Xumi Fushou Temple

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Xumi Fushou Temple

The Xumi Fushou Temple or Temple of Happiness and Longevity of the Sumeru Mountain ( 須彌 福壽 之 廟  /  须弥 福寿 之 庙 , Xūmí Fúshòu zhī miào , English Xumi Fushou Temple / Temple of Sumeru Happiness and Longevity ) is one of the eight Outer Temples in Chengde (Jehol) in the Chinese province of Hebei . The Buddhist temple is located in the north of the park complex of the Summer Palace, east of the Putuo Zongcheng Temple on the north side of the "Lion Valley" on a gently sloping mountain slope. The facility covers an area of ​​37,900 square meters.

The temple was built in 1780 to celebrate the 70th birthday of Emperor Qianlong (r. 1735–1796, died 1799), to which the VI. Penchen Lama of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism , one of the two religious and political leaders of Tibet at the time , came to Chengde (Jehol) to bring his congratulations. The emperor had the temple built for him. It is a replica of the temple Trashilhünpo (Tibetan for short: Glücksberg), the traditional seat of the Penchen Lama in the Tibetan Samzhubzê , and should serve as accommodation and meditation for him. Its construction was of great importance for the strengthening of the relations between the imperial court and the heads of Tibetan Buddhism , and thus for the consolidation of the multiethnic state.

Its main building, the Great Red Terrace ( Dahongtai ), has three floors and three- story towers at the top. The Miaogaozhuangyan Hall, where the Penchen Lama preached, forms the center of the complex. The Jixiangfaxi Hall with a roof made of gold-covered copper tiles was the home of the Penchen Lama. Other structures are the octagonal seven-storey Liuli Wanshou Pagoda (a majolica pagoda - i.e. a pagoda made of glazed bricks ) and the memorial arch ( Liuli paifang ) made from it. In the stele pavilion ( Beiting ) of the temple there is a plaque in four languages ​​with stone engravings in Manchurian , Chinese , Mongolian and Tibetan script with an inscription that commemorates the events.

Xumi Fushou Temple has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (1-118) since 1961 .

literature

  • Zhongguo da baike quanshu: Wenwu. Bowuguan [Great Chinese Encyclopedia: Volume of Cultural Objects. Museums]. Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe, Beijing 1993.
  • Cihai ("Sea of ​​Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5 .

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References and footnotes

  1. ↑ 狮子 沟 , Shizi Gou
  2. ↑ It was built in the style of the Han Chinese and Tibetans . The presentation of this article is partly based on that of Cihai , article: Xumi Fushou zhi miao 须弥 福寿 之 庙 .
  3. ↑ china-guide.de ( Memento from July 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (found on October 19, 2009)
  4. ↑ 大红 台
  5. ↑ 妙 高 庄严 殿 , Miaogaozhuangyan dian
  6. ↑ 吉 样 法 喜 殿 , Jixiangfaxi dian
  7. ↑ 琉璃 万寿 塔 , Liuli Wanshou ta
  8. ↑ 琉璃 牌坊
  9. ↑ 须弥 福寿 之 庙 碑记 , Xumi Fushou zhi miao bei ji , the text of the stone engraving can be found at shanzhuang.gov.cn ( Memento from January 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).

Coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′ 32 ″  N , 117 ° 56 ′ 8 ″  E