Enter Hongyuan Maiwa Temple and experience the temple’s culture, history and cultural scenery in person

? Traveling all over the motherland, the mountains and rivers, the different cultural landscapes and the literature and history of the past dynasties is a lifelong wish for me who loves traveling. Since we have a car at home, we like to take the car out for self-driving trips during holidays. Over the years, self-driving travel has changed our lives a lot and added a lot of happiness to our lives! I have long heard that the scenery of the grasslands in western Sichuan is charming, and it is a place you will never regret visiting. This weekend, I finally got my wish and came to the Hongyuan Prairie that I have longed for. Here is a majestic and long-standing historical temple, Maiwa Temple, the largest Tibetan Nyingma monastery in northwest Sichuan, famous for its grand and spectacular architectural style, exquisite decoration, and rich collection of books and treasures! This famous temple was built in 1646 and belongs to the Zhuqing branch of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It has a history of more than 300 years. For hundreds of years, eminent monks have appeared in large numbers in the monastery, and Buddhism has flourished. Now there are more than a thousand monks in the monastery. Maiwa Monastery is a Nyingma monastery that promotes and practices Longchen Nyingthig and enjoys a high reputation in the Buddhist community. After the Maiwa Temple was located and expanded by the 10th Panchen Lama in 1982, it gradually developed into a palace of Tibetan culture and Buddhist art. Outside the entire temple is a prayer corridor that is almost 2 kilometers long. The corridor is filled with prayer wheels so densely that you can’t see the end at a glance. The most eye-catching thing here is the Peace Pagoda, known as the world's largest Bodhi Pagoda. The tower is 127 meters high and is as high as a 45-story building. In our eyes, Maiwa Temple is like a paradise with mountains and rivers, blue sky and white clouds, and the scenery is very beautiful. We can see a continuous stretch of temples and houses stacked in the mountains, and the red and white walls look like an elegant splash-ink landscape. Here you can feel the brilliance of the sun and the mysterious atmosphere everywhere.

? Every summer, many people go to the grasslands in western Sichuan. In order to avoid congestion, we drove out on Friday afternoon? We drove for more than seven hours on the first day, covering almost 450 kilometers on a long-distance trip. We stayed one night in Hongyuan County and visited Maiwa Temple on the second day. Because we usually drive mostly in urban areas, we don’t have much experience on plateaus. This time we drove from Chengdu via Chengdu-Guan Expressway to Duwen Expressway, and then took Provincial Highway 209 through Li County to Hongyuan. There are many vehicles on this route, and some roads are still under construction and traffic control is implemented. The road surface is relatively narrow, and there are many steep curves. My car is relatively well-equipped, has good power, and has flexible control. I came to this beautiful place smoothly all the way. place.

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Let’s start with a distant view. This is Maiwa Temple bathed in Buddha’s light! Next, please follow me to experience it!

This was the second day after entering the Tibetan area. The group came to the intersection of Amukamen. From here, it was almost eight kilometers away from Maiwa Temple. Look at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, we are really lucky today.

Follow the car navigation to go inside, and you can see colorful prayer flags hanging on the mountains, rivers and roadsides everywhere.

In the eyes of people who believe in Tibetan Buddhism, the fluttering of prayer flags dancing in the wind is the recitation of sutras.

Just after turning a few corners, we saw a prayer corridor stretching for several kilometers, which was particularly spectacular!

We were all deeply attracted by the magnificent picture in front of us and quickly stopped the car.

We came to this shocking place, and we were very excited at the moment. Everything in front of us gave us a strong visual impact. What a beautiful picture this is! I saw that Maiwa Temple is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with green hillsides and gurgling water, just like a paradise.

?Maiwa Temple is perfectly integrated with the prairie. Let me open my arms to embrace it all!

?This is a holy place in the hearts of local people, and we feel the strong charm of Tibetan Buddhism here! Coming to Maiwa Temple was the biggest gain of our trip. To this day, we can recall this trip as long as we close our eyes!

This is a very magical temple, which must be viewed with a pious and worshipful attitude. This is a pure land on earth. Only by coming here in person can you truly feel everything here!

This Peace Pagoda is a sacred and magnificent pagoda. It was built in 2003 and is also a landmark building here.

This spectacular pagoda is known as the largest Bodhi Pagoda in the world. It is 127 meters high, with 23 floors per square foot and approximately 45 floors. It has become a must-see for many tourists. land.

The grass in front of the temple is full of dense yellow flowers, and the air is filled with a faint floral fragrance, which is intoxicating!

At this time, we all took out our SLRs and mobile phones and kept taking pictures, hoping to record everything here.

On the grass in the distance is a large area of ??tents. We were deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery here, dreaming of having a pair of wings to fly in the sky.

This beautiful Amuke River flows in front of the Maiwa Temple. Legend has it that this is where Zhu Mu kept horses for King Gesar. The Amuke River is formed by the melting of the snow behind the snow-capped mountains. It's done.

We continued to move forward, looking forward to the next journey. The entire temple is built on the mountain, and the air is very fresh.

Outside the gate of Maiwa Temple, I took a few more photos as a souvenir.

In the Tibetan area here, Maiwa Temple has the supreme status. Next, we are going to go in and have a good tour of this ancient Tibetan temple.

On both sides of the gate are long prayer-turning corridors. The sunlight shining in from the windows on the exterior wall is projected on the prayer-turning wheel, forming mottled golden colors.

Every day, many Tibetans come to pray for prayers, mountains, temples, and pagodas. They are the most important part of their lives and a required course for them day and night, year after year. , a belief that has been integrated into the blood.

A majestic and majestic hall appeared in front of us. The colorful and resplendent hall in front of you is the Sutra Hall. It was built in 1992 and looks magnificent. It is a place where monks worship Buddha and chant sutras. It has both traditional Tibetan architectural style and Hanwu architectural style, and the scale is very spectacular. Photography is allowed in most places here, but in some places photography is strictly prohibited.

Four Dharma Assemblies are held here every year, and the annual Prayer Dharma Assembly is held on April 7th of the Tibetan calendar. In this place far away from the big city, we were full of curiosity about everything here and learned a lot about the history of Maiwa Temple.

The triple eaves pavilion style is very majestic! This is a palace that can be called a palace of Tibetan culture and religious art. Everything in front of us can be described as picturesque. We all want to know more about this mysterious Maiwa Temple.

The buildings and halls of this temple are resplendent, majestic and solemn. Standing here, you will feel your own insignificance.

Walking into the temple, I feel that the architectural style here is unique. Here you can feel the brilliance of the sun and the mysterious atmosphere everywhere.

Here, we can appreciate the mysterious Tibetan Buddhist culture.

The entire temple faces west to east. The Sanskrit word "A" is naturally formed in the mountains directly opposite the main hall. With the temple as the center, many sacred mountain peaks far away are facing here.

Maiwa Monastery has a history of more than 350 years since it was established in 1646 AD. If we trace its development from Nyingma Nyingthig to Ningma Longchen Nyingthig to the present, it is even more It has a long history and a long history.

There are now more than a thousand monks in the temple, and there is a Wuming Buddhist College and a monastery. In each hall, various precious Buddha statues, pagodas, ritual instruments, murals, precious scriptures and classics are also collected and maintained.

This is a Nyingma monastery that promotes and practices Longchen Nyingthig. It is famous for its grand and spectacular architectural style, exquisite decoration, rich collection of books and treasures, and is well-known in the Buddhist community.

It is understood that there are more than 100 precious Buddha statues, magical instruments, and classics that have been handed down for more than a thousand years, nine modern giant gilded bronze statues, large and small Bodhisattvas, and pagodas enshrined in this hall. Waiting for more than 15,000 statues. There are also more than five dozen sets of the Tripitaka "Kangyur" and "Tengyur", as well as more than 30,000 sets (volumes) of classics of various sects, more than 300 large mural thangkas, and more than 2,000 small thangkas.

The temple is beautifully built and gives us a beautiful feeling.

Such a transparent blue sky and white clouds can only appear on this plateau where the air is thin. The environment here is quiet, the air is fresh, clean and natural, it can be called "a pure land on earth".

This is the oldest Green Tara Sutra Hall in Maiwa Temple.

We drove around the temple and visited the temple. In front of us were the spectacular temple buildings and the scenery along the way was picturesque.

This is really a very clean place. There are not many people even on weekends. It is worth a visit for those who want to go for a walk and get away from the hustle and bustle.

Everyone here, regardless of age or sex, will come to the temple to pay homage whenever they have free time.

Those of us who love self-driving travel love to visit scenic spots with beautiful scenery and historical and cultural heritage. Today we came to Maiwa Temple, which has rich cultural heritage and is well worth the trip!

We drove like this, stopping and walking in this beautiful temple, for fear of missing a scene... Generally, in June every year, Maiwa Temple has an annual The Xuan Shuang Dharma Assembly will be held for three days, mainly including Salonda, ethnic song and dance performances, horse racing activities, etc.

The scenery here can only be described as beautiful! Very beautiful! Very beautiful! .........to describe. We are ready to leave, and we are all looking forward to the coming journey, which will bring more surprises and gains!

Maiwa Temple is really a holy place for practice. There is no hustle and bustle there, there is no confusion, it is quiet and solemn, and the sound of chanting Buddha echoes there. It is a paradise for people to practice.

This time we drove here and it was a worthwhile trip! Thank you for accompanying me all the way!