Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Tibet travel experience - Sangding Temple

Located in Langkazi Town, Langkazi County, Sangding Temple is on the south side of the east-south mounain in front of the Yamdrok Lake. At about 200 meters southeast of the temple is the Yamdrok Lake which is south oriented and several kilometers away from Langkazi County (an optional destination for China travel deals).

The temple is constructed with rocks by using hte circumstance of the mountain. The original building was destroyed in 1966, and the present buildings like the palace was reconstructed in 1985 based on the original foundation.


Presently the main palace is 29m wide from east to west and 32m long from south to north, including corridor, vestibule, aisle, scripture hall, Buddha palace, Ganzhu Lakang, warehouse and kitchen. The scripture has 12 columns and the Buddhist palace has two.

Sangding Temple is the Buton School of the Tibetan Buddhism. Since the first generation, Living Buddha Duojie Pamu Buton Quelie Najie until now, there are totally 12 generations of living Buddha. The living Buddha is decided by incanation and the present living Buddha is the member of the prefectural political consultative conferrence and the Buddhist Association. Among the cultural relics in the temple, the most important are two well preserved large paintings on silk. In addition, there are also some stone and copper statues, such as the statues for Kwan-yin, Dumu and Duojie Pamu.

tags: Tibet tour and China trips



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