* Tar, Dongguan Mosque

Climate is too dry, and these days the eyes have been Suanzhang endless, even if hard to think of some sad things, no less than squeezing a few drops of tears come. Sleep is not good, really regret not having a bottle of eye drops to Shao Shang. Feeling slightly better this morning, his left eye removed most of the fatigue in his right eye still does not apply.

The entrance to the stadium in Xining Huangzhong sit in the bus, an hour to arrive in Tar.
Car there are many monks, there are two Han Chinese monks wander far. I noticed since about a year-old Tibetan girl: eyes, elongated facial features are delicate and pretty, smiled a very moving, cheeks hanging in the sky two of the most beautiful Hongxia, giving her a waist-deep in two long pigtails, walking from Road to rejection to rejection go, high spirits, is a beautiful child births. I have never regarded the Tibetans would be so beautiful little girl, she like a lot of the same age children, and love to walk around in the carriage.
I made a grimace to her, amused her "Puchi" laughed out, but I can not talk to her, and she certainly has not been to school.
To the Tar, I got down to her took a photo of her mother, said, "Your daughter really pretty." Mother smile answer, obviously she did not understand Chinese, but it must be read from my expression of what I mean.

Visit lamasery is the second time, and were last reviewed in Zhongdian ldan Songzanlinsi.
At first I of Tibetan Buddhism there is no good impression, such as the temple built too extravagant, too much to support the monks, the most difficult to understand is actually a number of temples with the girl's skull to make containers, gruesome. Mount Emei and then encounter a wander in the Long Hai monks, some chatted for me to change the previous biased view. He said the Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, mostly schools, have their own views, not to better understand their cultural system can not easily to its conclusions. Then gave an example, Tibetan Buddhist monks edible "three Jingrou" This is clearly contrary to the Buddha, "You shall not kill" and wishes, but in Tibet's alpine areas, too few vegetables, and in very cold conditions, simply unable to live without eating meat. Such guidelines in simple terms, it gives me a new Tibetan Buddhist understanding. The amazing thing is only 25 years old Long Hai monk, with his broad and deep knowledge to win my respect, and to my benefit.
Tar is the six temples of Tibetan Buddhism is one of the Yellow Sect of the birth of Tsongkhapa, founder of the ground to build up. Tsongkhapa was revered as a master of Tibetan Buddhism, a legendary figure, was born in Huangzhong, 7-year-old monk, 16-year-old Tibet studies, and finally become the generation of Buddhist masters. He was 53 years old, against the shortcomings of the Tibetan Buddhist community, has launched the Reformation movement, advocated significantly after the first dense Xianmi with a minor in requiring monks to abide by the precepts, so that when the increasingly decadent culture of Buddhism will be corrected by the faithful support of respected monks, thus founded the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, known as "Yellow Sect."
Tar height hall when more than 800 rooms, and now at least there are over a hundred rooms, you can enter the tour are 10. Tantric The backyard has a skull painted with a number of Buddhist altar, surrounded by a very dark light. Although I know that this is a feature of Tibetan Buddhism, or was taken aback, I am surprised why people want to worship such a terrible thing.
I suddenly had a strange experience, which is fear. In life there are so many difficult to avoid the negative physiological activities, such as sadness, fear, etc., in the Chinese scholar's pen, you can turn tragedy as the "pain of enjoyment,"
And it seems no one can write like fear. In fact, fear everywhere, and fear of failure, fear, frustration, fear of death, and even fear of night, accompanied by a person's life can be said to the enemy. But how can you avoid talking about it? A person is only a positive fear, overcome fear, to overcome the twin obstacles inside and outside to complete the self, beyond self.
I can do it, I must do it.
Tar in the art of "Ruin" - Butter Sculpture, murals, Duixiu, most people feel is the butter of the novel. Butter is animal fat to do, rub with stone mineral dyes, can be dyed various colors. Said a few months before the Spring Festival every year, the monks began making butter, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th will be doing a good job the first month of the Butter Sculpture on display, the annual,
Become Terauchi event. In the exhibition hall, we can see shaping with a variety of Buddha figures butter, flowers, trees, birds and beasts, and some form of religious myths and stories. One of them is reflected marry Princess Wen Cheng of the group of Tibetan plastic, whether it is Princess Wen Cheng, Lu Dongzan, warriors, servants, ladies, looks lively and exquisite craft.

Back to Xining, after a stroll stroll in the streets, give a lift to the famous Dongguan Mosque. This is a Muslim-style mosque door of the archway is very gorgeous, tall, distinguished by two cylindrical supports. In addition to these, the mosque where the other buildings is still very simple. There was a prayer for a few hundred square, right by the cottage of the Islamic College, can be seen all over the imams are now being hotly debated study. Onto the front steps, is the center of the temple - worship room, wearing a white hat of the Hui Muslims in the face of the wall to bow their heads like food for thought. Prayer room decor remains simple, except for a small number of wall carving, there is no idol worship. Islam is against idol worship, they believe that God in mind at ease, into indomitable courage and confidence.

In Xining, the Hui people seem to see is "genuine," Hui, and their appearance and dress closer to their ancestors - all of Ya Bosi, while many other parts of the country looks very Hui localization.

Author: sadrosed