Go to see the oldest Langyi Temple on the northwest Sichuan Plateau

? At the intersection of the Walma large Tibetan temple and the Maisangguanzhai large tourist attraction on the northeast side of Aba County, looking up at the undulating mountains, you can vaguely see the golden dome shining on the top of the mountain. That is the mysterious and legendary Langyi Temple in this land. He was sitting on an armchair on a slope covered with rolling wheat waves and cows and sheep. Langyi Temple is the oldest and largest Benbo temple of Tibetan primitive religion on the northwest Sichuan Plateau and even in the entire Tibetan area. It also has the earliest monk group formed here. Langyi Temple is located on the top of Guoerwa Mountain, Donggou Village, Walma Township, Aba County, about 4 kilometers away from the county seat, covering an area of ??about 170,000 square meters. The temple complex consists of a white pagoda, a sutra hall, a teahouse, a living Buddha's bedroom, a monk's room, and a sutra turning corridor. When you walk into the temple, you can see the warm and kind smiles of the lamas, and their faces are full of sunshine.

? In the middle and late Tang Dynasty (8th-9th century AD), Tubo Zanpu Trisong Dezan implemented a large-scale "promoting Buddhism and suppressing the original", and the Benbo religion suffered repeated failures in Tibet. It is said that Lama Xie Gongchiyi led his disciple Langyi to undergo nine years of hard practice here. He has profound sutras and extraordinary magical power. He enjoys a high reputation among the people and is honored as "Langyi Luozhou Jianmu Shen". His son, Langyiyue Dangyamucen, followed his father to practice Benbo religious classics and magic since he was a child. He traveled to major monasteries and holy places in Tibetan areas to practice Buddhism and preach. He was honored as "Dopa", which means "the saint of Amdo". Later, he entered Aba, spread Bonbo religion in Andou, Varma and other places, and selected the site for building a temple. When his three sons grew up, they also became proficient in Benbo Buddhist teachings. They followed their father to preach in Aba and Songpan, recruiting disciples and advocating the construction of monasteries.

? In the first year of Daguan in the Northern Song Dynasty (1107 AD), the eldest son Xia Qinnibo followed his father's teachings and founded the No. 1 Aba County Lama on the top of the mountain behind Gaxiu Village in Walma Township with another Duodeng Lama. Jiadeng Phuntsolang, a Bonbo temple, just came to Buda Temple and recruited disciples, forming the earliest religious group in the history of Aba County. In the 19th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1754), the 30th Langyi Lama Langyi Renqin Jiazeng moved the original temple to (or separated and built another) the current site, re-expanded it, and renamed it Langyi Temple. In the 17th year of Guangxu (AD 1891), there were more than 500 monks at the time of the 35th Lama Langyi. The thirty-seventh generation of Lama Langyi built the Benbo temple and the Benbo cultural research center with the largest population and largest area in the country at that time. So far, the 39th Langyi Lama has passed through.

In November 1980, the first batch of Langyi Temple was opened as a religious activity site and underwent comprehensive restoration. In December 1988, the large-scale sutra hall was officially completed and consecrated. Now Langyi Temple has magnificent temples, many monks' rooms, large pagodas pointing straight into the blue sky, and hundreds of monks. The Sutra Hall is a simple and exquisitely carved and painted building, which is a masterpiece of Tibetan architectural art. It is a magical and mysterious temple of Benbo, the original Tibetan religion, and it seems to be a small mountain city with unique Tibetan architectural features. Langyi Temple Buddhist College has four Dracangs, namely "Kalachakra" which majors in the Kalachakra Sutra, "Universal Ming Zhacang" which majors in the Universal Ming and Universal Knowledge Sutra, and "Yao Wang Zhacang" which majors in the Medicine King Sutra. "Zunsheng Zhacang" majored in Zunsheng Sutra.

? When you step into the Dharma Protector Temple on the ridge on the southwest side of the temple, you will see the magical and majestic Dharma Protector of Benbo Sect, and you will feel even more the vastness and mystery of the plateau