Baiju Temple is located at the northeast corner of Jiangzi County, and the distance from south Lhasa is approximately 230 kilometers while the distance from east Rikeze is approximately more than 100 kilometers. Baiju Temple is a Chinese name. In Tibetan abbreviation, "Bang Kuo De Qing", means "the propitious wheel great happy temple". Baiju Temple was constructed during the Ming Xuanzong, Xuande second year (1,427) and the construction took 10 years to complete. It was said the construction was built and completed together by Kezhujie and Redanyansanpa, the two leaders of Tibet in 1418.
Baiju Temple is seen as an equal among the Tibet various religious sects in the evenly matched situation establishes. Therefore it gathers Sajia, Gelu, Budun and other schools of peace to co-exist in the temple. Each religious sect has 56 halls "to grip the warehouse" in this temple. Thus, it has special status and influence in the Tibetan Buddhism history. Currently, this temple possessed 16 'grip the warehouse'  The main temple has three, and various styles of "the Tang cards" were hung in the palace and also an approximate 8 meters high copper Sitting Buddha. According to historical data record, 14 tons of brasses were consumed to cast this Buddha image. In the second level of the main hall of east wing palace, there are more than 20 pieces of Ming Dynasty valuable art collection of Manjusri Bodhisattva and clay Arhats.



Name:Lhasa Baiju Temple (Baiju Si)
City:Lhasa
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Admission:Free

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