Manchir Chiid

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Main building of the monastery.
Ruin of the Togchin temple.
Buddhist. Relief (18th century)
Human deer stone on the monastery grounds

Manschir Chiid ( Mongolian Манзуширын Хийд ) is a Buddhist monastery in the city of Dsuunmod , the capital of the central Aimag of Mongolia .

location

Manchir Chiid Monastery is located 6 km northeast of the city of Dsuunmod, which is 1529 m. ü. d. M. and 43 km south of the capital Ulaanbaatar . It was laid out on a sloping terrain that belongs to the south side of the Bogd Khan Uul mountains, which are up to 2256 m high .

history

The Manchir Chiid Monastery was founded in 1733. Since 1750 it was personally subordinate to the Bogd Gegen . Until its destruction it was one of the largest monasteries in all of Mongolia - more than 1,000 monks often took part in religious ceremonies.

In 1937 the facility was destroyed during the Stalinist terror in Mongolia ; only remnants of the clay foundation walls and the stone plinths of the buildings that are still visible today have been preserved.

In 1990 the reconstruction of individual buildings began.

Plant and building

The main building was rebuilt in the 1990s and now serves as a museum. Next to it is the impressive Togchin Temple, built in 1749 as a ruin, whose architectural style is reminiscent of the temples of Tibet . In the extensive monastery area, the ruins of a total of 17 buildings can be made out, which are spread over a sloping terrain.

In the rock face above the monastery complex, several Buddhist rock paintings and reliefs from the 18th century are worth seeing, which were spared from destruction in 1937. On some rocks there are preserved Buddhist inscriptions in Tibetan language.

A small museum has been set up at the entrance to the monastery. a. a painting can be seen showing the monastery complex before it was destroyed in 1937. Not far from the museum is a large, 2-ton bronze cauldron from 1726 with a Tibetan inscription, in which 10 sheep or 2 cattle could be prepared at the same time to feed pilgrims. Also close to the museum are deer stones with human faces on the site.

In Zuunmod, a little outside the city center, the small monastery Daschtschoinchorlon Chiid with its temple, in which Buddhist ceremonies and devotions take place regularly, is also worth seeing.

See also

Web links

Commons : Manzushir Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Werner Elstner: Mongolia. Berlin 1993, p. 120.
  2. ↑ Michael Kohn: Mongolia. London 2008, p. 107.
  3. ↑ Michael Kohn: Mongolia. London 2008, p. 106.

Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′ 52.5 "  N , 106 ° 59 ′ 33.7"  E