Labrang Monastery
The Labrang Monastery ( short form of Labrang Trashi khyil ) is 2,800 meters high in a river valley of the circle in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous province of Gansu of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the transition area between the settlements of Tibetans and Hui. Built in 1709, it became a hub for trade between Central China, Tibet and the Silk Road. It is one of the six major monasteries of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
Description
On the approximately 86 -acre site of the built in Tibetan style monastery are 48 temple halls of different sizes as well as more than 500 Buddhist chapels and monastic cells. As most imposing, most magnificent and largest building of the monastery is of some, the six-storey Maitreya Hall, Ch viewed Jinwadian ( Gold Brick Hall ), where the facilities of the oldest, but very winding acting buildings from the founding period can be regarded as the most important. The Maitreya Hall houses a 7.4 meter (with base 10 m) tall statue of the future Buddha. My top floor is a palatial square pavilion whose roof is made of gilded copper tiles and is decorated with gilded copper lions.
The historical tradition According lived here in the heyday of the Monastery 3000 monks. Today again the Labrang Monastery is considered an important intellectual center in northwest China and as a higher educational institution of Tibetan Buddhism. Meanwhile, here live the statistics again after more than 2000 monks. However, since are not registered and thus not statistically captures the young novices who are sent to her parents' decision to the monastery, the actual number is again significantly higher and is likely to have reached about the former number.
The monastery has six faculties study, in which the monks can study Buddhist theory, logic, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, calligraphy, phonology, dance, painting and sculpture.
Since 1982, the monastery is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 2-43 ).
Important incarnation rows
- Jamyang Shepa (Tib. ' jam dbyangs bzhad pa Chinese Jiamuyang Xieba嘉 木 样 协 巴)
- Gungthang Rinpoche (Tib. supply thang tshang; Chinese Gongtang Cang贡唐 仓)
- Detri Rinpoche (Tibetan sde khri tshang; Chinese Dewa Cang德 哇 仓)
- Samtsha Rinpoche (Tib. zam tsha tshang; Chinese Samucha Cang萨 木 察 仓)
- Hort slope Rinpoche (Tib. hor tshang; Chinese Huocang霍 仓)
Pictures
Labrang panorama
Main temple of the monastery of Labrang
Religious Art
Prayer wheels at Labrang Monastery - handling
The reconstructed Gungthang - Chorten in Labrang
Buddhist music
The Buddhist Music of the monastery is on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China ( 637 II -138 Labuleng si Fodian Yinyue daode'er拉卜楞寺 佛殿 音乐 道 得 尔).