Samye Monastery is located at the foot of Haburi Mountain in Zhanang County, Shannan Region. It is the first monastery in Tibet where monks ordained monks ordained as well as the first monastery in the history of Tibetan Buddhism with all "Buddha, Dharma and Monk". It is called "a masterpiece in the history of architecture". . The architecture of the temple is laid out according to the Buddhist cosmology. The main hall has three styles of Tibetan, Han and Indian, so Samye Temple is also called Sanxiang Temple. Samye Monastery is based on the Udapo Monastery built in Magadha by the ancient Indian Brahman Dynasty. It was led by Guru Rinpoche and took 12 years to build. Legend has it that when it was first built, Chisong Dezan was eager to know the scene after the completion, so Padmasambhava conjured the illusion of the temple from his palm. , "Unthinkable"), and later took this exclamation as the name of the temple. Samye Temple has been expanded and repaired over the past dynasties, covering an area of more than 4,900 square meters. Around the main hall, you can see the eight small continents, the sun and the moon hall and the four white, black, green and red towers, which are magnificent in scale. In the early morning or evening, you can climb to the top of Haburi Mountain next to Samye Monastery, overlooking the panoramic view of Samye Monastery and the Brahmaputra River. The scenery is infinite. The whole temple of Samye Monastery faces south and consists of two major parts: the central hall and the surrounding cloisters. The layout of the temple is designed according to the structural layout of the "Great Thousand World" in the Buddhist scriptures and built according to the mandala of Tantra. With Wuzi Hall as the main body, it represents Mount Xumi, the center of the world. The four halls around the hall represent the four continents and eight small continents in the Four Aral Seas. The Sun and Moon Halls represent the Sun and Moon Halls in the universe, and the temple walls represent the world. The surrounding iron mountain; the main hall is surrounded by four red, white, green and black pagodas to subdue all evil spirits and demons and prevent the occurrence of natural and man-made disasters. There is a gate on each side of the wall, and the east gate is the main gate. The Wuzi Hall and the corridors of the corridor are full of murals. In addition to the conventional themes, there are also well-known "Tibetan History" murals on the corridors in the middle of the wall. The paintings record that from the ancient legend of the Rakshasa woman and the god monkey to combine to breed Tibetans, it has been Go to Tsongkhapa to found Gelugpa. The frescoes are 92 meters long, exuberant and magnificent, and are known as the "History of Painting" in Tibet. In addition, on the first and second floors of the main hall, there are "Samye Monastery Historical Records", and on the south side of the second floor there are murals such as "Lotus Life Biography", all of which are exquisite and must not be missed. On the south side of the East Gate, there is a square-pillared stone tablet in the Chisong Dezan period, with a simple style and no decorations. In 779, Trisong Detsen made an oath to make offerings to Samye Monastery. In the porch of the main hall, there is also a large bell cast by Princess Chisong Dezan and the prince. The monastery is surrounded by lush trees, lush forests, lingering rivers and canals, and black-necked cranes leisurely foraging for food.
Sangye Temple is not big, there are few people, accept the washing of the soul, very Tibetan characteristics, a good place to understand Tibetan culture, very religious hall, clean! It feels very good and worth recommending to everyone!
Tibet's first temple. In the early morning or evening, you can climb the top of the Haburi Shenshan Mountain next to the Sanye Temple, overlooking the panoramic view of Sanye Temple and the Yarlung Zangbo River, which is a great photography venue.
Sangye Temple has a history of more than 1,000 years. It is a monastery dominated by the master of cloud peanuts. It took 12 years to build it. This is the first monastery in Tibet with shaved monks. Sanye means to express surprise in Tibetan, out of the wonder of the Tibetan king's great power of the master of lotus peanuts. In the middle is the main hall, surrounded by four dozen weeks and four towers, all can enter the visit, if you look at each one, at least a whole day.
Sangye Temple was built in 779 AD, is the first Buddhist, French, monks and three treasures of the temple in Tibet, by the Lotus Peanut Master, the Jihu master personally designed, according to the Indian Bharatiya Dynasty built in Morveda Oudanda Zuli Temple as a model. The layout of the entire monastery is designed according to the structure layout of the "Great Thousand Worlds" in the Buddhist scriptures. It is built according to the Tantric Mandala: the Ubud Temple represents the Sumi Mountain in the center of the world. The four temples around the temple represent the four continents and eight continents in the four Aral Sea. The sun, The Moon Palace symbolizes the two temples of the sun and moon in the universe, and the temple walls symbolize the iron surrounding mountains outside the world; the four towers of red, white, green and black are built around the main temple to subdue all evil spirits and demons to prevent the occurrence of natural disasters and man-made disasters.
This is the first Tibetan Buddhist temple in the southern region of Shannan. It takes more than two hours to go all the way from Lhasa. The large temple is free to enter during the Spring Festival. There are several entrances around the temple. There are Tibetans who turn to the temple. There are red, white, black and blue inside and what color I forgot about a total of five. Tower, you can climb the tower, be careful to bow your head, the stairs are very narrow. There are also two main temples inside, dedicated to the master of the lotus flower, the incense is very strong, I like to turn the prayer wheel inside, very long prayer wheels follow the Tibetans all the way, many times it is blank, many times like to see the Tibetans devout worship. There is also a vegetarian canteen, which is very cheap.
The second time I went to Tibet, but the first time I entered the Sanye Temple, I felt a little squeezed. According to the locals, it was a magical place. The whole Sanye town is not big, it takes a few steps to get there, but it feels good.