[Explanation] On July 29, the reporter came to Jiaji Temple in Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai Province. On the second floor of the Tibetan Buddhist Pavilion, he saw the Tibetan Tripitaka "Natang New Edition Ganzhuer", which has been collected for hundreds of years.
[Explanation] It is understood that this set of "Natang New Edition Ganzhuer" is 62.5 cm long and 19.3 cm wide. It belongs to a large format. It is printed on Pogu paper. It was completed during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. There are 100 copies in total. A precious gift given by the Buddhist scholar Akathon Nam Sambu of Hualong origin when he returned to Qinghai from studying at Sera Monastery in Tibet. It has a history of more than 280 years. There were three sets at that time, and the whereabouts of the remaining two sets have not yet been discovered. , So this set is very precious.
[Concurrent] Geng Dengjiancuo, Director of the Democratic Management Committee of Jiaji Temple, Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai Province
The raw material of this paper is called Pogu paper, which is a kind of flower (made) imported from India. At that time, when it was hand-processed, there were pearls, agate, and gold and silver (raw materials) that were processed together. Now it is almost 300 For many years, the writing paper in it has not been damaged.
[Explanation] Geng Deng Jiancuo, director of the Democratic Management Committee of the Jiaji Temple, told reporters that in order to protect this set of "New Natang·Kanjur", he specially invited the expert team of the Tibet Autonomous Region Cultural Relics Appraisal Center to conduct professional appraisal.
[Concurrent] Geng Dengjiancuo, Director of the Democratic Management Committee of Jiaji Temple, Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai Province
On November 18, 2019, I (go to) the Potala Palace Administration Office in Tibet, (please go to) the team of Suonan Hangdan (researcher of cultural and museum), identified it as a national first-class cultural relic.
[Explanation] The reporter saw that the entire page of "Natang New Edition Ganjur" of the Jiaji Temple was printed in Tibetan block letters, with neat handwriting and clear printing. It is understood that it is similar to the "Encyclopedia", which covers Tibetan classics in philosophy, literature, art, language, astronomy, medicine, etc., and has high historical data in the study of Buddhism, Tibetan medicine, and Tibetan philology. value.
[Concurrent] Geng Dengjiancuo, Director of the Democratic Management Committee of Jiaji Temple, Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai Province
When (Akasonan Sambu brought back to the temple), the upper and lower (protection) boards were incense wood, and its (label) were all made of sterling silver, piece by piece. Now the sterling silver (label) is all Gone, now they are all handwritten catalogs on the cloth, all preserved intact.
[Explanation] The monk Luosang Jiancuo has been in Jiaji Temple for more than 20 years. In order to ensure the safety of this set of scriptures, two monks take turns to guard the Tibetan scripture pavilion every year. This year it is his turn.
[Concurrent] Luosang Jiancuo, a monk from Jiaji Temple, Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai Province
We have two masters a year (guard), one person for a month, just turn around, come here sooner or later to light up the lights and pray, come every day to see if there is any leakage, click (the number of scriptures), (because) it is very precious .
[Explanation] Geng Deng Jiancuo, director of the Democratic Management Committee of Jiaji Temple, said that they have submitted relevant materials for the protection of cultural relics to higher authorities. The protection and restoration of this set of scriptures will be a long way to go. They will also spare no effort to do a good job in the major projects of the country, and better inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional national culture.
Reporter Liu Yi reports from Qinghai
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]