Zhangye Buddhist Temple

Founded in the first year of Yongan, Chongzong, Xixia (1098), the temple has the largest Xixia Buddhist building in the country. The sleeping Buddha in the temple is the largest indoor wood-mud-plastic sleeping Buddha in Asia. Worth a visit!

Zhangye Big Buddha Temple, located in Ganzhou District, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, is an ancient temple built in the Xixia period, famous for its worship of Sakyamuni, also known as the Reclining Buddha Temple. This temple is not only a key cultural relics protection unit in the country, but also a national tourist attraction. The Great Buddha Temple in the temple is the main building. The wooden tire mud statue of Sakyamuni is the largest indoor mud-plastic sleeping Buddha in the country. It is the largest indoor mud-plastic sleeping Buddha in the country. It is34.5 meters long and7.5 meters wide, showing exquisite Buddhist art. The opening time of the Great Buddha Temple in Zhangye is 08:30-18:00 every day, and the season is suitable for autumn. In addition to the Great Buddha Hall, there are also buildings such as the Tibetan Jing Temple and the Tuta , which display a wealth of Buddhist culture and historical relics. In addition, the temple also preserves a large number of relics such as scriptures and Buddha statues, including precious mud gold writing Buddha treasures such as the "Da Prajor Polomido Sutra". Zhangye Big Buddha Temple is not only a pilgrimage site for Buddhist believers, but also a cultural tourist attraction for tourists. Its deep cultural heritage and unique architectural style make it an important window to understand the history and culture of northwest China. Zhangye No. 11 bus is directly accessible

Zhang Yu​ The Big Buddha Temple is in the city, and it is the largest wooden tire mud-plastic sleeping Buddha in Asia. One of the couplets in front of the temple "Sleeping Buddha long sleeps for thousands of years and can't wake up, the questioner will always ask Baishi Yongming." Because the temple is prohibited to take pictures throughout the process, there are only a few photos outside.

The Big Buddha Temple has two exhibition halls worth seeing.

The Big Buddha Temple is located in Zhangye City. It is a landmark of Zhangye. It is also a place that can't be missed when you come to Zhangye. The Big Buddha Temple's Big Buddha Hall is dedicated to a body 35 meters long, shoulder width 7.5 meters, ears length about 4 meters, feet length 5.2 meters, and even the middle of the Buddha finger can sleep one person. The largest mud in the country is like a reclining Buddha. The reclining Buddha sleeps in the middle of the hall. The reclining Buddha sleeps on the top of the lotus Buddha altar, with the head pillow on the lotus table, lying sideways, with his eyes half closed and his lips slightly evocative. The natural, peaceful and lifelike appearance makes people calm down immediately after watching. However, the reclining Buddha is not solid, but hollow. There are various scriptures such as the "Da Tibetan Sutra" and stone monuments, bronze Buddha, bronze environment, copper pots and other cultural relics. You can see it in the back halls, which is really shocking. (Photos are prohibited in the hall)

Zhangye's more distinctive Buddhist temple. In the urban area, it is very close to the hotel where you live. Before going to the Danxia Landform Scenic Area, I took the elderly at home to visit. The sleeping Buddha is very impressive. Someone also explained for free. It is more convenient to buy tickets, and it is very convenient for the elderly to enter and exit. Entering the Buddhist temple, there is no photo taken to watch with a pious heart.

Zhang Shu, is the throat of the Hexi Corridor, Han Wu Emperor said "Zhang Guo arm", so named Zhang Shu, it can be seen that the Han Empire through Zhang Shu to the west expansion of the strategic ambition [Fu] since it is the throat, in addition to the strategic position, is a prime location for economic and trade, cultural gathering. Founded in Xixia, the Big Buddha Temple, all dynasties have attached great importance to it, constantly repairing and strengthening, the Nirvana Reclining Buddha in the Big Buddha Temple (picture four lower parts, the temple is prohibited to take pictures, the picture comes from the Internet), is the world's largest indoor reclining Buddha statue, Buddha statue smile, lying on the lotus table, giving people a warm feeling, The menace of the Bodhisattva and Luo Han on both sides and behind the protection of the law, the face is majestic, the paintings on the body are still rejuvenated, the dragon pattern on the main hall columns is colorful and lifelike. The white Sheli Tower behind the Great Hall has a typical style of the Buddhist Pagoda Temple in the Western Region (Figure 7). The solemnly standing [Fu] Big Buddha Temple has precious paintings, statues, scriptures, and many of them are relics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The prevalence of engraving printing has created conditions for the spread of classics. The most famous is the Beizang scripture printed in Beijing during the Ming Yingzong period, and the emperor personally gave the Great Buddha Temple to treasure [Fu] Xixia, the late Tang Ping Huangchao has merit, the ancestors and grandchildren of the three generations of the Western Region, defeat the Huiqi, establish a regime, although he and the Central Plains Dynasty if they are away, and often with Song, Liao, Mongolia's war broke out, but Confucianism and Buddhism were strongly advocated by the rulers, so this is not a cultural desert. The Ming and Qing Dynasties in the future were in this tea-horse exchange, making the economic and trade culture here more prosperous.