The Core - Periphery: Gannan Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Of Economic Research,

The relationship between religion and the economy has always been inextricably linked; religious, political, economic height fit the development of a unique Tibetan Buddhist monastery economy, particularly in the Tibetan Buddhist circles. However, Tibetan Buddhism's religious and cultural background of this large, because variety of factors of geographic and cultural, economic performance temple form, the scale of development so there are many regional differences, especially in Tibetan areas of sub-regions--Amdo was more serious. Which is located in Gannan in Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and other pastoral economy and multi-religious and cultural transition zone, are Tibetans as the main multi-ethnic region, and therefore religious and cultural environment and economic and social environment that can be called Amdo Tibetan typical microcosm, where Tibetan Buddhism is more obvious geographical differences economy:the agricultural areas of low altitude in Tibetan and Chinese mixed zone due to the long, continuing to assimilate with the Han culture has led to Tibetan Buddhism relative decline, making temple economic development to maintain the small-scale, low-level development level; the high altitude of Tibet Plateau in the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism after the Introduction of the system with the pastoral tribes, and develop out of the temple developed economies. In this paper we referred to as regional differences in the core of Tibetan Buddhism-the edge pattern, trying to diachronic and synchronic study of two areas, in the Tibetan Buddhist religious culture of this common space, the Gannan Tibetan farming and pastoral areas religious belief and the contrast between the monastic economy and Symbiosis, to display the Tibetan socio-economic and religious culture complex and diverse.This paper is divided into five chapters. Chapter one reviewed the economic background and the development of Gannan Tibetan Buddhist monastery. First reviewed the natural and social background of Gannan and the economy Tibetan Buddhist monastery, followed by the Gannan Tibetan Buddhism in the area of communication and development of Tibetan Buddhism's development and features of the back;The second chapter researched the formation of the Core-periphery mode under the theocracy system of Gannan Tibetan Buddhism. Ming and Qing dynasties, with the rise of the Labrang Monastery, temple economy was developed based on the tribal system; the theocratic system of chieftain-basedand established on mixed Tibetan areas, so the monastery attached to secular organizations, the feudal lords failed to develop a self-developed temple economy, so gradually Gannan agricultural and pastoral area culture of Tibetan Buddhism formed Core-periphery pattern;The third chapter dealt with the social transformation of the Gannan Tibetan Buddhist temple economy since the founding, while the core-periphery pattern in the growth and decline followed. Especially since the reform and opening up, the rapid revival of Tibetan Buddhism began, temple economy in the socialist political and economic systems within the framework of the reconstruction, "self-support" of business activities into the economic reconstruction of Tibetan Buddhism and become an important part of achieving the modern transformation;Chapter Four of the current market economy, through the the research of Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the traditional Gannan agricultural and pastoral area economy of two levels of empirical investigation that closed in the core areas in terms of traditional pastoral or semi-enclosed modern trend town, its Tibetan Buddhism are in stability and development, temple sources of income tax applied to tribal religious groups in the main part of the monastery through a wide range of self-support operation to open up the secular sources of revenue. The marginal areas, whether rural or urban, Tibetan Buddhism is an irreversible decline, leading to the monastery secular economic hardship, religion, income, and the two pillars of the secular income unsustainable. Core-periphery structure again highlights;Chapterâ…¤on the core-periphery pattern of economic causes and the social function of the monastery, Gannan Tibetan Buddhist monastery problems facing the economy and the future development trend of that of Tibetan Buddhism as the national character, the long-term characteristics have determined Tibetan Buddhism will be a long economic core area economy will continue to enhance the monastery, the monastery fringe economy continued to decline.