Ganden Monastery

The scenery is absolutely worth punching in Gandan Temple. It is recommended to stay more time. It is already very good to take pictures outside the temple. The scenery that is not enough, let alone go to the temple to visit.

Gandan Temple (also known as the Suidan Temple) was personally prepared by Zongkaba, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism Gelu, in 1409 (Zhexuan Temple and Sera Temple were built by Zongkaba disciples), also known as the Mother Temple or the ancestral Temple of Huangjiao. In the 1960s, a catastrophe razed the Gandan Temple, and local villagers successfully hid the statue of Zongkaba, the only cultural relics in the Gandan Temple that have escaped looting, and the building is now newly built after 1980.

Gandan Temple, located on the south bank of Lhasa River, 3,800 meters above sea level on Wangbori Mountain, about 40 kilometers from Lhasa city. The founder of the Gelu school Zongkaba personally prepared in 1409, and the Zhexuan Temple and Sera Temple are called the "three major temples" in Lhasa. The temple stands on the mountain, composed of more than 50 buildings, spectacular, the beauty of the building is not much to say, the photos below can be confirmed. The altitude here is nearly 200 meters higher than Lhasa, plus there are very few flat ground, walking between the temples needs to climb various stone steps, breathless chest tight is the norm, so the action must be half slower than usual. There are not many tourists in Gandan Temple, there is no crowded flow of people, and it feels very good to visit.

The temple is located in the Daqi District, more than 40 kilometers east of Lhasa city, and the Wangboer Mountain on the south bank of the Lhasa River, at an altitude of 3,800 meters. It was built in Mingyongle seven years (1409). The total construction area of the Suidan Temple is about 30,000 square meters, it has the Cuoqin Palace, Zongkaba Bedding Hall, Yang Bagua Economic Academy, Zongkabaling Tower Temple and other halls, there are Xia Yu, Shanghai two Zhacang (School of Economics), Zhacang below is Kangcun, and some Kangcun below is set up a village. The construction of the Sudan Temple, then the standard plays the Glu sect has a fundamental Taoist field, Huangism has been established on the basis of "reformation". The ancestral temple of the Sudan Temple, together with the Zhexuan Temple and the Sera Temple, is one of the six major temples of the Huangjiao.

Gandan Temple (full name: Gandan Langjielin, Qing Shizong once gave the name: Yongshou Temple) is located on Wangguer Mountain, Daqi District, Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region. The main buildings are Zongkaba Bedding Hall, Great Jingtang, monk House and other temples. After many times, they have been added or expanded, and they are all over Wangguer Mountain. Gandan Temple, is the most special temple in the six major temples of Huangjiao, it was personally prepared by the founder of Tibetan Buddhism Gelu, Master Zongkaba in 1409, is the ancestral temple of Gelu, with Zhexuan Temple, Sera Temple called Lhasa "three major temples". The temple is home to more than 90 of the remains of Gandan Chiba, and has hidden many cultural relics and crafts since the Ming Dynasty. There are buses in Jokhang Temple Square to Gandan Temple every morning, and the passengers are basically locals who worship Buddha.