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| Zaru Temple (Zaru
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Zaru Monastery is located at the foot of Baojing Cliff in Zaru
Village, Jiuzhaigou. Built in 762 A.D., it belongs to the Bön
school of Tibetan Religion . As a result of many years of develolpment,
its site area now amounts to 15,200 square meters and its floor
area is 10,305 square meters. There are many sutra chanting halls,
important Dharma implements and cultural relic. In 1950s, there
were 129 monks, 2 |
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40 villages embracing Buddhism and more than 6000 Buddhism disciples.
Rituals are held six times a year in large scale. In 1956, rebellion
in Aba Tibetan autonomous prefecture also brought serious damages
to Tibetan Religion in Baihe, Nanping County. Buildings of the monastery
and main cultural relics and Dharma implements were seriously damaged
and the rest of the buildings and assets were demolished in the Cultural
Revolution. In 1970, the monasteries were turned into cropland and
orchard. In 1983, disciples and monks in the monastery spontaneously
held the first Buddhist ritual after the Cultural Revolution and they
set up tents at the site of the demolished monastery. Since then on,
disciples are active at donation in order to rebuild the Zaru Monastery.In
1986, after a comprehensive research of the Zaru Monastery, Bureau
of Religious Affairs of Sichuan province gave the permission to rebuild
the monastery and invested RMB 40,000 as the Rebuilding Fund. |
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