The Ganden Monastery consists of more than 50 buildings, mainly including the Tsongkhapa Hall, the Tsongkhapa Dorm, the Yangbajian Sutra House, the Tsongkhapa Lingta Temple, Jiangzi Dratsang, Xiazi Dratsang and 23 Kang villages, 20 It consists of a rice village. Among the 23 Kang villages, each Kang has a scripture hall. Most of them are two-story buildings. They are built along the mountain, layer upon layer. From a distance, they occupy the entire half of the mountain. The scale is grand and spectacular. The main hall of Cuoqin (meaning Dajing Hall, namely Daxiong Hall) was built in 1409. There are 108 large columns, which can accommodate 3300 monks chanting sutras at the same time. The main offering in the hall is the future Buddha Jampa Buddha, and later offerings to Tsongkhapa and other gilded bronze Buddhas. There are five golden lions in the hall, named "Gandan Picking Red", which is the seat after Tsongkhapa founded the Yellow Sect. There is a very strange pillar in the main hall. It is a palm-thick distance from the ground. People who come to the Ganden Monastery to worship Buddha must touch the bottom of the pillar to pray for good luck. On the left side of the Cuoqin Hall is the Yangbajian Academy, which is four stories high. It is said that it cost 900 taels of silver to cast, and the pagoda is decorated with a large number of precious jewels, which is magnificent. The Ling Pagoda is covered with a yurt-like sandalwood tent with a curtain inside, and the top of the pagoda is covered with an umbrella, which is very beautiful. There are two major Zhacangs in Ganden Monastery, Xiazi Zhacang and Jiangzi Zhacang. Jiangzi Zhacang (meaning "North Summit Monastery") is the dormitory of Gandan Tribac's master and his daily retreat. Xiazi Dratsang (meaning "Dongding Monastery") was built by Tsongkhapa personally passed on to Sherpa Rinchen Gyaltsen. The murals and sculptures in the halls of Ganden Monastery are very exquisite, and there are many cultural relics and treasures in the temple. Among them, in 1757, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty bestowed the temple with armors inlaid with gold and silver jewels, the armor in four languages of Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan, and the complete set of "Ganjur" in the Tibetan "Tripitaka" written by pure gold Khan. Buddhist scriptures, as well as many beautifully made silk "Thangkas", Tsongkhapa's seat and the meditation bed at his death. There are 24 thangkas gifted by Emperor Yongle of Ming Dynasty, and cushions of Gushi Khan, all of which are rare treasures. All this is enough to show the long history of Ganden Monastery and the lofty religious status. Twenty-four of the thangkas are displayed to the monks and believers every year for three weeks, and the annual "Gandan Embroidery Tang Festival" is also formed.
The scenery is absolutely worth punching in Gandan Temple. It is recommended to stay more time. It is already very good to take pictures outside the temple. The scenery that is not enough, let alone go to the temple to visit.
Gandan Temple (also known as the Suidan Temple) was personally prepared by Zongkaba, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism Gelu, in 1409 (Zhexuan Temple and Sera Temple were built by Zongkaba disciples), also known as the Mother Temple or the ancestral Temple of Huangjiao. In the 1960s, a catastrophe razed the Gandan Temple, and local villagers successfully hid the statue of Zongkaba, the only cultural relics in the Gandan Temple that have escaped looting, and the building is now newly built after 1980.
Gandan Temple, located on the south bank of Lhasa River, 3,800 meters above sea level on Wangbori Mountain, about 40 kilometers from Lhasa city. The founder of the Gelu school Zongkaba personally prepared in 1409, and the Zhexuan Temple and Sera Temple are called the "three major temples" in Lhasa. The temple stands on the mountain, composed of more than 50 buildings, spectacular, the beauty of the building is not much to say, the photos below can be confirmed. The altitude here is nearly 200 meters higher than Lhasa, plus there are very few flat ground, walking between the temples needs to climb various stone steps, breathless chest tight is the norm, so the action must be half slower than usual. There are not many tourists in Gandan Temple, there is no crowded flow of people, and it feels very good to visit.
In October of 16, I came here. The monastery was built on the top of the hill with great momentum. There were not many tourists here. Only some pilgrims came here. It was very clean. There was a mountain-turning road which could turn around the hillside to see the surrounding scenery. I arrived by bus from Dazhao Temple in the early morning and returned to Lhasa at 1:30 p.m. There is plenty of time to visit here. It is worth visiting. If I have the chance, I would like to come here.
The temple is located in the Daqi District, more than 40 kilometers east of Lhasa city, and the Wangboer Mountain on the south bank of the Lhasa River, at an altitude of 3,800 meters. It was built in Mingyongle seven years (1409). The total construction area of the Suidan Temple is about 30,000 square meters, it has the Cuoqin Palace, Zongkaba Bedding Hall, Yang Bagua Economic Academy, Zongkabaling Tower Temple and other halls, there are Xia Yu, Shanghai two Zhacang (School of Economics), Zhacang below is Kangcun, and some Kangcun below is set up a village. The construction of the Sudan Temple, then the standard plays the Glu sect has a fundamental Taoist field, Huangism has been established on the basis of "reformation". The ancestral temple of the Sudan Temple, together with the Zhexuan Temple and the Sera Temple, is one of the six major temples of the Huangjiao.
Very worth going, convenient transportation, there are cars every day, you can return in the afternoon