​ Tugang Temple - Leba Buddha Author: Cao Yuanfu　　Hezheng Songmingyan, Linxia, ​​Gansu is located at the foot of the beautiful Prince Mountains.

​ Tugang Temple—Leba Buddha

Author: Cao Yuanfu

　　Hezheng Hezheng, Gansu Linxia Songmingyan is located in the beautiful foothills of the Prince Mountains. Here are mountains and green pine trees, towering into the clouds on the cliff rocks. Whenever the red sun rises eastward, the towering rocks are as beautiful as lotus from the water: the snow in the mountains in winter, the blooming white azaleas are often shrouded in the midsummer, and the tourists are like clouds and mist. The towering winding Taizi Mountain is like dragons dancing in the sky, and the pine-song rocks are covered with green pines and cypresses like green jade. They hide in the mountain stream like a quiet corridor. The snow water flowing from Taizi Mountain and the spring water of the mountain stream gather together to form a gurgling river, flowing deep in the canyon, and the waves and birds singing are like beautiful music, echoing in the valley. The green mountains on both sides of the straits are confronting, and the green trees are dripping green. Looking up, the strange peaks cover the sky, the clear streams are gurgling under your feet, and the strange rocks lie on the waves. Its beauty lies completely in the existence and absence. If it has it, it appears and turns into a veiled mist with the floating veil-like cloud shadow; if it has it, it reveals its appearance between the opening and closing of the clouds and mist, and feels very close. Every year on the 28th day of the April lunar calendar, people from all over the surrounding area gather in Songmingyan to hold a grand flower party to celebrate the 28th of April Dragon Flower Festival. At that time, this is the ocean of singing. These undulating flowers float in the canyon, with laughter and joy rising and falling. This is the famous Songmingyan, but no one knows that in the picturesque Songmingyan Scenic Area, there is a temple that is rarely known and hidden in the mountain stream - Tugang Temple.

　　Dugang Temple is located in the east of Songmingyan Songmingyan Scenic Area, Songmingyan, and the south of it is the foot of Weizi Mountain. The rocks are protruding. Ancient Pines towering roots on the cliff. The clear water at the foot of the mountain is clear, the fragrant grass is like mushrooms, the original ecological environment is elegant and quiet, and the temples and pavilions are majestic and spectacular. Tugang Temple was first built in the second year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1404 AD) to the second year of Zhengtong (1437 AD), and it was affiliated with the branch of the Xiahe Labrang Monastery created by Master Tsongkhapa. More importantly, Tugang Temple is also the temple where the 18th Huailai Cangleba Buddha Jinba Jiamuligong Danzeng Lizeng Liben Buddha was sitting on the bed. According to legend, on the 28th day of the lunar month of 1923, the 18th Huailai Canglebabu Jimba Muligong, Living Buddha Shanzeng, was confirmed by Tibetan Buddhist religious rituals, and the bed-sitting ceremony was held here. At that time, Lebabu was only eight years old. He was mute since he was a child. After his mother was kidnapped by a bully and forced to death by her father because of her two sisters, she brought her three brothers to Daohe (now Linxia Prefecture) to complain. She asked them to kneel down in the court. She was eight years old. Ge San Ge (the nickname of Lepa Buddha) openly shouted: "I am a living Buddha. I want to avenge my father and avenge the hard-working people." Not only that, he also asked the trial of the case to kneel down to him, and his words were astonishing, which caused a sensation in the whole city and attracted the attention of a group of monks who were looking for the reincarnation of Lepa Buddha in the 17th generation. According to Tibetan Buddhist rituals, Ge San Ge was recognized as Zhuonikondo Temple, and Zheng Songmingyan Tugang Temple in the 18th generation of Lepa Living Buddha.

​ From then on, Huailai Cangleba Buddha traveled between Zhuonikondo Temple and Songmingyan Tugang Temple. He was young and studious, extremely intelligent, and familiar with scriptures, and was outstanding in braids. When he was fifteen years old, he obtained the Tibetan Buddhism " Gexi ". He loved the people and was kind and generous. During his study of the scriptures, he walked out of the temple many times, praying for blessings and rain for the people of several nearby counties, eliminating disasters and regaining difficulties, and was deeply loved by the people.

　　In 1942, the weather was severely drought, and hungry people appeared in various parts of Gansu, and the people's lives were extremely miserable. In some places, hungry people were everywhere, starving to death and illness. In this case, the Kuomintang ignored the suffering of the people, levying heavy taxes and using various methods to increase taxes, forcing farmers from all over the country to revolt. According to historical records, the peasant uprising in southern Gansu alone was as high as 100,000.Leba Buddha, who lives in Tibet, witnessed the suffering of the people with his own eyes. He knew that using Buddhist teachings could not save the working people from water and fire. He still organized the people of all ethnic groups from Gannan to hold high the banner of uprising, kill the county magistrate in Lintan City, open the warehouse and release grain; buried the Rengou and chase the enemy, and the flag was opened to victory; Caochuan Cliffs met with the troops, aiming at Wudu; Tange Town Killing and breaking through, blood splashing on the battlefield. In the end, due to outnumbered people, backward equipment and huge disparity in strength, he was defeated in Zhujiashan, Kangle County. Although the Gannan peasant uprising organized by Leba Buddha failed, it expressed the voice of the people of all ethnic groups in Gannan represented by Leba Buddha, resisting tyranny, resisting corruption, yearning for democracy and yearning for light. In the special report, the Kuomintang government said: "The Northwest Returns, Han, and the Han Dynasty have been deeply injustice since ancient times. This time, it is rare to work together. There are many talented and conspiring people, so it is difficult to suppress the enemy."

​　After the failure of the uprising, Lebafu went back and forth, and hid in the surrounding area of ​​the Mingyan Tugang Temple in Hezheng Songshan, and received many help from the local people, which made the Kuomintang fail to pursue Pupu many times, allowing the heroes in people's hearts to escape. While hiding near Songmingyan, Lebafo also kept reflecting on himself, making him gradually realize that only by following the Communist Party can he overthrow the old regime and save the working people. After several inquiries, Leba Buddha finally found the Communist Party of China at the end of 1946 and joined the Communist Party of China in January 1947, becoming the only Communist Party member among the living Buddhas in our country. Lebafu gave up his identity as a living Buddha and resolutely joined the Communist Party of China. It was his realization through the failure of the uprising that the Communist Party is the great savior of the people. His abandonment of Buddhist belief and devoted himself to the revolutionary cause was his brave choice and a manifestation of his firm belief in serving the working people.

　　The revolutionary martyrs of Leba Buddha have been away from us for 75 years. People of all ethnic groups living in Hezheng still miss him, especially the people near Songmingyan. Whenever they talk about Leba Buddha, they always talk about it, especially those descendants who once covered Leba Buddha. When they talk about their ancestors help Leba Buddha avoid the Kuomintang's pursuit, their faces are always filled with pride.

　Hezheng Songmingyan Tugang Temple became famous because of the existence of Leba Buddha here. Tugang Temple has been incense because of Leba Buddha. The pilgrims and people who come here not only worship the gods, but also pay more attention to the martyr Leba Buddha. The people will never forget the revolutionaries who sacrifice everything for the people. Those martyrs who once shed blood and sacrificed for the people are like the pine trees around Songmingyan Tugang Temple forever and will always stand in the hearts of the people.

　　According to the story of Lebafu, Hezheng Baimu Media and Culture Development Co., Ltd., with the help of the Propaganda Department of the Hezheng County Party Committee and relevant departments, it has planned to make the story of Lebafu into a movie feature film "Lebafu", so that Lebafu, the heroic deeds in the minds of ordinary people, will be widely circulated. Use Lebafu's story to educate the people and descendants. We must remember the bloody sacrifices of the revolutionary martyrs and cherish the beautiful life now. The film focuses on the story of Lebafo organizing the peasant uprising in Gannan and the heroic struggle between Lebafo and the Kuomintang reactionaries near Hezheng Songmingyan. It is expected that the film will be completed in early 2023 and will be released in major theaters across the country.