Ta 'er Temple is located in South Lotus Mountain, lushaer town, Huangzhong County, Qinghai Province, 25 kilometers north of Xining. 196 1 On March 4th, the State Council was declared as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Ta 'er Temple and Gandan Temple in Xizang Autonomous Region, and drepung monastery Temple, Sera Temple, Tashilhunpo Temple and Labrang Temple in Gansu are also called the six major temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
As Ta 'er Temple is the birthplace of Zong Kaba, the founder of Gelug Sect, it is called "the second Lumbini (the birthplace of Sakyamuni) by religious believers, and it has a wide influence among Tibetan, Mongolian, Turkish, Yugur, Manchu, Naxi and Han nationalities in China. In the 12th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1379), Zong Kaba's mother, Shan Sa Archer, built a "Lotus Pagoda", that is, the Daling Pagoda, in Zong Kaba's birthplace, with the support of local monks.
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Qinghai Ta 'er Temple is not only a famous monastery of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism and a holy place for religious believers to worship, but also an economic and cultural center of Tibetan Buddhism. There are four colleges in the temple, namely Xianzong College, Medical College, Tantric College and Shilun College. In addition, Shenwu Dance Academy and Yinjing College have established a complete scholastic education system, trained many great and noble monks, and created and preserved many precious national, religious and cultural heritages.
Its Great Sutra Hall, Dajinwa Hall, Manjusri Bodhisattva Hall (also known as Nine Halls), Maitreya Buddha Hall, Sakyamuni Buddha Hall, Dharma Protection Hall (Tibetan Zankang, commonly known as Xiaojinwa Hall), Praying for Blessing and Shouting Hall (Tibetan called Immortal Lacan, commonly known as Flower Hall), Yixun Hall, Lingta Hall and Pagoda of the Third Dalai Lama, Upper and Lower Butter Temple, Living Buddha Residence, and Monk House.
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