Naidan Monastery

Brief Introduction of Naidan Monastery

The Naidan Monastery is located on the mountain which is about two kilometers away from southeast of Wuru Village in Yuzha Country, Jiasang County, Qamdo Prefecture. It features in moderate climate and fertile soil. The Naidan Monastery is surrounded by mountains which are covered by flourishing green trees. The Jiqu River flows by Naidan Monastery from west side. The scenery of Naidan Monastery is very beautiful. The Duozong Mountain on north side of Naidan Monastery looks like sixteen Arhats, hence the name "Naidan Monastery" (Arhats Hall). The Naidan Monastery was built by Gongjue Danzeng in the Fourteenth Iron Dragon Year in Tibetan Calendar (in 1820). Until now, Naidan Monastery is with over 100 years' history. It is worth visiting in your Tibet tour.

Construction of Naidan Monastery

The Naidan Monastery consists of Shangmiao Permanent Buddha Hall, Dharma Temple and Weibao Assembly Hall.

Shangmiao Permanent Buddha Hall

The Naidan Monastery is a two floors' Tibetan style flat-headed building. The bottom floor is Shangmiao Permanent Buddha Hall which is about 45.3 square meters large (it is 7.4 meters long from east to west and 6.12 meters wide from south to north). There are four cylinders in the Buddha hall. The door of the hall faces to south. There is bright gallery outside the door. The area of the bright gallery is 4 cylinders. The wall of bright gallery was painted with frescos of Kalachakra dus khor and Four Great Heavenly Kings. On the west of the Buddha Hall, there are 26 niches on the wall. The central niche is 1.3 meters high, 0.87 meters wide and 0.27 meters deep. The size of each niche is different. In the niches, there were clay statues of Sakyamuni and the masters of Ningma Sect which has lost. Around these niches, there are clay sculptures of mountains and streams, flowers and trees, clouds and waves, cliffs and waterfalls, as well as jeweled palaces. The vivid clay sculptures are in various styles. The whole wall with clay sculptures looks simple and unsophisticated and solemn. On north of Buddha Hall, there is a two floors' building. The ground floor of this building is with 14 rooms, including kitchen, storehouse and dormitory. One of the 14 rooms is the scripture hall with one Ganjur Nomun and one Tenjur in it.

Dharma Temple

The east of the Shangmiao Permanent Buddha Hall is Dharma Temple which is nine cylinders large and two floors high. There are nine clay sculptures of Devata enshrined in the Dharma Temple. The walls of the Dharma Temple are painted with the images of Manjuist, Vajrapani, Avalokitesvara, Ksitigarbha, Maitreya, etc.

Weibao Assembly Hall

Behind of Dharma Temple, there is a Weibao Assembly Hall which was built by Baima Jiumei. The Weibao Assembly Hall is the main building of Naidan Monastery. On the two sides of the front part of Weibao Assembly Hall, there is a two floors' high monks' dormitory on each side which was built in different periods. On west of Weibao Assembly Hall, there is a two floors' building which is the earliest construction of Naidan Monastery.