Dulan Temple

Dulan Temple

The full name of Dulan temple is "kadansang ayurenpalin", which means "Youxi Mizong Zengzhou". Because it is located on the Bank of Dulan River, it is commonly known as Dulan temple. Its history can be traced back to 1271. It is said that at that time, there was a Zen master named ajatso, Yin mu, who was meditating in the Tayan forest. It is said that he was very skillful and believed in Tibetan Buddhism.

brief introduction

Since then, there have been five famous Zen masters, such as sonan Gyatso, yuan dangyatso, luosang sangdan, luosang Yixi and luosang Awang maolanmu, who have been meditating here for the second time. Up to now, there are still dozens of Zen house sites in the Tayan forest. In 1578, the meeting between the third Dalai Lama suonan Gyatso and atahan promoted the wide spread of Tibetan Buddhism among the Mongols. In 1583, the third Dalai Lama, sonanjatso, went to Ta'er temple to lecture. At this time, dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana Dhyana DH.

origin

In 1634, the seventh year of Chongzhen reign of Ming Dynasty, xiabadanjinhutuktu came to the quiet room in the mountain pass of Tayan to preside over Buddhist activities in the temple. From the first year to the fourth year of Shunzhi (1644-1647) in Qing Dynasty, he built a regular Gelug temple on the basis of meditation room. This is Dulan temple, which is famous in Qinghai Mongolian area. Xiaba DanJin Hutuktu was later reincarnated as DanJin Hutuktu and became the master of this temple.

In the 26th year of Kangxi reign of Qing Dynasty (1687), from the second DanJin Hutuktu Chu minister Jiacuo, the temple implemented the time wheel ritual, and added the time wheel Scripture temple, which expanded the scale of the temple. From the third year of Yongzheng reign of Qing Dynasty (1726), the Qing government implemented the flag system for Mongolia in Qinghai. In 1735, the local leader of Mongolian Banner went to Beijing to pay homage to Emperor Shizong of Qing Dynasty. Emperor Shizong highly praised the Buddhist activities of Dulan temple, and awarded a pair of wooden vertical plaques, certificates written in gold juice on yellow satin, and silver coins to support the Buddhist activities of the temple. From the first year to the third year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1736-1738 A.D.), a quadrangle palace, commonly known as "Gong Laoye Temple", was built in the courtyard of the temple. From then on, the left-wing princes and ancient capitals successively set up administrative offices in the temple. At that time, there were more than 1600 families belonging to the people in the temple, and more than 500 families were Tibetan, Han and Mongolian. In the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928 AD), the governor of Dulan county was changed to Dulan County, where the county government was set up and the defense forces were set up. This is the place where the left wing league's banners trade with each other, and the business is very prosperous. The temple is the most famous among more than 30 Buddhist temples in Qaidam, with more than 1000 monks, more than 300 rooms and a 36 pillar Sutra hall. There are thousands of livestock in more than 200 families of arabat in the temple. They live by grazing, hunting and fishing for salt. It is said that the temple's understanding of Buddhism and classics is more profound than that of the eastern temples, so there are often eminent monks. For example, suonandava, who was known as one of the three sages of suonan at that time in Anduo area, was one of the eminent monks in Shilun courtyard of the temple. In addition, more than 100 deep-seated Zen practitioners in the original meditation room are practicing at home, known as renzengba (the SAGE).

In the last years of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the sixth Panchen Lama, Luo sangbei, Dan Yixi, passed by Dulan temple when he went to Beijing, praying that the world would be peaceful and all living beings would live and work in peace and contentment. In the first year of Xianfeng and the 22nd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1896 AD), the temple was seriously damaged twice. Apart from the Sutra hall, most of the houses were burned down, and the precious cultural relics and historical books preserved in the temple were also reduced to ashes.

In 1917, the Dulan temple was rebuilt by the eighth DanJin Hutuktu luosangdan benima and soon restored. During the period of the Republic of China, the exorbitant taxes and levies became more and more serious, the national fights increased day by day, the herdsmen lived in hardship, and the income of temples decreased. In the 21st year of the Republic of China, the number of people living in the monastery decreased from 40 in 1919 to more than 20. Until liberation, there were only 20 monks living in the temple, including 2 living Buddhas; 114 houses, including 2 Scripture halls with 28 pillars, 36 rooms, 40 monk rooms, 5 living Buddha houses, 5 kitchens, 28 mani rooms around Shilun pagoda; 250 livestock and 300 mu of cultivated land. Water mill 1 plate. Life is relatively rich.

Since 1955, under the leadership of the eighth DanJin Hutuktu, the Dulan temple has been expanded and 32 halls with 30 pillars and two floors have been built. The lower courtyard is a monk's house, with 15 rooms in total. In addition, there is one Shaoshi hall, with 9 rooms in total, and 56 rooms in both upper and lower courtyards. At that time, there were 136 monks and 170 houses in the old and new temples. Among them, there are 68 sutras halls, 9 Shaoshi halls, 50 monk rooms, 28 mani rooms, 10 kitchens and 5 larrang. There are more than 700 livestock, more than 300 mu of arable land and one water mill.

Address: Wulan County, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province

Longitude: 98.624744

Latitude: 37.010636