puning si (Temple of Universal Peace) with Mahayana Hall in Chengde on world heritage site
There is the highest wooden image of Buddha in the main building of the Puning Temple (Temple of Universal Peace ). It was built in 1755 (the 20th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign). In the late 16th century, the Zonggar people who lived in the northwest of China had been in Civil war for about eight years. In spring of 1755, Emperor Qianlong dispatched troops to Yili and suppressed the rebellion. As a commemoration Emperor Qianlong ordered a lamasery to be built outside the Chengde Mountain Resort named 'Temple of Universal peace', which suggested that from then on the people of northwest China would live a peaceful life forever. Emperor Qianlong himself wrote the 'Inscription of Puningsi' on the tablet which was situated in the middle of the stele pavilion. In October of this year, Amursana launched another rebellion. Emperor Qianlong had to send his troops there and put down the rebellion. Since then Mongolians were all followers of the Yellow Sect Lamaism. Emperor Qianlong ordered Puning Temple to be built in imitation of the Samye Monastery, the sacred place of Lamaism in Tibet. The frontal half of the temple follows the layout of the Buddhist Monasteries of the Han people. Its rear half is based on mandala, the concept of the world of Buddhism the temple fully manifested the exchanges and harmonies of cultures between the Han and the Tibetan, and the Unity of the multi-national country.
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Photo credit: © Liu Xiaoyang / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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