Gan Dan Po Zhang

Gan Dan Po Zhang

Gandan pozhang, the palace is the fifth Dalai Lama's bedroom in Lhasa Drepung temple. Before (Gushi Khan and Gelug Regent suonan Qunpei) rebuilt the Potala Palace, the fifth Dalai Lama generally lived here (in 1648, the fifth Dalai Lama moved from there to the Potala Palace), and at that time (the Dalai Lama and his general manager) was granted political and religious power in Tibet by Gushi Khan. Gandan pozhang became synonymous with the (administrative) government of Tibet, so it was called "Gandan pozhang" by historians“ Gandan is a political power. It is worth understanding that it is the administrative regime in Heshuote Khanate (Gushi Khan was the overall ruler of Tibet in military, political, legal and other aspects at that time).

At that time, the actual leader of Gandan pozhang government was suonan Qunpei, a Gelug Regent. The Tibetans called Gushi Khan and suonan Qunpei the sun and moon in the sky. The fifth Dalai Lama took charge of the highest power of the Gelug faction only after he drove away the younger brother of sonan Qunpei, who served as the new Diba.

Due to the existence of the Dalai Lama for many generations, many people call that period the gandanpozhang period in Tibet. In terms of objective history, it was the Gushi Khan period.

brief introduction

Gandan pozhang is the tenth Khenpo of Drepung temple, which was built in 1530 by gandun Gyatso, the second Dalai Lama. The palace has seven floors and is divided into three buildings: front, middle and back. All kinds of warehouses in the basement of the front courtyard. The courtyard on the second floor covers an area of more than 400 square meters and is surrounded by monasteries. The Dalai Lama's daily life is mainly on the 7th floor, with a sutra hall, bedroom, lecture hall, living room, etc. There are also two halls on the 7th floor, Zhuoma hall and Dharma protection temple. There is a corpse of a girl in the hall. It is said that she used to be the daughter of a farmer in danbalin. Later, she was executed by the temple on the pretext of being a demon girl. After the corpse was dried, she was made into an auspicious goddess.

Scenic spot information

In the Drepung temple in Lhasa. It used to be called Douliu palace, which means "god palace". In the ninth year of Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1530), Dalai II took charge of the construction of Gendun Gyatso, which later became the place where Dalai III sonanggyatso, Dalai IV yundangyatso, and Dalai V Awang rosanggyatso sat on the bed and settled in tin.

The building is 3 storeys high, with a flat top palace style building, which is magnificent. Inside the hall, there are statues of Buddha, such as master zongkaba, founder of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The furnishings are luxurious and there are many offerings. In 1642, gushihan, the Mongolian leader of Heshuote, supported Dalai V in defeating zangba Khan and established the ruling regime of Gelug Sect, where the regime was established. It was not until 1648, when the White House of Potala Palace was built, that Dalai V moved from there to Potala Palace, and the administrative organs were also transferred. Later, the local government of Tibet under the rule of the Gelug group was collectively referred to as the Gandan pozhang regime. It is worth understanding that it is the administrative regime in Heshuote Khanate (Gushi Khan with military power in Shigatse and his eldest son in Lhasa).

During the period of the Gelug Regent sonan Qunpei, the actual leader of Gandan pozhang was the Regent.

Address: Drepung temple, duilongdeqing County, Lhasa City

Longitude: 91.049143245618

Latitude: 29.673362015821

Ticket information: no ticket required. The tickets are included in the tickets of Drepung temple