Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s3.t37.5

v1.c7.s3.t37.5

In 1755, Qing Court quelled Dzungar Dawats separatist force. Following the teachings of a temple outstripping 1,00,000 soldiers and governing Oirat by virtue of Tibetan Buddhism taught by forefathers, Emperor Qianlong issued an edict of emulating bSam yas gtsug lag khang to build Puning Temple in Rehe (Chengde) and personally inscribed on Puning Temple Tablet, Gedeng Mountain Battle Tablet and Quelling Dzungar Leming Yili Tablet in Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan to commemorate quelling Oirat Dzungar Tribe and express the good wishes of living and working in peace for ever. Puning Temple served as a political and religious link between Tibet, Mongolia and Qing central government and developed into topmost Tibetan Buddhist Temple in Rehe.