这次西北行的第一站是青海西宁。到西宁一定是要去塔尔寺看看的。为了赶天气，到西宁的当天下午就到了塔尔寺。虽然吃过饭已经六点多钟了，但西北太阳落山的晚，半个小时车程赶到塔尔寺，趁着夕阳拍摄了一个多小时。几天后证明，这次拍的比后来再去拍的要好，主要是天气原因，拍片子也是靠天吃饭的啊。

塔尔寺是青海省藏传佛教中的第一大寺院，原名塔儿寺，得名于寺中大金瓦殿内纪念宗喀巴的大金塔。还有一种说法是，先有塔，而后有寺，故名塔尔寺。塔尔寺藏语称“衮本贤巴林”, 意为十万佛像弥勒洲。塔尔寺坐落在青海省湟中县鲁沙尔镇西南隅的莲花山坳中,据省会西宁市26公里,是我国藏传佛教格鲁派创始人宗喀巴大师的诞生地和藏区六大寺院之一, 也是青海省首屈一指的名胜古迹和全国重点文物保护单位。 

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塔尔寺始建于公元1379年，距今已有600多年的历史,占地面积600余亩,寺院建筑分布于莲花山的一沟两面坡上,殿宇高低错落,交相辉映,气势壮观。位于寺中心的大金瓦殿,绿墙金瓦,灿烂辉煌,是该寺的主建筑,它与小金瓦殿(护法神殿),大经堂,弥勒殿,释迦殿,依诂殿,文殊菩萨殿,祈年殿(花寺),大拉让宫 (吉祥宫),四大经院(显宗经院,密宗经院,医明经院,十轮经院)和酥油花院,跳神舞院,活佛府邸,如来八塔,菩提塔,过门塔,时轮塔,僧舍等建筑形成了错落有致,布局严谨,风格独特,集汉藏技术于一体的宏伟建筑群。
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