小佛寺重见天日在新疆和田地区策勒县达玛沟乡东南约7公里处,有一个被称为托普鲁克墩(维吾尔语意为“许多土堆”)的地方。2000年3月,这里发现一个被认为是世界上最小佛寺的遗址。当时,当地一个年轻的牧羊人,在达玛沟一棵倒下的胡杨树下的沙堆包上挖取红柳根,不经意间发现一尊残佛像上部。由于期望获得值钱的财物,牧羊人和另外几个年轻人在此挖了一天,可是只发现佛寺残垣和 The Small Buddha Temple is back in sight. About 7 km southeast of Damma Ditch in Cele, Xinjiang Hotan, there is a place called Topluktu (meaning “many mounds” in Uighur). In March 2000, a site considered to be the smallest Buddhist temple in the world was discovered here. At that time, a young local shepherd dug red willow roots in a sand pile under a fallen poplar tree in Dammanggou, and inadvertently found a remnant Buddha-like upper part. Due to the expectation of obtaining valuable property, the shepherd and several other young men dug there for a day, but only found the ruins of the temple