When is a good time to go to Gandan Temple?

The best time for Gandan Temple: Lhasa is located on the north side of Himalayas. Affected by the downward flow, the weather is sunny all year round, with little rainfall, no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer. It belongs to plateau monsoon semi-arid climate. The highest temperature is 29℃, the lowest temperature is-16.5℃, and the annual average temperature is 7.4℃. Rainfall is concentrated in July, August and September, with an annual rainfall of about 500mm；; The annual sunshine time is more than 3006 hours, and it is known as "Sunlight City". Generally, July, August and September are the best time to travel.

Gandan Temple is the first and earliest of the six Gelugpa temples. Together with drepung monastery and Sera Monastery, there were nearly 4,000 monks in its heyday. Although it was completely demolished during the Cultural Revolution, almost all buildings were rebuilt and cultural relics were almost lost. If you are particularly interested in Tibetan Buddhism, it is not to be missed here. Gandan Temple was built in the seventh year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1409). Located 40 kilometers east of Lhasa, in Dazi County, on the south bank of Lhasa River at an altitude of 3,800 meters, the depression of Gongba Mountain reaches the top of the mountain. In the 5th century, Zong Kaba, the founder of the Yellow Sect, carried out religious reform in Tibet, and Gandan Temple was the first gelug sect monasteries he personally established.

Gandan Temple, the full name of which is "Happy enough to honor the Holy Week", is referred to as Gandan Temple for short. Some scholars call it Youshan Temple or Gokurakuji. In the 11th year of Yongzheng (1733), Yuci Temple of Sejong in Qing Dynasty was named Yongtai Temple. Lamaism, which developed from this, was originally called Gandan, and later changed to Gelug Sect, which means good discipline. The supreme host of Gandan Temple is called Chiba, ganden, which means the Dharma Platform of Gandan Temple. Because Gandan Temple is the ancestral temple of Gelug Sect, Gandan Chiba is also the host of the whole Gelug Sect, ranking second only to the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama. There is Mo Temple not far from the foot of Gandan Temple. In the past, Mora, one of the four protectors of Tibetan local government, predicted divination, which was closely related to Gandan Temple.

Gandan Temple is a national key cultural relic protection unit. It consists of more than 50 buildings, mainly including Daxiong Hall, Zhacang, Kangcun, Micun and Buddhist temples. The main building of the temple is the Cuoqin Hall, and the Yangbajian Temple is located on the west side of the Cuoqin Hall. There is a boulder on the back wall of the temple, which is said to have flown from the Indian sheep's eight tips, so the temple is called the sheep's eight tips. This is the main dharma temple of Gandan Temple. Closely connected with the Eight Peaks of Sheep are the Temple Cave Kang, the Lingta Hall in Zong Kaba and the stupas of Gandan Temple in previous dynasties. 14191kloc-0/On October 25th, Zongka died in Equatorial Kang. 1420, his disciple Ma Renqin built the Lingta Hall, and built a silver tower in the hall with more than 900 taels of silver to house Zong Kaba's body. Later, the 13th Dalai Lama wrapped the silver tower with pure gold. After the death of each pagoda in Gandan Temple, a silver tower will be built in this temple. On the eve of liberation, 95 silver towers were built here one after another.

Chiduokang is one of the earliest Buddhist temples built in Gandan Temple, and it is also the bedroom of Zong Kaba and Buddhist pagodas in past dynasties. 1720, the expansion of Solang Duoji, 18 century, the 7th Dalai Lama Ge Sang Gyatso period, covered with a golden dome. Because there are clothes of Zong Kaba and the Pharisees of past dynasties in the temple, it is also called the clothes storage room. This is the place where Master Zong Kaba lived and died. Gandan Temple is divided into Xia Zi and Jiangzicang (Academy). Xiazi Warehouse was built by Zong Kaba disciple Debrun Buhe, with 88 columns, covering an area of nearly 65,438+0,000 square meters. Jiangzi Zhacang was built by Solang Baisang, and the church has 84 columns, covering an area of 930 square meters. The two warehouses can accommodate 1500 lamas to recite scriptures at the same time. Zhacang Gao Xia Kang Village, Gandan Temple has 23 Kang villages, and each Yao Kang has a small sutra hall, mostly a two-story building with an area of more than 400 square meters, which can generally accommodate 200 lamas to chant Buddhist scriptures at the same time. Some Kang villages are set up with Mi village, which is the most basic management organization of the temple. There are 20 rice villages in Gandan Temple. In addition, there are thousands of 9-storey palaces built in Gandan Temple by the main benefactor of Gandan Temple (according to legend, Zong Kaba was educated at the age of 3 and became a monk at the age of 7, and his legal name was Zaba in Lausanne, and Zongka in Qinghai (near Ta 'er Temple in Xining). After becoming famous, he was called Zong Kaba by the public. At the age of 65,438+06 (65,438+0372), he set out for Tibet to study Buddhism in depth, and successively learned the method of revealing secrets from famous teachers in many monasteries. At the age of 25, he got a Gussie degree; At the age of 29, he began to give lectures and teach his disciples; After the age of 40, he wrote a book and gradually formed his own ideological system.

Apart from some disadvantages of Tibetan Buddhism, the religious reform movement in the early years of15th century was based on the teachings of Kadang Sect (also known as Education Sect) which originated in Adi Canyon, was founded in China and prevailed in Bodova, so Gelug Sect was also called New Kadang Sect. Because all monks of this sect wear yellow hats, it is also called Yellow Religion. 1409 At the beginning of this year, Zongka successfully founded the Morang Qin Mo Dafa Society in front of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, which indicated that he was worshipped by the people in the Tibetan monk valley because of his religious teachings. The construction of Gandan Temple indicates that the Gelug Sect has a fundamental Dojo, and the Yellow Sect was established on the basis of the religious reform. Later, Yellow Religion finally developed into the largest sect of Tibetan Buddhism. )

Lamaism Temple and nine places where scriptures are debated. The murals and sculptures in Gandan Temple are exquisite, and many cultural relics have been preserved. In addition to Qianlong's armor, there are many beautifully made silk Thangkas, many of which were embroidered in Jiangsu in the early Ming Dynasty. Zong Kaba's disciple Sakyamuni also lost his Nanjing seals. He brought them back to Lhasa from the mainland and presented them to Gandan Temple. However, during the Cultural Revolution, Gandan Temple was severely damaged, and all the ancient buildings were demolished, leaving only ruins. A large number of cultural relics in the temple were basically looted, and even the Zong Kaba Lingta was destroyed. It is said that Jin Gangzuan, the third largest city in the world, has also disappeared, and only some valuable cultural relics have been preserved. Therefore, many local swindlers hate people around Gandan Temple, saying that if Gandan Temple is demolished, they will never make a fortune again. Gandan Temple was rebuilt only in recent years, but its scale can no longer be compared with the original one.