of metal luster of the rotating tube. Ningba is an ancient name in Tibetan. Of course, the name of muruningba is for xinmuru temple. Muruningba is said to have been built in the period of Puchi rebajin in Tubo (also known as the wife of muruzi, the butcher, who confessed for his husband's sin). Later, the fifth Dalai Lama expanded the temple in the 17th century. The main hall of muruningba faces south, and now there are only the main hall and two side halls. Most of the former monasteries around the temple are now for civilian use, and there are many Tibetan natives. These Tibetans sell mulberry branches, butter and highland barley wine. Monks and ordinary Tibetans live in the same courtyard. Secular and supernatural religions are so close to each other. To outsiders, muruningba is like an alternative pure land in the chaos, which makes people feel calm and detached Feeling.

It is said that it was first built in the period of zanpuchi rebajin in Tubo. According to the records of the Tibetan king, it believed in Buddhism and greatly promoted Kalan. In 820 ad, his adopted monk, Niang Ding zengsangbu, who was then Dabo Shanbu, built six Buddhist temples around the Jokhang Temple. To the East, there is Muru, which is now Muru Ningba. The fifth Dalai Lama expanded the monastery in the 17th century and took it as a foothold for the Witches of Naiqiong monastery in Lhasa. During the annual Dharma Assembly, the monks of Naiqiong monastery gather here to hold a ceremony.

During the period of the 13th Dalai Lama, the Muru temple was repaired and expanded on a large scale. At the same time, Sakya Yapei, the wizard of Naiqiong, built a new Muru temple in the southeast of Xiaozhao temple and the northeast of Dazhao temple. Therefore, the Muru temple in the east of Jokhang Temple is called muruningba, that is, the old Muru temple.

Architectural design

The temple, which faces south in the north, is composed of a three-story hall in the middle of the rear and two-story monk houses and courtyards around the hall. It is similar to qudegong temple in NAIDONG COUNTY in Shannan. The gate of the temple was originally located on the south side, passing through the monk's house to enter the courtyard, and then turned to the north side, passing through the long and narrow courtyard formed by the main hall and the monk's houses on both sides.

The plan of the hall is slightly square, with a stone staircase and a wooden porch standing on the staircase in the middle as the forerunner of the hall space. The porch part is mainly composed of four big columns and the beams on them. The components are richly carved and the structure is strict. The column is huge, with obvious harvest, and its cross section is in the shape of hexagonal sub, which is also a manifestation of Mandala form in Buddhist scriptures. Lotus flowers and tassels are carved in the position of column bucket and column head. The column body is decorated with copper carving column belt, which can not only decorate and beautify, but also strengthen the structure of the column body, because such a thick column body is often assembled by adding rectangular edge materials around the square wood. The sparrow on the column is partly decorative. In traditional Tibetan architecture, queti is divided into upper and lower floors. The short and thick joist on the lower floor is called joist with simple decoration; the long and varied bow wood on the upper floor is called bow wood with various auspicious clouds and petals. In addition to the contour changes, it also carves various patterns on the surface and renders them in various colors, forming a magnificent effect and becoming the focus of people's vision.

Through the porch, you enter a slightly dim space of 16 pillars, the Sutra hall with five rooms. This is the place where lamas chant sutras and hold Buddhist rituals. The walls of the Sutra hall are painted with murals, but they are relatively recent. The four pillars at the back of the Sutra hall rise high, supporting the upper skylight, so as to get light from the courtyard on the second floor.

At the back of the Sutra hall, there is a Buddha Hall about 1 meter above the ground of the Sutra hall. The front door of the Buddha Hall is five screen type, and the decoration is exquisite and beautiful. In the middle of the temple is the main hall for the Buddha, which is two into three rooms, and the main hall for the Vajra Buddha, who is presided over by the fifth Dalai Lama. This is the core of the whole temple. It is connected with the Sutra hall by several steps, which shows the devout worship of Buddhists to the Buddha from a high level. Both sides of the main Buddha Hall are the storehouse and a staircase.

From the stone stairs on the right side of the porch, you can reach the patio courtyard on the second floor of the main hall. The courtyard is concave. The south side of the courtyard is connected with the two column rooms on the upper part of the porch. From the entrance of the main hall, you can see its exquisitely constructed corner landing window. It's sunny here, and it's a meeting place for the upper monks. The north side of the courtyard is the skylight of the lower Sutra hall, and the lintel, window frame and lattice are also the focus of decoration. On the East and west sides of the courtyard, there are Tibetan wooden escalators up to the third floor platform and the Buddha Hall standing at the top of the whole temple.

Bianma wall and decoration

The architectural art of Tibetan Buddhist temples is not only reflected in the plane layout, but also deeply reflected in the decoration such as the bianma wall and the roof. At the entrance of the temple, the Tibetan red bianma wall and the golden roof decoration. The bianma wall is made of Tamarix branches, so it is also called Tamarix wall. Its appearance has a velvet texture. It is only used for temples with three treasures of Buddhism, Buddhism and monks, or residences and manors of Dalai Lama and dahutuktu with religious privileges. It seems to be a symbol of architectural level. There is an explanation for the origin of bianma wall, which originated from the bramble pile built on the wall in the early days to prevent thieves from crossing the wall. Today, its shape can still be seen from the firewood on the wall of residential buildings. With the level of the building, the bianma wall is also built in layers. For example, the Potala Palace has three to four floors. The bianma wall of muruningba is divided into two layers, with a thin stone cornice in the middle. The wall is also decorated with copper gilded "bianjian" - a kind of religious ornament on the wall of Tibetan Buddhism. The common themes include auspicious eight auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious eight auspicious auspicious auspicious eight auspicious auspicious eight auspicious eight auspicious seven auspicious seven auspicious seven auspicious seven auspicious seven auspicious seven auspicious seven AUS. On the wall of bianma in the north of muruningba, we can still see the skeleton like "bianjian". This kind of fierce theme is used in the Dharma protection Temple of the temple.

Jingchuang and Baoping are also important ornaments of the temple building. The Jingchuang of Ningba is mainly distributed in the four corners of the main hall. A Baoping stands on the top of the top Buddha Hall. Under the background of the blue sky, the Baoping glows. The Jingchuang points to the sky and a wisp of mulberry smoke, which has an upward momentum.

Retention repair

Tibetan balakang with the style of 8th century Buddhist temple preserved

In the west of the corridor on the ground floor, there is also a LAKANG, which is said to be able to trace back to the beginning of the construction of the temple, namely zangbala Sutra hall. LAKANG means Buddha Hall and Buddha Hall. It is dedicated to the Buddha and Bodhisattva whose level is lower than that of the main hall. Tibetan balakang is also equivalent to the local god of wealth temple. It is said that in the early years, some people closed their doors to practice the God of wealth Dharma.

Zangbarakang building is no longer the original, but its plane shape still roughly retains the ancient system of Buddha Hall around the 8th century A.D. - surrounded by a narrow internal liturgy in the middle of the low double-layer thick wall. The statue of zangbala is worshipped in the center of the temple. The back wall of the chapel is painted with red and black pictures of Sakyamuni's Thousand Buddhas. It reflects red light in the dark, as if watching and guiding the believers walking around the Buddha.

The cloister on the three wings of the courtyard was originally a monk's house, but now it has been converted into a public house. A few lamas have been moved to the second floor of the main hall. In order to obtain more living space, people add walls between the cloister pillars, which destroy the original shape, but also become a kind of cultural landscape of the harmonious coexistence of secular and religious.

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