Tradruk Temple
Thradrug ( Tib: khra ' brug pa dgon, Tibetan: ཁྲ་འབྲུག་དགོན་པ; transcription of the PRC: Changzhug ) is a monastery of Tibetan Buddhism in a circle Nedong ( Tib: sne gdong rdzong / Nǎidōng Xiàn乃东县) the governmental district of Shannan in Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, about seven kilometers south of the district capital Zêtang ( Tib: rtsed thang / Zédàng泽当).
Founding legends
Thradrug is one of the oldest Buddhist monasteries in Tibet. It should under Songtsen Gampo as one of twelve geomantic ( feng shui ) in the 7th century temples called " Thadül " ( Tib: mtha ' ' dul ) and " Yangdül " ( Tib: yang 'dul ) have been built, with where the huge demon Sinmo ( Tib: srin mo) should be tamed. Thradrug stood here on the left shoulder Sinmos, Katsel (Tib.: ka rtsal also bka ' tshal or bka ' rtsal ) at Gyama ( Tib. rgya ma / Jiǎmǎ甲 马) in Meldro Gonkar Dzong ( times greater gong dkar rdzong / Mòzhúgōngkǎ Xiàn墨竹 工 卡 县) on her right shoulder and the Jokhang in Lhasa on her heart. According to another legend, was located at the site of the monastery was originally a large lake, in which lived a five -headed dragon. Songtsen Gampo could summon a giant falcon through meditation, who defeated the dragon and the lake empty drank, so that the temple could be built there. In this legend, the name of the temple is expected to decline: in Tibetan means khra " hawk" and " brug " Thunder Dragon ".
History
Under the reign of King Thrisong Detsen (reigned about 755-797 ) and the Tsenpo Mune ( Tib. Mu ne btsan po; reg ca 797-798 ) was the Thradrug as one of the three " royal monasteries ".
During the persecution of Buddhism under Langdarma ( Tib: Glang is ma; reg about 841-846. ) As well as during the Mongol invasion of Dzungaria ( northern Xinjiang ) in the 16th century, the monastery was severely damaged.
1351 Thradrug was renovated and expanded. Under the 5th Dalai Lama (reigned 1642-1682 ), the monastery received a golden roof and under the 7th Dalai Lama (reigned 1751-1757 ) found other upgrading work place. End of the 18th century is said to have had 21 temples Thradrug. Some of the buildings were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. In the 80 years the monastery was renovated and inaugurated in 1988 back. Today, the farm has an area of 4667 square meters. The monastery is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China.
Architecture and crafts
The center of the temple is the innermost chapel, dating back to the originally built by Songtsen Gampo temple and stone Buddha statues and a Tara statue is said to have included. These were later replaced by ceramic figures which fragments should contain the original statues.
The most important treasure Thradrugs is embroidered with thousands of beads tanka, the Princess Wen Cheng is said to have made by hand. It provides Wen Cheng as White Tara dar. The tanka is kept in the central chapel upstairs. He is one of only three Tangkas that Wen Cheng is said to have made . The other two are located in Reliquienstupa of the 5th Dalai Lama in the Potala in Lhasa and Shigatse. In the same room there is also a "talking statue " representing Padmasambhava at the age of eight years.
Thradrug was once an important bell, but no longer in the monastery.
The main building is surrounded by several smaller shrines.
Rituals
In June Thradrug in ritual dances are held, as Metog Chöpa (Tib.: me tog mchod pa "Flowers victims " ) are known.