Badekar Monastery
| Badekar Monastery | |
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China | |
  Location within China | |
| Geographic coordinates | 40°47′32″N 110°18′53″E / 40.792319°N 110.314595°E |
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| Style | Tibetan |
| Founder | Prince of Ordos Fore-Banner of the Left Wing |
| Date established | Qing dynasty Renovated 1749 |
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Badakar Monastery (Mongolian script: ᠪᠠᠳᠺᠡᠷ ᠰᠦᠮᠡ Badakar Süm), alternatively known as Udin Ju (Chinese: 五当召, transcription Wudang Zhao), is a
Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in 1996.[2]
Names
Badekar Monastery has three names. One is local Mongolian, which is Wudang Temple (
Qianlong emperor,[1]
but rarely used, is
- Tibetan name: རྒྱ༌ཆེན་རྟོགས་ལྡན༌གླིང༌། (Gyaqên Dog Dänling, Gyaqêndog Monastery)
- Mongolian name: ᠠᠭ᠋ᠤᢈ ᠶᠡᠬᠡ
ᠣᠨᠤᠯᢌᠤ
ᠰᠦᠮᠡ (Agu'ih Onolt Monastery) - Chinese: 廣覺寺; pinyin: Guǎng Jué Sì (Guangjue Monastery)
- Manchu name: Amba Ulhisu Juktehen
History
The
Daoguang emperor.[3]
The monastery is located 54 km from Bugat, but was developed as a major tourist destination during the reforms of the 1980s.[2] In 2001, the area around the monastery was declared a national park.
Architecture
In contrast to other
Xigazê, thus it incorporates no Han-style architecture. All structures are positioned horizontally along the mountain, with halls along the central access ascending up into the mountains.[4]
Environment
From the late 1990s, it was observed that much of the vegetation near the monastery was receding, streams were drying up, and
urbanised and, in 2009, it was noted that very few willow trees could be found in its vicinity, despite them once having been plentiful.[5]
References
Notes
- ^ a b c Yao & Di (1988), p. 120.
- ^ a b Liu & Ye (2009), p. 1.
- ^ a b c Yao & Di (1988), p. 121.
- ^ Yao & Di (1988), p. 122.
- ^ a b Liu & Ye (2009), p. 3.
Works cited
- Liu 刘, Lin'an 临; Ye 叶, Yangyang 阳阳 (2009). "文物保护原则与旅游发展促进相结合的整合性规划——以内蒙古包头市五当召为例" [Integrated Planning Combined with Conservative Principles and Tourist Promotion——Taking Wudang Monastery as an Example]. Journal of Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (in Chinese) (4).
- Yao 姚, Guixuan 桂轩; Di 翟, Wen 文 (1988). "五当召及其在内蒙古历史上的地位" [Wudang Temple and its position in Inner Mongolia's history]. Yinshan Academic Journal (in Chinese) (1).