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　　In 1709 (the 49th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty),the first master Jiamuyang xiebadoji (all know Miaoyin xiaojingang) returnedfrom Tibet to his ancestral home to build a temple to promote Buddhism at theinvitation of Chahan DanJin, the South Prince of the Yellow River, the firstbanner of Heshuote tribe of Mongolia in Qinghai. In the summer of that year, themaster brought his disciples to zhaxitan, where he saw beautiful mountains andrivers, surrounded by auspicious clouds. It was an ideal place to build atemple. That is to say, we began to build the rabrang monastery here. Throughthe continuous expansion and improvement of Dai Jiamuyang master and the livingBuddhas, it has developed into a grand building complex with an area of 866000square meters, a construction area of more than 400000 square meters, more than90 main temples, more than 10000 monk houses and six ZHACANG (colleges), variousBuddha halls, many living Buddha palaces and lecture platforms, Fayuan, Yinjingacademy, pagodas, Jiamuyang master villa, etc. At its peak, there were more than3600 monks. There are 139 temples under its jurisdiction, and the religiousauthority covers Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Kang, Mongolia, Northeast China andXinjiang. It is not only a sacred Buddhist Buddhist temple, but also acomprehensive institution for spreading knowledge, and a cultural and artisticcenter for the Tibetan people in the whole Amdo region. Won the secondTibet.

　　On the eve of liberation, there were 6 sutras halls and 48 Buddhist hallsin Labrang temple. Among them, there is one seven storey building, one sixstorey building, four four storey buildings, eight three storey buildings andnine two storey buildings It covers an area of more than 1000 mu, including fourbronze tile roofs, two green glazed tile roofs, 31 Tibetan buildings, 30 livingBuddha houses, 6 Jiwa houses, 6 big kitchens, 1 printing house, 2 lecture halls,2 Jiamuyang villas, more than 500 Scripture wheel houses, more than 500 commonmonk houses, several pagodas and memorial archways. The whole building ismajestic, row upon row, well arranged, and can be called the first famous templein andor area. These buildings can be divided into stone and wood structure andcivil structure. There is a saying that there is no wood outside and no stoneinside. The architectural forms include Tibetan style, Han palace style andTibetan Chinese mixed style.

　　After liberation, because of the interference of the far left route,Labrang Temple suffered great damage. The seven story pozhangmaruo Buddha Hallwas demolished in the "four Qing Dynasty" and a cinema was built. The largestBuddha statue (24 meters high) in the hall was smashed and made of steel in1958. Ten years of "Cultural Revolution" is even more unspeakable, a Buddhisttemple into a food factory, slaughterhouse. The temple door was closed and themonks scattered. The temple building only retains the northwest corner of theoriginal temple, accounting for about a quarter of the original temple area.Most of the temple sites are occupied by government units.

　　Although Labrang monastery has gone through many vicissitudes, since theThird Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Partyof China, under the care of the Chinese government, it has implemented theparty's ethnic and religious policies. Since the reopening of Labrang monasteryin 1980, the state has allocated more than one million yuan for the maintenanceof the original Sutra hall and Buddha Hall.