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April 21 clear Gyangze - Shigatse 86 kilometers total 4600 kilometers we buy rotten apples have started, evidently released soon Shanshan put all the apples are cut well, force us to give them to eat into the stomach, but fortunately we also buy a cucumber, either when the dishes can also when the fruit, but also perishable. 11:00 left opened the heroic city of Gyantse, Shigatse it was in more than 80 away from the road, 13:00 to go.
He really behaved Shigatse, Tibet's second largest city in the city road planning, tidy, busy, building a unique, talented people, and the second Panchen Sonam wood song Long, III, the Panchen Lama Lobsang Dhondup, four Panchen Lobsang song knot, the first II, the Dalai Lama is the root Shigatse City, Dun Jia measures.
Shigatse Tibetan means "the best estate," the 7th Ji, Songtsan unified Tibet, with its gamba la mountain as the boundary under the jurisdiction of the district as "Guardian" and "hiding" in two parts. Mountains east of the Methodist District, also known as the "Wu Si" or Maekura; Hill said the Tibetan areas to the west, also known as post-possession. 14 Ji early Tai Situ purple-beat song Gyaincain Sakya regime, established Phachu regime, Xigaze their possessions. After rinbung Wang jurisdiction when, in this created a "Pearl River Kassam Zi."
The best of the past into the estate also means that we have entered, such as the post-possession after possession, unlike Maekura, with less exposure to Chinese, but more religious and traditional culture to retain the original flavor, so do not say no to after Tibet count has been to Tibet.
Lydia, we have been brought to just nuts Park Hotel, is being Tashilhunpo opposite, open the window you can see the floor tall, magnificent buildings Tashilhunpo. Since the money and ended up just nuts Park, of course there are fruit trees, and unfortunately, this season, yet the result, or else we can add a fruit.
Tashilhunpo in Shigatse after the Tibetan capital of the south west of the city's mountain Nyima, Tibetan, meaning "auspicious Sumeru." The whole temple covers an area of 150,000 square meters, there are wall was further fortified, surrounded weeks up to over 3000 meters. From the Buddhist temple, through the Church, composed of the main worship hall buildings, stacked floor-Song Ge, Zhu wall citrinopileatus; the front of the shag, mostly two-story or three-tier flat-topped buildings, similar to Tibetan homes. Terauchi scattered high and low buildings arranged in an orderly, just like the layout of a bearing, discipline fortresses. In size Jinding 14, Zhacang 4, Lama Temple, size 56 and so on through the hall, is the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism in the latter region, the largest Tibetan monastery, but also well-known one of the six major Yellow Sect monasteries.
Although successive Panchen Tashilhunpo驻锡to master, but it is I, the founder of the Dalai Lama, the root Dudjom buses, built in 1447 AD (Ming Zhengtong twelve years). Pakistan is a post-root Dudjom Sakya Tibetan people, youth went to Maekura learn the classics, and thanks to the Gelug Sect founder Tsongkhapa, becoming one of his famous disciples. After his studies, sermon Shoutu return to Tibet after the, dissemination Gelug doctrine, is the first one to spread after the Yellow Sect Tibetan people.
1446, the root Dudjom Pakistan to commemorate the death of the Greek Rao Sengge by teachers to engage in Tibet, Nepal artisans refined in Shigatse had a 5-meter-high gold-plated statue of Sakyamuni. For the placement of this image, the root Dudjom Phachu regime in Pakistan under the auspices of an aristocrat devoted Xigaze southern foot of a mountain Nima marsh and hillside, as the temple site.
Tibetan calendar in 1447 AD, September, Sapporo Temple commence construction, one year after the completion of the first Hall of Sakyamuni Buddha Hall. And then introduced it as the center built for the monks attend, prayers, a measure Chin main temple hall and accommodation for the pull-chang palace, as well as the general's shag.
Start a monastery named as the "Gang Pei Jian Code", which means snowy Hing Buddhist temple. Pakistan was the root Dudjom be renamed as "Tashi Columbus Baji De Chin has been both Nanba Jie Tang Wa-lam", meaning auspicious macro-owned Feng Fu Ju Most Excellent Morokata solid state, referred to as "Tashi columbus Temple ", taking" auspicious Sumeru "was intended. Later, the Living Buddha reincarnation system in the establishment of the Dalai Lama, he was chasing that first Dalai Lama, the Gelug Sect.
AD 1459, Sapporo Temple begun to take shape, already have a small temple 5, 12 worship Buddha, monks, nearly 200 people. Temple is completed, the root Dudjom Bazhen first France and Taiwan. During his tenure, Sapporo temple construction project has not stopped, to Nirvana, there was then gradually built a Tantric Buddhist temple hall, large through the homes, show the Buddha Taiwan, the size increased to seven Buddhist temple dedicated to Buddha reached 53, cloth in the hall and the preaching field painted walls, carved stone statues of about 2000. Set up inside the mosque iron mulberry, Xia Erzi and margaret three Zhacang (monastery), more than 1,600 monks living in monasteries, their sources, after over Tibet, Ngari Prefecture, as well as outside Nepal, Kashmir. At this point, Tashilhunpo into possession of the Gelug Sect in the post-basic Dojo.
root Dudjom Pakistan passed away after more than a century, the Tashilhunpo essential to maintain the status quo, only the measures Qin build a worship hall at the top of the root Dudjom Pakistan South Tower Lacan and sacrificial hall of the pagoda, as well as for the There Palden Lhamo and the 16 Arhat statues of Buddha Hall.
4 AD 1601 Master Panchen Lama Lobsang Gyaltsen guitar song (AD 1570-1662 years) was invited by the Tashi Columbus, became Temple 16th Sapporo either France and Taiwan. Since then, successive Panchen Erdeni Tashilhunpo become the驻锡地. He entered the Sapporo sihou the one hand, re-Temple wind, while also preaching around the argument to raise funds, expansion of the monastery. In his six decades the main temple, in addition to rehabilitation and expansion of the old palace outside, but also a new size of the hall more than 10 blocks. He also personally from Lhasa and other places to raise copper and iron, and gold, the construction of the two golden tiles hall. AD 1607, he founded specializing in Tibetan Buddhism's Abaza warehouse, inside the mosque set up a complete secret from the obvious to the school through the system.
As Lobsang song knot of painstaking efforts, he was still alive, more than 5,000 monks in the temple, there are more than 3,000 rooms atrioventricular; is Temple 51, monks, more than 4,000 people; owned Chong don and pastoral tribes are more than 10 each; a grid Lu sent in the post-Tibet's largest monastery, and achieved an equal footing with the three major monasteries in Lhasa.
from four Panchen Lama, the Panchen Lama to become Tashilhunpo dynasties of France and Taiwan, of course, they are in office, have been on the repair and expansion of the monastery. Was built in this period, the principal buildings and institutions are printing house, when the wheel Zhacang, A Nala Kang (also known as the Han Buddhist temple), the future Buddha Hall, Demon large pagodas and Buddha Hall, after Hall, shag more than a dozen .
Since the IV to the Panchen Lama passed away after the Masters, have built the pagoda to save the flesh, and to build for the release and sacrificial hall of the Golden Pagoda. Unfortunately, during the Cultural Revolution, most of these fine buildings were destroyed. In 1984, the state funding the reconstruction. In the Panchen Lama Gyaltsen indeed, under the auspices of the buried V to the Panchen Lama and the worship hall took four years to complete, known as the Panchen Lama Tanglin Zhashen Nan Jie (meaning auspicious victory).
Bought a ticket at the door, there is an old monk led us to visit, but he does not speak Mandarin. Step one temple gate, showing the largest buildings in the immediate measures chin is the Basilica of the past, the Panchen Lama frequently in here, monks were preaching to the whole sermon, but also monks who conduct religious defense sites, where several are being repaired. Old lama in front with us, experiencing what we are interested in and stop when one looks at, he smiled patiently waiting for us in the front.
Tashilhunpo monastery points palaces, Kan cloth Conference (the highest authority after the Tibetan local government), the Panchen Lama Temple, School of four major sections. Building all face south east. Temple center hall area, built Coqen Hall, Lacan, Panchen pull chapter, Jampa Temple, Sunning of the Buddha set up. Its north and south sides of Zhacang and dense villages (shag). There are several pieces of fruit trees in southern temple Linca, Linca the east line of the original seat of the Panchen Kampus Assembly. The College has Coqen Hall, 4 Zhacang and its subsidiary, composed of 64 health villages.
The layout of monasteries in Tibet because of the situation and differences, flexible, unlike the Han attach less importance to symmetrical arrangement of the temple. Mostly flat-topped square palace architecture of the towers and high number of layers, or more than ten layers; walls with stones piled foundation to deepen into a rock, solid tall and straight. The narrow corridor between the temple of interlinked, the People's Bank In the meantime, like being on the high walls of deep Chong Jia Zhi. Hall on each floor, there Kuanjin for one person for the escalator up and down steep there.
Tashilhunpo full use of the building in the possession of cluster of temples, while the traditional building techniques, but also fusion of the Han region and India, Nepal and other countries of the construction techniques and styles. If the main buildings on the Xieshan-style golden dome, cornices and carving, is a replica of the Han style palace was built, while the frescoes of the techniques and use of color, as well as Buddha statues and art were shaped more by India, Nepal, the impact of some Buddha statues and murals directly from India, Nepal, artisans painted plastic.
Tashilhunpo within the collection of two silk "Tashilhunpo full map" painted on the VII, respectively, the Panchen Lama and the Panchen period. Diange tower map overlay is difficult to do a few. Today, some buildings have vanished.
Measures that the Hin-Chung Chin's Basilica Basilica, also known as major by the Church. The holding of the whole temple of Buddhist activity and pass the law by delegated main site can accommodate 2,000 monks chanting. Hall with 48 large columns supporting Dianding red lacquer, with the middle of the throne of the Panchen Lama. Basilica of the northern wall and a door with the Sakyamuni Hall interlinked.
Out of doors east of Great Mosque, after back to Lang, the next step is the major step by the market. An area of about 600 square meters, is the Panchen Lama monks who say the whole debate should be, and the monks through the place. Surrounded by a corridor surrounded by Langbi embedded on the 1553 slate sculpture of Sakyamuni, as different forms, so called terra Gallery.
Tara Hall is located in the Dongbei Yu Tai Jing-tang, and Maitreya Hall distant relative. There is one available for gold-bronze statue of White Tara and two clay like the Green Tara.
Name A Nala Kang Han-Tibetan temple, first built in AD 1817 the Panchen Lama VII, the main temple period. Zheng Shi temple for people in Qing Gaozong Emperor Qianlong (reigned 1736-1795 AD) in the sky. Zheng Shi beside the living room, with doors and Zheng Shi interlinked. The Qing Dynasty Master Panchen Resident Minister at this meeting, so far as is based upon the layout of display hall.
The future Buddha Temple was built in the west hall, the future Buddha, also known as Buddha, Tibetan that "strong Pakistan." Hall started in 1914 and lasted four years with the Buddhist temple at the same time to complete. Building area of 860 square meters, 30 meters high. Appearance, such as ladder-like, layer upon layer Shoulong, a lion carving on each vertex. Dianding built Han Dynasty-style golden dome and gold-Aquarius, Fa Chuang, Falun, Xianglin and other decorative carvings.
The central hall dedicated to the future of 26.7 meters high seated bronze Buddha. Buddha surrounded by a corridor four floors, may be wooden ladder up the stairs. Panchen host this statue gilded cast bronze seated Maitreya, spent a total of more than 270 kg of gold, copper and more than 10 million kilograms, all of diamonds, coral, pearls, amber, turquoise and countless others, can be regarded as a giant sculpture in the treasures, but also the world's largest seated Buddha. Stood before the hall to head Yang-degree bend before they can look up into the huge Buddha statues, people actually are so insignificant.
Fair Buddha Temple is located in northeastern Taiwan mountain mountainside at Nima. Taiwan Bottom width 42.5 meters, the width 38 meters, 3.5 meters thick, 32 meters high. Taiwan was first built in AD 1468, the entire body with Taiwan, ranging from the length and thickness the same block of stone, staggered brick structure, story platform and in-depth rock, after hundreds of years wind and rain, there is no residual traces of deeds.
Tashilhunpo large-scale ritual hall, decorative luxury. There I exist Dalai Lama, the Panchen Lama IV Si Temple, and the new V to the Panchen Lama masters worship hall. I worship the Dalai Lama Temple in the hall at the top of Dongbei Yu-chin measures, the Tibetan name of Lacan South Tower, built in AD 1478, when the fitness value of start-up buried Sapporo temple, worship hall and the pagoda were modest in size.
4 Master of the worship hall Panchen Lama, Tibetan music Kang Xia, built in AD 1667. Hall 27 meters high, Dianding there Xie Shan-style double eaves and Jinding. Pagoda hall 11 meters high, leather wrapped with silver, gold, veneering, a total consumption of more than 80 kilograms of gold, silver and more than 1000 kilograms, 39,000 kilograms of copper, inlaid jewelry more than 7,000 stars, with nearly million meters of silk. In addition to four Master Panchen tower outside the flesh, according to records there are Sakyamuni Buddha relic skull of a white elephant and the horse, Atisha's skull and teeth, a master Tsongkhapa, the Dalai Lama's Act II cap 1, as well as a large number of Zhi, Jing Zhou, barley, tea and salt.
Banqueting hall display a variety of value-world treasure. If the first king of Sakya Basiba (AD 1235-1280 years) through the monk skirt, more than 1500 years ago, the Indian Buddhist scriptures, gold Khan copying the "Kanjur" After one, and the Patriarch Qing Emperor Kangxi ( reigned AD 1662-1722) bestowed wishful, gold Manzha so.
built in the 80s of this century, the Panchen Tanglin Zhashen Nan Jie, is located by the field north of the large total area of 1933 square meters, 33.17 meters high, a total of four-layer, overlying double eaves Xieshan Jinding. Hall's first and second floor interlinked, Chen stood V to the master of the entire burial Panchen Lama. 11.52 meters high pagoda, tower all wrapped with silver foil, gold-plated with multiple rooms, and inlaid with a variety of jewelry.
banqueting hall of the second floor there are four corridors. Corridor through the center of the front of the church, after church, the Panchen Lama's Fazuo center is located north side. V to the third tier for people in the金身Panchen statue, like the front wheel when there are Micheng Deity Mandala.
Zha Shennan for the construction of the Czech Republic, the Chinese Government has allocated 108.85 kilograms of gold, 1,000 kg of silver, mercury, 650 masters, Tibet, Shigatse region and Tashilhunpo also donated treasures and money.
after the third day of the tenth Panchen Lama passed away, the Chinese government decided to allocate the construction of the pagoda of Si Temple, dedicated to his body. Spring of 1991, the official start worship hall was built in Si-VI, the Panchen Lama Temple ruins, as in the Czech Republic, Zha Shennan west, so named Panchen Xiling. The pagoda tower will be wrapped with gold foil. All works are expected to, and for three years and eight months to complete.
I wonder if it's sake the afternoon, the huge number of monks saw no Tashilhunpo the contrary, there are dozens of dogs as much as they met with strangers do not bother to reason, most of them are fallow the sun, we are the envy of die The roll of the mortals on earth.
To leave the temple to go downtown to visit, accidentally discovered a missing person notices, this time two Americans into Ali disappeared after a year. We think, a sewer system is a civilized and modern society we left the last stop, after which mobile phone signals are not the way, in isolation, we have already come to the home报平安, but certainly not stupid enough to tell the home after the danger of , except to say after more than 10 days would go to the remote countryside, can not be contacted with the family.
Shigatse city, can also be added supply, price and Lhasa almost. We are looking for in the urban areas of a Sichuan Pavilion of the United States and the United States to eat a big meal, although not the last supper, but then there will not be such a rich taste of, but also very expensive, we only rely on to bring in supplies.
Tashilhunpo Admission: Free Tibetan tourists 30 yuan.
Opening Hours :8:00-16: 00, a general tour takes 3 hours.
Transport: Tashilhunpo in the west, you can walk or rent a tricycle to go, tricycle 3 yuan / person.
Accommodation: Tashilhunpo just nuts park opposite the hotel well, standing at the door the room can see Tashilhunpo.
Price: 35 yuan per bed in double, triple 25 yuan per bed, there are 15 yuan a bed-pass shop. All the rooms are not with Wei, bath equipment, utility bathroom and bathing, the bath of hot water from time to time supply, arrival time, please inquire well. Hotel entrance there are restaurants and kiosks.
Addition also choose to live Tenzin hotels, guest houses, Shigatse region, the Post House, Sang Chu Zi Hotel, Suo-Feng Hotel and Shigatse Hotel.
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