Gazang Temple

Gazang Temple

Gazang temple is the oldest and largest Sakya Monastery in Chengduo. Gazang temple is called "gazang banjueleng" in Tibetan, which means "good fortune fulezhou". It is located in Chengwen Township, 5 kilometers away from the county seat.

Construction history

Gazang temple is called "gazang banjueleng" in Tibetan, which means "good fortune fulezhou". It is located in Chengwen Township, 5 kilometers away from the county seat. The living Buddha system of gazang Temple mainly includes anidamba, that is, luori Lama. Take Gunga Zaba, a disciple of basiba, as the first generation and pass it on to the fourteenth generation. From the second, the living Buddha system is also known as "luori Lama", and the fourteenth Samba Seng Ge is now the master of the temple.

Gazang temple is the oldest and largest Sakya Monastery in Chengduo. It is said that in 1265 A.D., basiba returned to Tibet and passed through Yushu area, lecturing in gawalongba (now known as Wenxiang), gathering more than 10000 believers. As a result, gawalongba changed its name to "Chengduo" and became famous

In Shangzhuang, I received a disciple named anidamba. Three years later, anidamba built a gadang Temple according to the intention of "gadang banjueleng" built by basiba in Chengduo, and built a "baimagaboo" platform in the place where basiba lectured to commemorate. A statue of Sakyamuni presented by basiba, a complete set of sutras written in gold and silver juice on black paper, a 1.5-foot-high alloy Fanta, and a nine pointed rocking Ling are regarded as treasures for the temple. After that, basiba issued a decree to the temple. The decree was written in Mongolian, Chinese and Tibetan on brocade, requiring local residents to offer butter, gold, highland barley, livestock, etc. to the temple, stipulating that no one should invade the temple, and giving an ivory seal and a white sandalwood burial to anidangbaai garzaba, who is in charge of local politics and religion. With the support of the Yuan Dynasty and basiba, the temple developed rapidly. At the peak of the Yuan Dynasty, it is said that the temple buildings were built from zhongsongzhuang, now called Wenxiang, to mount elais, with more than 1900 monks. After the death of basiba, anidang baalgazaba also served as the imperial teacher of the Yuan Dynasty. He traveled to Sakya, Wutai Mountain and so on, and was very influential.

The main living Buddha system of gazang temple is anidamba and rori Lama. In the system of anidamba, aigazaba, a disciple of basiba, has 14 generations, and the system of luori Lama has 13 generations.

At the beginning of this century, the monastery declined, with 80 monks and only two living Buddhas. In 1958, the number of monks increased to 450. There were 4 large sutras halls, 6 small halls and 6 Living Buddhas. After 1958, the temple was closed. It was reopened in 1963 and demolished during the cultural revolution. In 1981, the temple was approved to open again. Under the leadership of the eminent monk qiuduo and living Buddha Sangba Sangge, the temple was opened

The universe is rebuilt, and the Dharma is revived. At present, the main buildings of the temple include the great Sutra hall, gazhong Sutra hall, thousand Buddha Hall, Sakyamuni hall, Dharma protection temple, summer Sutra hall, closed repair hall, etc., and there are nine pagodas, such as eight pagodas. The new Buddha statue of Sakyamuni in the Sakyamuni hall is majestic and does not let the previous generation. The temple is rich in cultural relics, such as the Buddha statue of Sakyamuni presented to Tubo by the Tang Dynasty, the Buddha statue of miaojang in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the cymbal made in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, the Buddha statue of wuliangshou in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and the brocade titles issued by the central dynasties, all of which are of high value and are burned. At present, there are still some important cultural relics, such as the throne of basiba, and a piece of skill card of Gaga anidangba. In the temple, there are one Buddha relic and many monk relic which are said to welcome from India, and more than 1000 Buddhist scriptures such as ganjul and danjul are collected.

Cultural relics in the temple

There are abundant cultural relics in the original collection of gazang temple, including a statue of miaojiang Bodhisattva cast in the Ming Dynasty with the words "Yongle nianshi in the Ming Dynasty"; a statue of wuliangshou Buddha cast in the Qing Dynasty with the words "jingzao in the Gengyin year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty"; four cymbals made in the Ming Dynasty, one of which is engraved with the words "Xuande nianzao in the Ming Dynasty"; two dancing costumes embroidered in the Hongwu year of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, it is said that there is a Dharma terrace where basiba sat. The most precious one is the statue of Sakyamuni, with the age of Tang Dynasty, which is 2 meters high. It is said that when Princess Wencheng married Tubo, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty presented a bottomless statue of Sakyamuni to show that the imperial concubine did not bring all the things when she married. After the death of the princess, the Tang Dynasty sent another statue of Sakyamuni to Tibet, which was stored in the gazang temple. In addition, the central government of all dynasties canonized the tribal leaders and religious elites in many areas.

The current master of the temple

He is 61 years old. He was born in Jiegu Town, Yushu prefecture, Qinghai Province. He became a monk in 1937. He studied with master jiadanbama and was the vice chairman of the CPPCC Committee in Chengduo County, Yushu prefecture. He is also the director of the Qinghai Buddhist Association.

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