The Economic Evolution In Temple Taer

The study on temple economy is an important field of religion. The scale of Tibetan Buddhism expands continuously after it was founded. As one of the six temples of Gelu School, Temple Taer has important religions status, for it is the place where Tsongkhapa was born. Its prosperity and decline reflect the policies which were taken by every political power for Tibetan Buddhism. After being founded, the effects of Temple Taer for politics and religion have been strengthened. Especially in Qing Dynasty, its power got to prime. The strong temple's economy it has was the reason why it could be. Taking the times sequence of historic development as the basic point, the article probes into the developmental state, the procedure of the evolution and the influences to the social development of Temple's economy, as different period had different religious policies. The structure of Temple Taer's economy in different periods is introduced in the article, meanwhile, the hierarchy system is revealed by the systems of distribution and financial management. The article also analyzes Temple Taer adjusted the structure of economic development after reform and open up and took the traveling economy as the main body of the economic structure, which made itself developed and effected the areas around it too. It is increase point of economy in Qinghai province. At last, the author expresses some suggestions on the developmental direction of the economy of Temple Taer, wishing it goes well in the mode of using the temple itself to support the temple.