A‘Rou Grand Temple Review

The Arou Temple was originally a quiet house. 30 years later, the temple was dedicated to the Arou Qu knot. After the Ridalhan Qu knot, it was also called "Ali Hutuketu". The second-century Luosangdanba Regi was born in the Arou tribe. He once entered the Tibetan scriptures and returned to expand the Arou Temple.

Arou Temple, not a very popular place...but it is really worth coming, looking at the golden roof in the sun in the distance, brilliant......Go in it, simple, primitive, great victory...There are almost no tourists, visit it, purify the soul...If there is a chance, it is worth coming!

This road must punch the Gelu monastery of Arou, when I heard the name, I was very confused, and I felt that it was not too suitable for a Tibetan temple. When I saw it, I had to be conquered by its beauty. It was really spectacular and vast!

The Arou Temple is the largest temple in Qilian and the largest Gelu temple in the Arou tribe. The monastery is located on the east side of the Arou Township Government, 21 kilometers east of Qilian County, about 2,900 meters above sea level, and sits north and south. It is a Tibetan grammar name "The Sundeng Qun Pai Lin", which means "Arouju Xihong Fazhou", also known as Alec Temple. It is the largest and most influential Tibetan Buddhist Gelu Temple in Qilian. The history of the building of the Arou Temple is very tortuous, worth seeing, very beautiful.

On the way to Zhuoer Mountain, I passed the Arou Temple. The appearance was very unobtrusive. If it was not for the driver's master, I almost missed it. I went in early August. The monastery was very quiet, no charge, and there were not many tourists. It was a very stark contrast to the huge and crowded Ta'er Temple. The four walls and beams of the temple are also hung with very exquisite embroidery, painting the gorgeous and eye-catching Tangka, which can be enjoyed slowly with great luxury. Sometimes I meet locals who come to the temple to worship Buddha and make a wish, and the small lamas who are chanting around the temple, and the big lamas who are busy repairing the oil table in the temple. Unfortunately, the language is not very good, otherwise you can sit down and chat slowly for a while. Arou Temple is a surprise on the journey. Slow, quiet, not happy or sad, it is what he was originally.

Located 21 kilometers southeast of Jibabao, Qilian County, this is an attraction I did not expect in the itinerary. No tickets are required and no explanation is given. The tour takes about 40 minutes in total. Although it is a visit by the way, the scenery and the atmosphere you see are more than the crowded Ta'er Temple. Quietness is the biggest feature of this monastery. There are no many pilgrims, no commercial atmosphere, everything is so easy-going and natural. The monastery is surrounded by Qilian mountains, green grass under the blue sky, a good grassland style, and barren weeds grow everywhere, deep and shallow.

Early in the morning, braved the light rain and bought a 15 yuan ticket to enter the Arou Temple at the foot of the mountain. The temple covers a large area, the front part has a long history, and the back and side are newly built. It coincides with the lamas in the morning class, you can enter the view, the back two rows are young children, do not yet read the scripture, sitting there obediently, it should be to feel the atmosphere. There is a bungalow on both sides of the front that has an discharge barrel. Unfortunately, the time is tight and I can't watch it carefully!