一瞥中国甘肃的大藏庙 - 拉卜楞寺 a glimpse of the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu, China

WS 69: 一瞥中国甘肃的大藏庙 - 拉卜楞寺 a glimpse of the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu, China

拉卜楞寺，位于甘肃省夏河县, 是藏传佛教格鲁派(黄教)的六大寺院之一，1709年建立。拉卜楞寺保留有中国最好的藏传佛教教学体系，以六大学院为主。它的藏书丰富，冠所有藏庙，现存经卷八万余部。拉卜楞寺的属寺全国有百多间，其中甘肃境内就有六十六间。

拉卜楞寺占地总面积八十七万平方米，建筑面积四十多万平方米，主要殿宇九十多座，包括六大学院和十六处佛殿。还有其他建筑数以千计。我们2017年在这里呆了几小时，只算是一瞥寺中的一个角落。

寺里的室内都不可拍照，这里贴的都是户外照片。第二张照片拍的是大经堂，为六大学院之首-闻思学院的经堂，可容纳三千僧人诵经。第三张照片中的馏金铜瓦屋顶建筑是释迦牟尼佛殿，门上悬清朝嘉庆帝御赐用汉、藏、满、蒙四种文字书写的“夀禧寺”匾额。寺里的木雕门楣都是精雕细镂，非常精致。最后是巨型唐卡画和转轮。 

The Labrang Monastery, located in Xiahe County, Gansu Province, is one of the six major monasteries of the Gelug Sect (Yellow Sect) of Tibetan Buddhism. It was established in 1709. The monastery retains the best Tibetan Buddhism teaching system in China, dominated by 6 colleges. It is the mother temple of over 100 sub-temples of Labrang Monastery in China.

Labrang Monastery occupies a total area of 870,000 sq m, with more than 90 main halls, including 6 colleges and 16 Buddhist temples. We stayed here for a few hours in 2017, just a glimpse of the temple complex.

Taking photos inside the temple is prohibited. All the photos posted here are outdoor photos. The 2nd photo shows the prayer hall of one of the 6 colleges, which can accommodate 3000 monks chanting. In the 3rd photo, the building with the gilded roof is the Shakyamuni Buddha Hall. On the door, there is a plaque in the 4 languages of Han, Tibetan, Manchu and Mongolian donated by the Emperor Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty. The carved wooden lintels in the temple are very intricate.