There is a place in Yunnan where Zhu Bajie is worshiped and a golden body is built to offer incense and build Bajie Temple. Why?

There is a place in Yunnan where Zhu Bajie is worshiped and a golden body is built to offer incense and build Bajie Temple. Why? Because they like Bajie. In Banqiao Town, Longyang District, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, there is such a village - Xizhuang. People in the village worshiped Zhu Bajie and built a "Bajie Temple" for him. The bamboo ring rake and the golden ring nine characters of "Bajie Temple" are like two peas in the west.

Bajie Temple is located in Xizhuang Village, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province. It is the only place in China where Zhu Bajie is worshiped. The villagers here claim to be descendants of Zhu Bajie and never eat pork. In addition, local residents designate the Bajie Temple Festival on the 23rd of each month every year to express their respect for Zhu Bajie, which has lasted for 500 or 600 years.

Having said this, some people must be wondering why some people claim to be descendants of Zhu Bajie and make such solemn offerings? Xizhuang Village is the hometown of Zhu Bajie and Gao Laozhuang, Zhu Bajie's son-in-law in "Journey to the West". The reason why it is now called Xizhuang is because Zhu Bajie was inspired by Guanyin Bodhisattva and paid homage to Tang Monk who came here as a teacher. He followed and protected Tang Monk when he left here to study scriptures in the West. Therefore, Gaolaozhuang was renamed Xizhuang. People who have watched the TV series and novel "Journey to the West" will definitely think that Zhu Bajie is lazy. But in fact, Zhu Bajie's status is not low. Before that, he was the Tianpeng Marshal of the Nine Heavenly Kingdoms. He had a heavily-armed army and was in charge of 80,000 sailors in the Heavenly Kingdom. Even the Jade Emperor was friendly to him.

In China, Zhu Bajie in "Journey to the West" is a household name, but it is difficult to connect him with real life. Unexpectedly, there is a "Bajie Temple" in Xizhuang Village, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province. The golden statue of Zhu Bajie is enshrined in the village. The villagers also said that the current Xizhuang Village is the "Gao Laozhuang" in "Journey to the West". China is an ancient cultural country with a long history. There are many followers of Buddhism and Taoism, with Buddhist followers being the most widespread. Therefore, China has a large number of temples. There are local Buddha statues for people to worship in many places, and huge Buddhist temples have been built in many places for people to worship. For a long time, going to temples to worship has become people's spiritual sustenance and spiritual comfort. If it can "result", the incense will be full of vitality. Since then, many temples have developed into tourist attractions, and many foreign tourists have come.